Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC COOPER, PHILIP Rank: Gunner Service No: 1764474 Date of Death: 02/12/1944 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 203 Bty., 304 Anti-Tank Regt. Grave Reference: 16A. B. 21. Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Thomas W. Cooper and Celia J. Cooper, of Whitby, Yorkshire. Personal Inscription THOUGH YOU LIE IN FOREIGN PARTS YOU WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. MA & PA
I see he was in an anti-tank regiment. Did anti-tank gunners get used much as such in Burma ? Japanese tanks not all that abundant . Were they used for bunker busting more?
According to this site the 304th A/T Regt was from the East African Artillery and was actually an Anti-tank/Mortar Regiment. http://nigelef.tripod.com/colregt.htm#57%20%28Newfoundland%29%20Hy%20Regt