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:
Flight Sergeant James Bernard Walenn from Southern Rhodesia. Died during practice supply dropping in India.
Rfm. Nandeo Thapa, 3/ Gurkha Rifles. Died during training for Operation Longcloth.
Pte. James Collins. Served with No. 8 Column on Operation Longcloth, died in Block 6 of Rangoon Jail.
Gurkha Cook, Tilak. Attached to 13th King's and died in 1943. Remembered upon the Delhi Memorial.
Pilot Officer Jack Garrett from New Zealand. Served with 31 Squadron RAF dropping supplies for Operation Longcloth in 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.
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