Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC MILNER, ALFRED CHARLES Rank: Sapper Service No: 14577299 Date of Death: 06/08/1944 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 54 Field Coy. Grave Reference: 13. J. 21. Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Location: Myanmar Additional Information: Son of Charles Harold and Ethel Maud Milner, of Birmingham; husband of Martha Betty Milner, of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Personal Inscription: LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY WIFE BETTY, MOM, DAD AND FAMILIES. "THY WILL BE DONE"
Clive this chap must have been in a reserved occupation to have joined in early '43 - according to his number - done some training - transported to Burma - to die in less than eighteen months....but not all that unusual as many were younger at D Day Cheers
Can anyone add anything to Alfred Milner's storey? He's another one of fallen commemorated on the Castle Bromwich War memorial I'm researching. Kind regards Alan
Tom, he's recorded in 1939 Register as a solderer of electric heaters, doesn't sound like a reserved occupation, but surprising it appears he didn't join up until 1943.
More detail on Alfred Charles Milner. It explains why he didn't join up until 1943. Alfred Charles Milner (1914-1944) | Castle Bromwich Graveyard
54 Field Company RE were part of the 16th British Infantry Brigade on Operation Thursday (Chindit 2). Sadly, I cannot confirm if Alfred served on the operation in 1944.
From looking at the concentration report for Alfred on the CWGC website, I notice he was reburied at Taukkyan from the Sahmaw Military Cemetery. This was situated very close to the Burmese town of Mogaung and contained burials for many Chindit casualties. Looking at Alfred's report (see below), he was buried alongside soldiers almost exclusively from Chindit 2 regimental battalions/columns.
Initially buried at Sahmaw after dying of Tick Typhus. Serving with 54 Field Company so a Chindit. Rest in Peace Alfred Charles Milner.
