1st Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment

The Men

Men who were captured in Burma in the 1942 Campaign

A colour illustration of the West Yorkshire Regiment crest, flanked by an eighteenth-century grenadier and a First World War soldier.
The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own).
  • Sgt. W. McCabe — Remained behind
  • Sgt. J. Farrarr — Bradford — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Sgt. E. Montgomery — Bradford — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Sgt. F. Greer — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • L/Sgt. A. Smeraldo — Sheffield — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Cpl. V. Farrar — Remained behind
  • Cpl. A. Bell — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Cpl. W. Troughton — York — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Cpl. Dowd — Redcar — Remained behind
  • Cpl. E. Hyndman — Middlesboro' — Dead
  • L/Cpl. J. Godwin — Leicester — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • L/Cpl. F. Alderson — Saltaire — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. T. Raine — York — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. R. Finley — York — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. H. Clarkson — Silsden — Remained behind
  • Pte. E. Clutton — Barnsley — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. H. Turner — Leeds — Dead
  • Pte. W. Armstrong — Remained behind
  • Pte. R. Sharpe — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. H. Pugh — Rotherham — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. F. Newby — York — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. R. Giles — Doncaster — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. R. Green — Leeds — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. T. Norwood — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. R. Grindle — Mexborough — Remained behind
  • Pte. T. Hepple — Dead
  • Pte. E. Longden — Mexborough — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. T. Bull — Leeds — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. F. Scowby — Bradford — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. T. Dailey — Doncaster — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. W. Taylor — Leeds — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. W. Ratcliffe — Leeds — Dead
  • Pte. D. McConnell — Leeds — Dead
  • Pte. Swift — Leeds — Dead
  • Pte. R. Houldsworth — Manchester — Dead
  • Pte. L. Scarboro — Leeds — Dead
  • Cpl. A. Bailey — Rotherham — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. C. Clarkson — Bradford — Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand
  • Pte. M. Lewis — Mexborough — Dead
  • Pte. L. Hough — Sowerby Bridge — Remained behind
  • Pte. W. Thompson — Leeds — Remained behind
  • Pte. S. Smith — Horsforth — Remained behind
  • Pte. F. Fox — Dead

In Bill's original list each name was marked to show what became of the man. Those markings are reproduced here.

  • Dead
  • Remained behind
  • Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand

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