20 August 2010

900426 Gnr Bernard Playforth, RA

900426 Gunner Bernard Playforth of the 137th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 20th August 1943. He was 23 years old, the son of James Edward and Ada Playforth of Blackpool, Lancashire. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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