Hi , im looking to gather information on a relative who served with the north Staffordshire 1st battalion in india between 1939-1943. what I know so far- Lance Corporal LONGSHAW, JAMES Service Number 3859444 Died 10/04/1943 Aged 25 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment Son of William and Esther Longshaw, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. He is buried in Ranchi War Cemetery India Plot 1.E.6 Can anyone provide me any information of what he was doing in india, of how he may have possibly died, where I could get pictures or diary's ect. Thankyou.
hello first place to start is send off for his service records Get a copy of military service records there area couple of members here who will copy war diaries for you at a reasonable rate. contact forum member for a photo of his headstone bucklt CWGC - Ranchi War Cemetery - Jharkhand, India: Images of all c700+ graves and video now available for your info 1st batt north staffs regiment 1932-1946 regards Clive
You mean 579 ? The answer is somewhere in here , that is if anyone did work it out. Handwritten Codes on Casualty Records
