Remembering Today
But there are some who will never come back, and some whose fate is still unknown to us, but we know at all events how manfully they tackled adversity, and how true was their worth as comrades in the field. (Bernard Fergusson).
Remembering this day:
Corporal Edward James Crawford. A Signalman with Brigade Head Quarters, this Chindit was killed in action at the abandoned crossing of the Irrawaddy on 29th March 1943.
Captain David Cecil Hastings of Northern Group HQ, also killed at the Irrawaddy crossing.
Pte. Ernest Patrick Kenna of 5 Column. Killed in action during the ambush at the village of Hintha, 28/29th March 1943.
Pte. George Frederick Martin of No. 2 Column. Killed crossing the Irrawaddy River.
Pte. John Edgar Fosh of No. 7 Column. Lost in the jungle on the western banks of the Irrawaddy River.
In A Land Far, Far Away…………………………
The images below, show where possible, a casualties WW2 Memorial, whether in Burma or India and any 'home town' memorial he might have in the country of his birth. Please click on any image to bring it forward on the page.
The images below, show where possible, a casualties WW2 Memorial, whether in Burma or India and any 'home town' memorial he might have in the country of his birth. Please click on any image to bring it forward on the page.
Ernest Kenna's inscription on Face 5 of the Rangoon Memorial.
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Ernest Kenna is remembered upon the Rhosllanerchrugog War Memorial, Wrexham.
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