Other Regiments/Services
Should you wish to submit a loved one who was a participant of the Burma/India theatre, regardless of their regiment/service please be so kind as to download the questionnaire, and forward as much of it's criteria known to you. Thank you.
Name: FREER, Arthur Francis |
Rank: Sergeant |
Regiment: 3rd Carabiniers (Prince
of Wales's Dragoon Guards) |
Service No: 7945175 |
Theatre: Burma - India |
Additional Information: |
Sgt. Arthur Francis Freer supported
the 2nd Battalion at Shwebo.
Battle honours - Imphal, Tamu Road, Nunshigum, Bishenpur, Kanglatongbi, Kennedy Peak, Shwebo, Sagaing, Mandalay, Ava, Irrawaddy River, Yenangyaung 1945. |
Name: FRANCIS, Stephen Charles |
Rank: Captain |
Regiment: 1st West Yorkshire Regiment |
Service No: 73119 |
Theatre: Burma - India |
Additional Information: |
The son of Brigadier-General Sidney Goodall Francis, D.S.O., and Catherine Gwendoline Francis, of Sway, Hampshire. |
His brother, Major James Lowry 95637
also died on active service with the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire
Regiment at Kabwet Hill 15R. Stephen died serving his country and comrades
on the 8 March 1942. |
Name: LUCAS Alfred |
Rank: Trooper |
Regiment: Tank Corps H.Q. 4th Corps |
Service No: 7892354 |
Theatre: Burma - India |
Additional Information: |
Enlisted 1939 into the Territorial Army as a driver and stoker. Served 4½ years
in Burma with the Tank Corps, nick-name 'Darkie'. |
Alfred later featured
in the book Tank tracks to Rangoon: The story of British armour in
Burma
by
Bryan Perrett. |
Name: BEAN K.R. |
Rank: Private |
Regiment: Unknown |
Service No: 2599773 |
Theatre: Burma - India |
Additional Information: |
Pte. Bean (Bob)
wrote home to his wife and daughter from India in 1946.
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Name: BARRACK Norman Ernest |
Rank: Signalman |
Regiment: Royal Navy |
Service No: U/K |
Theatre: Burma - India - Atlantic |
Additional Information: |
Holder of the Burma
Star until after his death. He also served in the Atlantic Convoys,
and whilst away his family home was destroyed in the London Blitz
- little remained.
|
Submitted
by: His son in
law Michael who wishes to find out more about his fathers exploits. |
Name: GERMAIN Leonard Charles |
Rank: Gunner - Driver |
Regiment: 9th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
Service No: T/1768614 |
Theatre: India - Singapore |
Additional Information: |
Leonard Charles Germain, enlisted in the Territorial Army on 16th April, 1941. Served with the 209th A.A. Training Regt, R.A., 121 HAA Regt RA in early 1942, 173 HAA Regt RA later on in 1942 and transferred to RASC in 1944. In March 1945 he was recorded as being a member of the 9th Warwicks and he was transferred to the Cameronians. Embarked SS KGV on the 12/4/1945 to India. From there to Bombay and on to Singapore reaching there on 14/11/1945. |
Sadly Leonard Charles
Germain died in 1954 aged 33, leaving three daughters and one son.
If you could fill in the blanks please contact me.
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Name: PERT Arthur |
Rank: U/K |
Regiment: U/K |
Service No: U/K |
Theatre: India - Burma |
Additional Information: |
My brother Arthur, from London was in Burma for 3 years, sadly he has passed away now. He was filmed by a camera crew giving his family a message. |
Submitted
by: His sister Gladys Morgan.
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Name: CASSIDY, Michael John |
Rank: Signalman |
Regiment: 18th Div, Royal Corps of Signals |
Age: 25 |
Service No: 2328716 |
Date of Death: 21/11/1943 |
Theatre: Burma-Siam railway |
Additional Information: |
Son of Denis and Elizabeth Cassidy, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland; husband of Ellen T. Cassidy, of Londonderry. Sig. Michael Cassidy now sleeps in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, reference 4. A. 41. |
Submitted
by: His brother Raymond Cassidy who wishes to learn more
about his bothers exploits.
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Formation signs
2nd British Infantry Division
19th Indian (Dagger) Division
36th British Division
3rd Indian Division (Chindits)
5th Indian Division
11th Indian Division
7th Indian Division