14250548 Gnr Roy H Brindley, RA

14250548 Gunner Roy Hollick Brindley of the 136th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 9th March 1944. He was 22 years old, the son of James George and Edith Mldred Brindley of Newbury, Berkshire. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (formerly Burma).

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

3252384 Pte Robert J Gordon, 2nd Bn, South Lancs Regt

3252384 Private Robert James Gordon of the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, died on the 13th March 1944. He was 30 years old and the son of Alexander and Susan Gordon of Coatbridge, Lancashire. He is buried in Taukkyan 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

5619925 L/Sgt Christopher Kiff, 1st Bn, Devonshire Regt

5619925 Lance-Sergeant Christopher Kiff of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on the 10th March 1945. He was a Devonshire man who died In Burma, possibly as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery.

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

Maj Vivian Alexander Chiodetti, 2nd Bn, Manchester Regt

Major Vivian Alexander Chiodetti of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, but attached to the 3rd Burma Rifles, died on the 17th January 1942 whilst on active service in Burma. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Rangoon.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

224427 2nd Lt James Julian Paul Goodyear, Royal Corps of Signals

224427 Second Lieutenant James Julian Paul Goodyear of the 23rd Mountain Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, died on the 30th December 1942. He was the 22-year-old son of Frederick and Mary Goodyear of Fawley in Hampshire and he is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (Burma).

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

4751781 Pte Walter Vernon Stoyles, 7th Bn, York & Lancaster Regt

Bradford born 4751781 Private Walter Vernon Stoyles of the 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment, died on the 16th November 1942. He was 26 years old, the son of George H and Florry Stoyles, and the husband of Florence May Stoyles of Girlington, Bradford in Yorkshire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon War Memorial in Taukkyan War Cemetery. The memorial bears the names of nearly 27,000 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaigns in Burma (now Myanmar) and who have no known grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

5574970 Pte Alfred George Frederick Cops, 6th Bn, South Wales Borderers

5574970 Private Alfred George Frederick Cops of the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers died on the 12th November 1944. He was 28 years old, the son of Frederick and Clara Cops and the husband of Mary Patricia Cops of Newton Abbot, Devon.

Alfred was born in Essex and was living in North West London when he enlisted. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (Burma). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has this to say about Taukkyan:

"TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to access and could not be maintained. The last was an original 'Chindit' cemetery containing many of those who died in the battle for Myitkyina. The graves have been grouped together at Taukkyan to preserve the individuality of these battlefield cemeteries Burials were also transferred from civil and cantonment cemeteries, and from a number of isolated jungle and roadside sites. Because of prolonged post-war unrest, considerable delay occurred before the Army Graves Service were able to complete their work, and in the meantime many such graves had disappeared. However, when the task was resumed, several hundred more graves were retrieved from scattered positions throughout the country and brought together here. The cemetery now contains 6,374 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 867 of them unidentified. In the 1950s, the graves of 52 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War were brought into the cemetery from the following cemeteries where permanent maintenance was not possible: Henzada (1); Meiktila Cantonment (8); Thayetmyo New (5); Thamakan (4); Mandalay Military (12) and Maymyo Cantonment (22). Taukkyan War Cemetery also contains: The RANGOON MEMORIAL, which bears the names of almost 27,000 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaigns in Burma and who have no known grave. The TAUKKYAN CREMATION MEMORIAL commemorating more than 1,000 Second World War casualties whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith. The TAUKKYAN MEMORIAL which commemorates 45 servicemen of both wars who died and were buried elsewhere in Burma but whose graves could not be maintained."

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

14719795 Pte Philip Marlow, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment

35 year old 4719795 Pte Philip Marlow of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment, died in Burma on this day, 5th September, in 1945. He was the husband of Lilian Grace Marlow of Market Harborough, Leicestershire and he is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar; grave reference 26.F.24. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project
iGuide for the Taukkyan War Cemetery photo