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:
L/Cpl. Sidney Raymond Hunt. Served with No. 7 Column commando on Operation Longcloth. Died in Block 6 of Rangoon Jail.
L/Cpl. Joseph Kay, also of No. 7 Column in 1943. Lost from his dispersal party in April and perished inside Block 6 of Rangoon Jail.
L/Cpl. George Lee. Part of No. 5 Column ciphers section on Operation Longcloth. Lost trying to recover cipher equipment from a mule that had fallen into a ravine. Died inside Block 6 of Rangoon Jail.
Pte. William Frank Wilkinson. A Signals muleteer with No. 3 Column on Operation Longcloth. Survived the expedition and returned to Allied territory in April 1943. Sadly died on the 4th September the same year, fighting with 17 Indian Divisional Signals in Burma.
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.
The grave plaque at Rangoon War Cemetery for Joseph Kay.
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Joseph Kay's inscription upon the WW2 Roll of Honour at St. Andrews Church, Ancoats, Manchester.
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