Originally Posted by
pablo42
Spike, any idea how I can find out about this guy. I got this private message and I said I would help if I could.
all i no was e was a dessert rat was in rangoon jail for nearly 5 years is name stanly williams he is on a picture named rangoon jail and thats all i no about is record apart from the fact e was heavly scarred so much so their wasnt a inch of flesh on his back that wasnt scarred and he cum back a madman we ara all from dingle
Hi Pablo
I asked a few people on the ww2 forum, here are the replies.
" As far as I am aware the Far East P.O.W. Lists have never been Published.
There are lists at Kew though and the File you would need is WO 392/26.
Name Rank No., Date of Capture,date of release and the location of Last Camp is also given. "
KEW http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/r...e=ddmenu_shop3
" I have a friend who is researching Rangoon Jail for Chindits, i will pass the name to him in case he has come across it.
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Got this back for you:
Had a quick look on my lists, 5 Williams?s. Two 13th King?s, one Royal Inniskilling, a US Marine and one other with no christian name. (none named Stanley). No-one spent more than 3 years in the jail. The early POW?s were mainly men captured from the retreat at Sittang. If they can find out more info, especially regiment, I may be able to explore further.
If he was from Liverpool then the 13th Kings may be a good bet - more likely a Chindit that a Desert Rat. "
Not much, but it may help. Ask them for any details that they have, the photo would be a great help as I could post it on the WW2 site and see what they come up with.
The Chindits were the brainchild of General A Wavell and Ord Wingate. Wavell then C in C in India sent for Wingate in 1943 with the task of organising guerilla activity against the Japanese forces in Burma. The name 'Chindit' was a corruption of the Burmese word for winged stone lion - the guardians of the Buddhist temples.
The original Chindit formation was officially known as the 77th infantry brigade - assembled for Wingate's operation Longcloth in Burma in 1943. Wingate assembled British, Gurkha and some Burma rifles and using innovative training methods welded them into a seven column brigade totalling about 3,000 men, with hundreds of mules, Oxen and Elephants carrying their supplies.
The unit comprised:
13 Battalion Kings Liverpool regt
3rd Bn 2nd Gurkha rifles
2nd Bn Burma rifles
142nd Commando company
Taken from here
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/chindits.htm
I hope we can find him.
If you can come up with any more info. we can try again for you.
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