Recce Graves in Myanmar (Burma)

Could anyone help with pics of the gravestones of these Recce men?

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RANGOON MEMORIAL [Mike McCann @ British War Graves]

2nd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper PHILIP BROWN Face 7.
Trooper HARRY COLEMAN Face 1.
Trooper DANIEL JOSEPH CULLEN Face 1.
Lance Corporal JOSEPH FARISH Face 1.
Trooper ALBERT HADDOCK Face 1.
Trooper ERIC HARRISON Face 1
Trooper HENRY JAMES HILDERSLEY Face 1.
Serjeant EDWARD JOHN HOWARD Face 1.
Trooper CYRIL FRANK MILEMAN Face 1
Corporal FREDERICK CHARLES MUTLER Face 1
Trooper GETHIN PRICE Face 1.
Corporal EIRON GWYN THOMAS Face 1.
Corporal JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON Face 1.

5th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper WILLIAM HAYWARD Face 1

45th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper ROY EDWARD BALL Face 1
Trooper ALFRED BERRY Face 1
Lance Corporal FREDERICK JOHN BILTON Face 1
Trooper WALTER BOOTH Face 1
Corporal CHARLES EDWARD BOWMAN Face 1
Corporal SIDNEY BOYLAND Face 1
Trooper LEONARD FRANK BRAND Face 1
Lance Serjeant MAURICE ARTHUR CHARLES BURVILL Face 1
Trooper CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY Face 1
Trooper THOMAS DAVIES 2988078 Face 1
Trooper THOMAS DAVIES 10600984 Face 1
Trooper JAMES DAW Face 1
Trooper STANLEY EAST Face 1
Gunner EDWARD ALFRED FENSOM Face 2.
Trooper THOMAS FOWLER Face 1
Lance Corporal JAMES WILFRED FOX Face 1
Trooper RONALD ROTHWELL GARNER Face 1
Trooper DAVID GLOVER Face 1
Trooper PETER HARRISON Face 1
Trooper GEORGE ERIC HUXLEY Face 1
Lance Corporal GILBERT ARTHUR ROY JARMAN Face 1
Trooper PHILIP SYDNEY KELLY Face 1
Corporal GEORGE CHARLES LONG Face 1
Trooper EDWIN ARTHUR LUNNON Face 1
Gunner VICTOR GEORGE ALBERT MACE Face 3.
Trooper RONALD FRANCIS MOORE Face 1
Bombardier IVOR RONALD NEWELL Face 2.
Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant LEONARD ALBERT NIKE Face 1
Trooper FREDERICK SIDNEY PETT Face 1
Trooper DAVID RAPER Face 1
Trooper DONALD VICTOR SALMON Face 1
Lance Corporal HERBERT WILLIAM SMITH Face 1
Corporal SIDNEY JOHN SMITH Face 1
Trooper CHARLES ALFRED STONE Face 1
Serjeant WILLIAM HENRY STRICK Face 1
Trooper CHARLES SIDNEY THOMAS Face 1
Trooper HERBERT CLIFFORD THORNTON Face 1
Corporal THOMAS MARTYN JOHN WALDER Face 1
Trooper DENNIS WILLIAM WHEELER Face 1
Trooper PHILLIP BROOKS Addenda Panel

Unknown Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper WALTER LANCELOT KENNETH ALMOND Face 1
Captain GEORGE BROOKS Face 1.
Lieutenant VICTOR NIGEL CAPLE Face 1.
Lieutenant WILLIAM DICK HARDING Face 1.
Captain HARRY LLOYD HASLOP Face 1.
Serjeant EDMUND FRANK NICHOLLS Face 1.

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY [Thanks to Tony Beck]

45th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper JAMES ALFRED PORTER 5. E. 5.

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY [Thanks to Tony Beck]

2nd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Lieutenant HARRY WILLIAM FITZWATER 18. C. 12.
Trooper GEORGE GOUGH 18. A. 7.
Corporal JOHN ROBERT LANE 19. F. 10
Trooper PETER WILLIAM LOWE 25. B. 19.
Trooper HENRY THOMAS ANDREW TAYLOR 25. A. 10.
Corporal CEDRIC ROYSTON WARD 18. H. 12
Serjeant JAMES NEVILLE WOLSTENHOLME 18. E. 19

45th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Major RONALD RALPH ADAMS 13. F. 23.
Trooper THOMAS FREDERICK ALFORD 14. A. 7.
Trooper GREGOIRE LEO ALYANAK 13. A. 12.
Trooper WILLIAM THOMAS ASKEW 13. F. 13
Trooper ARTHUR THOMAS BANBURY 13. F. 11
Trooper EDWIN BANCROFT 14. A. 17
Trooper DENNIS WILLIAM BELL 13. F. 19.
Lance Serjeant JOHN HENRY KENNETH BENNETT 13. B. 3.
Serjeant ALEXANDER BRADLEY 13. B. 22.
Corporal JOSEPH BRERETON 14. A. 6.
Serjeant THOMAS WILLIAM BRIGHT 13. F. 8.
Lieutenant ROBERT BUTLER 13. B. 6
Corporal JAMES COLE14. A. 10.
Trooper LEONARD DAVIES 14. A. 13.
Serjeant SIDNEY PHILLIP DELLAR 13. F. 24
Lieutenant REGINALD JOHN DICKINSON 14. A. 18.
Lance Serjeant JOHN EDWARD FIELD 14. A. 16
Trooper JOHN WILLIAM GAYLER 14. A. 14.
Trooper LEONARD JACK HANCOCK 13. A. 10.
Major LLEWELLYN HENNINGS 13. F. 3.
Lieutenant FREDERICK ALBERT HOLLOWAY 13. F. 9.
Trooper WILLIAM JONES 13. F. 12
Trooper WALTER RUFUS KEY 14. B. 19
Trooper GEORGE WILLIAM LANGLEY 13. B. 1
Trooper WILLIAM MILBURN 13. B. 2.
Serjeant FRANK MOORE 13. C. 1
Serjeant SAMSON MOULD 13. F. 16
Lieutenant ANTHONY DENIS HERBERT MUSSELWHITE 13. B. 10.
Lance Serjeant WILLIAM RICHARD NANCE 14. D. 2
Trooper HUBERT PARKER 14. A. 9
Trooper JOSEPH CLIFFORD PARRY 14. B. 17.
Trooper WILLIAM PERRIE 13. F. 17
Trooper EDWARD PINCKSTON 14. A. 12
Trooper LESLIE JAMES HENRY PROBITTS 13. C. 3.
Serjeant JACK ROGERS 13. B. 12
Corporal CHARLES WILLIAM RUDLEY 14. A. 11.
Lieutenant MICHAEL VIVIAN RYLEY 14. B. 3.
Trooper ROBERT ERNEST SIBBRING 14. A. 8.
Trooper HERBERT SPENCER 13. B. 21.
Trooper GARFIELD THOMAS 14. A. 15
Corporal VICTOR WILLIAM WATSON 14. B. 2.
Captain HUGO DE LAFONTAINE WILLIAMS 13. F. 10.
Trooper LAURENCE JAMES WOOD 13. F. 4.
Trooper HAROLD WOODHAMS 13. F. 14.
Trooper CLIFFORD WORRALL 6. A. 19.
Trooper SIDNEY WILLIAM YAPP 13. B. 14
Trooper THOMAS YOUNG 14. C. 3.

81st Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Corporal EDWARD DOOTSON 12. F. 21.
Corporal WALTER PRESCOTT 12. C. 8.
Corporal DOUGLAS CHARLES WHITEHOUSE 4. B. 19.

82nd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Serjeant JAMES EDWARD CARLESS POPPLETON 11. F. 9.

Unknown Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Lieutenant DUDLEY OWEN BUTLIN Coll. grave 12. A. 5-18.
Major JOHN NARBROUGH CORLETT MC 18. A. 4.
Major ASHLEY ADAMS UWINS MC 5. F. 20.

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY [Thanks to Tony Beck]

18th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper HENRY AINSWORTH B6. P. 15
Trooper ALBERT ALEXANDER B6. D. 14
Trooper WILFRED ASHCROFT B1. E. 10.
Trooper JOSEPH HENRY BAXENDALE B1. J. 2
Trooper WILLIAM JOHN BAKER BERVOETS B3. E. 6
Trooper GEORGE BIRD B4. U. 4.
Trooper ROBERT BLINKHORN B6. A. 12
Trooper THOMAS BROWN B6. S. 6.
Trooper ERNEST BURROWS B4. E. 5
Trooper HAROLD BURTON B3. O. 17
Trooper THOMAS CASWELL B3. W. 12.
Trooper THOMAS FREDERICK CHALLINOR B6. T. 9.
Lance Corporal ANDREW CONNOLLY B3. E. 15.
Corporal ALBERT MILNES CROMPTON B3. F. 17
Trooper FRANCIS CULLEN B1. F. 5.
Trooper JAMES DEARDEN B6. A. 7.
Lance Corporal THOMAS HENRY PETER DONOVAN B3. B. 15
Trooper WILFRED ECCLES B6. Q. 20
Trooper JOSEPH FARISH B6. A. 11
Trooper JOHN FINAN B3. N. 13
Trooper HENRY ROBERT FORSTER B6. R. 4.
Trooper THOMAS GILLETT B2. B. 6.
Corporal CECIL GRAY B4. S. 8.
Trooper JAMES RICHARD GREEN B3. Z. 14.
Trooper JOHN GREEN B4. C. 11.
Trooper JOSEPH WINSTON HARGREAVES B6. P. 11.
Serjeant ALBERT ROYLANCE HARWOOD B4. D. 10
Trooper SAMUEL HEWITT B3. R. 8.
Trooper JOSEPH HINKS B4. B. 17.
Trooper JOHN HOLCROFT B4.0. 14.
Trooper ERNEST JOHNSON HOLLAND B3. A. 14
Trooper JOHN HORRABIN B6. B. 13
Trooper JAMES WILLIAM HORROCKS B3. H. 6
Corporal GEORGE HENRY HOWARD B6. F. 15.
Serjeant WILLIAM JAMES HOWARD B6. Y. 8.
Trooper WALTER ALFRED HUNT B4. J. 9.
Corporal JOHN EDWARD JONES B3. E. 12
Trooper RODNEY STUART DACRE KEITCH B3. J. 15.
Trooper ALBERT EDWARD KNIGHT B6. C. 2.
Trooper RICHARD LAWTON B4. J. 12
Trooper LAWRENCE LUCAS B6. D. 17
Trooper PETER LYTHGOE B1. K. 11.
Trooper ARTHUR ERNEST MARSON B1. C. 10.
Trooper SIDNEY MASSEY B3. O. 2.
Trooper ALBERT McARDLE B6. 0. 3.
Warrant Officer Class II DOUGLAS GEORGE McFARLAND B6. S. 1.
Corporal JOHN MUNRO McGUIRE B6. N. 19
Serjeant THOMAS PETER McKEON B1. C. 8
Corporal THOMAS GERALD JAMES MEDLAND B6. U. 15.
Trooper WALKER CHARLES THOMAS MORRIS B6. G. 6.
Trooper JOSEPH MULLEN B3. S. 14
Trooper ALFRED JAMES PAGE B6. G. 4
Trooper JACK PARKER B1. B. 7.
Lance Corporal JAMES PAXTON C2. B. 7.
Trooper JAMES PHILLIPS B3. M. 7.
Serjeant THOMAS PRIOR B6. B. 19.
Trooper WILLIAM CYRIL RICHARDS B3. C. 13.
Trooper THOMAS COUCH RICHARDS B1. B. 12
Trooper WILLIAM NICHOLAS ROE B4. F. 14.
Trooper HAROLD ROPER B6. F. 16
Trooper HENRY ROSTRON B4. A. 7.
Trooper ROBERT TAYLOR SHORE B1. H. 8
Trooper JOSEPH SKERRETT B4. M. 15.
Trooper JACK SMALL B4. B. 2
Trooper WILLIAM SMEDLEY B4. K. 5.
Trooper JAMES SMETHURST B4. G. 3
Trooper HENRY SMITH B4. N. 3.
Trooper JONATHAN TAYLOR B4. T. 17.
Trooper HENRY TAYLOR B6. X. 20.
Trooper JOSEPH THORPE B3. V. 7.
Trooper ALFRED TURNER B4. L. 1.
Trooper ALBERT WADESON B3. F. 8.
Trooper PETER WALKER B3. P. 11.
Trooper ALEC HENRY WALLACE B3. M. 5.
Trooper JOHN WEBSTER B3. G. 2.
Trooper FREDERICK WEST B3. G. 4.
Trooper ARTHUR ALFRED WHITE B6. B. 2.
Lance Serjeant FRANK WHITTLE B4. F. 15
Trooper JOHN WILLIAM WOOD B4. O. 3.
Serjeant ALBERT WOODS C2. D. 11.
Trooper RICHARD WORDEN B3. Q. 15



Cheers
Paul

 

Many thanks to Tony Beck & Mike McCann @ British War Grave for the pics.

Cheers
Paul

 

Hi there, I'm new to the site. My mother has pictures of the memorial stone listing the fallen and also the individual grave of Dudley Butlin who was a dear friend to her father (also serving). Why are you looking for pictures? How are they to be used?
I wonder if you know lots about the burma war whether you could help me find out more about my grandfathers activities. He survived the war but didn't talk much about it.

 

Hi I have photos of all the names listed perhaps you could post the memorial photos on the forum.

Cheers
Paul

 

All Complete. Thank you to all those who have given their time and effort to assist me in my project.

Cheers
Paul

 

Hello. I’m new to the site. I’m not entirely sure of what I need to do. I’m looking for information about my late Great uncle. Sidney Dixon private number 3607352. Died 20th of May 1944 in Burma Age 21

 

Paula,

Sidney was killed at a place called Namsun in Burma. There is a thread on the forum all about the men of the 1st King's Liverpool.
Here:

1st Bn The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, Chindits.

Post Sidney's details on that thread and I'm sure you will learn more.

 

Wondering if anyone can help me? My Great uncle is listed above, John Munro McGuire. Would anyone have a photo of his grave in Myanmar? Would love to know further info if anyway to find? My Grandfather died before I was born and I lost my father in January, so my information is severely limited.

Thank you for your time.

Michael

 

Hi Michael,

It looks as though your great uncle might have been a POW to the Japanese. Hopefully other members can assist in clarifying that for you. It should be possible for you to acquire a photograph of his memorial by contacting Tony who runs this excellent website:

Home - asia war graves

 

Thank you very much for your time. Its massively appreciated.

 

No worries Michael. It might be an idea to start your own thread with John's name and details in the title. That way it would attract more attention on the forum.

Here are his CWGC details for reference:

Casualty

 

3311890 Cpl. J. M. McGuire was captured in Malaya on the 15th February 1942.

 

HW,

I persuaded Michael to move his post to a thread specifically about his grandfather:

Searching for Information on my Great Uncle, Died in Burma 1943

 

Hopefully Paula will come back in relation to Sidney Dixon.

 

Sidney Dixon is mentioned in Jack Lindo's book, From Dingle to Delhi. He was in 82 Column and Lindo says the following,

"A very hairy incident took place at one stop that we made on the hilltop. One of our lads called Dixon (five feet nothing in his ammo boots) was cleaning his weapons, as we always tried to at every opportunity. He had taken the base plate from the bottom of one of his grenades, but had not removed the fuse (the detonator). He then, without thinking, took out the pin holding the striking lever. The fuse was activated and smoke poured out of the grenade. "Look out," shouted Dixon and kicked the grenade away. He, and we who were near, were very lucky as on on kicking the grenade the fuse, still burning, was dislodged. It could have been nasty, as a Mills grenade will cause a lot of damage at close quarters. (Dixon had but a few hours to live)".

It would appear that he was killed when his small party were attempting to cross a road and bumped into a Japanese column who were making their way towards the Blackpool Block.

 

Typical of me, always late to the meeting.

 

Hello Paul,
Did you manage to get any photos regarding Arthur Alfred White? He is my great uncle but there seems to be very little I can find about him other Han where he was when he died.
Thank you
James

 

James welcome to the forum

you can apply for his service records here Get a copy of military service records
you have his service number and proof of death below and you are required to pay £30
Download certificate


TROOPER ARTHUR ALFRED WHITE
Service Number: 3533216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps

18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt.

Date of Death
Died 22 August 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at
THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

B6. B. 2.

Myanmar

• Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
• Additional InfoSon of Charles Ernest and Annie Rose White, of Urmston, Lancashire.
• Personal InscriptionMAY THY SOUL REST IN PEACE

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Wow, incredible. Thank you so much for your time and sharing this information

 

Welcome to the forum James.

Steve (bamboo43) posted excellent advice above regarding Tony’s site:

Cemeteries - asia war graves

https://asiawargraves.com/wp-conten...ruction-of-the-Death-Railway-1942-to-1944.jpg

If you’ve not already done so, it’s well worth contacting him regarding a photograph of your great uncle’s grave, and it appears he has completed his efforts at Thanbyuzayat. Tony was brilliant when I requested a photo of my cousin’s resting place.

Arthur is remembered here too but there are no photos yet, unfortunately:

Trpr Arthur Alfred White (1921-1943) - Find a...