1st Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment
The Men
Men who were captured in Burma in the 1942 Campaign
In Bill's original list each name was marked to show what became of the man. Those markings are reproduced here.
- Dead10
- Remained behind9
- Gone with the Japanese on the march to Thailand24
43 men.
- Sgt. W. McCabe — Remained behind
- Sgt. J. Farrar — 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
Names and places are spelled as Bill wrote them, and he was not always consistent — the roll records Pte. L. Scarboro, while in the account itself he writes Laurie Scarborough. If you are searching for a relative, it is worth trying more than one spelling.