MUHAMMAD YUSUF Rank: Naik Service No: 47462 Date of Death: 14/04/1945 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Indian Artillery 4 Field Regt. Grave Reference: 30. A. 9. Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Muhammad Bakhsh and Sairan Bi, of Mohra Jand, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; husband of Sarwar Jan, of Mohra Jand.Casualty Details
4 Field Regiment Royal Indian Artillery were a Divisional Unit of 19th Infantry Division (India) - part of Indian IV Corps. Referred to as the "Dagger Division" from its divisional sign - which was a hand thrusting a dagger overhand, in yellow on a red background. By April 1945 all units in the 19th ID were involved in the race to Rangoon - aiming to liberate the city before the arrival of the monsoon season which would otherwise lead to months of delays. "Infantry, gunners, sappers, tanks, and the other Services had all played their part. Worcesters, Welch, Royal Berkshires, Rajputana Rifles, Frontier Force Regiment, Baluchis, Punjab Regiment, Gurkhas, the Assam Regiment, RA and Indian Artillery. Madras and Bombay Sappers. Tanks of the 150 RAC (Y and L) and Indian Light Cavalry. After Mandalay there was no rest for them, and they moved South, joining 4 Corps for the Rangoon operations."
