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Cpl. Norman Champ 14825356

When the Japanese Generals Surrendered

.....The 1st Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment provided guard of honour at the last ceremony of the Burmese campaign-the handing over of swords in token of personal surrender by the Japanese generals. This imposing ceremony took place on the spacious lawns outside 12th Army headquarters, and the Twelfth Army commander, Lt.-General Sir Montagu Stopford, and members of his staff received the swords of their Japanese equivalents.
.....Among members of the guard of honour were L/Cpl. Frank E. Barber, 29, St. Alphege-road, Lower Edmonton and L/Cpl. Norman Champ, 63, Farrant-avenue, Wood Green.

Saw The Japs Surrender
Wood Green man in
Burma guard of honour

.....Cpl. NORMAN CHAMP, of 63, Farrant-avenue, Wood Green, was one of 24 men who provided the guard of honour at the last ceremony of the Burma campaign-the handing over of swords by the Japanese generals as a sign of personal surrender.
.....The ceremony took place on the spacious lawns outside 12th Army H.Q. The Army Commander Lieut.-General Sir Montagu Stopford, and members of his staff received the swords of their Japanese equivalents.
.....The 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment served with distinction throughout the bitter fighting in Arakan, Kohima, and Imphal, and was the spearhead of the drive on Mandalay and Rangoon.

 


Cpl. Norman Champ
Cpl. Norman Champ

When the Japanese Generals
When the Japanese Generals
Surrender

Saw the Japs surrender
Saw the Japs surrender

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