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:
Rfm. Amar Bahadur Tamang. Killed in action February 1943, circumstances unknown.
Corporal Philip Marshall, No. 8 Column on Operation Longcloth. Died in Block 6 of Rangoon Jail.
Sgm. Jack White of No. 5 Column. Died in Block 6 of Rangoon Jail suffering from beri beri.
RAF Sergeant Richard Norman Wood. No. 5 Column on Operation Longcloth, perished inside Block 6 of Rangoon Jail. Captured at the Shweli River on the 1st April 1943.
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.
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.
Signalman Jack White of No. 5 Column.
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Jack White's grave plaque at Rangoon War Cemetery.
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