Showing posts with label Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Show all posts

17 November 2010

950856 Gnr Alec Davenport, RA

950856 Gunner Alec Davenport of the 137th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died on the 17th November 1943. He was 26 years old and the son of Harry and Ann Davenport of Nantwich, Cheshire. He is buried in the 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

26 September 2010

7628250 Sgt Ronald H Frapwell, RAOC

7628250 Sergeant Ronald Harrison Frapwell of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 26th September 1943. He was 30 years old, the son of of Arthur and Edith Julia Frapwell, of Fulham, London. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and almost certainly died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

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

8 September 2010

3534658 Pte Willard F Dunham, 1st Bn, Manchester Regt

3534658 Private Willard Fred Dunham of the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, died on the 8th September 1943. He was 27 years old and was from Manchester. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery which implies he died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

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

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