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2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment
2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment were based in Aga, India when war broke out. They saw action in the Burma campaign with 62nd Indian Infantry Brigade, 19th Indian Division from 1942.
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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Ackland Dennis Claude. Pte. (d.18th May 1945)
- Biggs George William. CSM.
- Brister Norman. Pte. (d.3rd Jan 1945)
- Clarke Dennis Frank. Pte. (d.29th December 1944)
- Hanmer Leslie John. Pte. (d.24th January 1945)
- Harris Alan Walter. (d.10th January 1945)
- Law John Joseph . Pte. (d.4th Feb 1945)
- Lyons Michael Arthur.
- Morgan John Henry. WO1
- Owen David John. Pte. (d.27th January 1945)
- Pike Stanley Gilbert. Pte.
- Shone Frederick. Pte. (d.13th January 1945)
- Wilson Edward Patrick Joseph.
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Edward Patrick Joseph Wilson 2nd Btn. Welch Regiment My father Edward Wilson married a Guernsey girl in 1937 and was called up to the Somerset Light Infantry in 1940.
I am not sure what he did between 1940 and 1944 but I know he spent some time near Weston Supermare in Somerset and also did a parachute training course with the Aimy Air Corps.
He spent 1944 and 1945 in Burma and although there are numerous stories that he could tell, I have two small diaries that he kept whilst in Burma.
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CSM. George William Biggs 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment My Grandfather, George Biggs was sent to fight with the 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment as part of the 19th Indian Dagger Division after spending the earlier war years manning the guns at Dover against German invasion in the Somerset Light Infantry.
He told me some harsh stories when I was a youngster and this is what I remember of them.
I recall him talking about talking his shoes off after a long period on the move and the skin of his feet came away in his socks because of the continuously wet conditions.
He also mentioned the unpleasantness of drinking tea out of aluminium mess tins because they reacted with fillings.
He spoke well of the imperial Japanese whom he said often left captured POW's in bamboo cages for the British to find along the track, but of the non-Japanese soldiers (presumably Koreans and Formosans) that their cruelty to POW's was well known. Some having been buried up to their necks with ants having eaten their eyes out, others used for bayonette practice.
When he was flown out in a bomber after receiving shrapnel in his back they were transporting 2 Japanese POW's who were given blankets and cigarettes. He said when they were caught trying to light their blankets on fire, they were summarily thrown out of the plane.
He spoke of the Japanese 'surrendering' with grenades in their hands which they would throw at the British once in range.
He also mentioned coming across a platoon of women carrying military gear across a river. Thus they were considered combatants and true to take no prisoners mentality of that campaign, were all bayonetted.
Brutal events and the reasons why he didn't talk about the war at all for many years afterwards.
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Alan Walter Harris 2nd Btn. Welch Regiment (d.10th January 1945) Alan Harris was the son of Walter and Pamela Harris, maiden name Currington. He was married to Rosina Evelyn, all from Bedfordshire and had a daughter named Pamela R Harris.
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Pte. Leslie John Hanmer 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.24th January 1945) Private Leslie John Hanmer was killed in action whilst on duty in Burma age 22 on 24th January 1945
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Pte. Dennis Frank Clarke 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.29th December 1944) Dennis Clarke served in the Welsh Regiment in Burma and was killed on 29th of December 1944. He is buried in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (Burma). He was 21 years of age.
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Pte. John Joseph Law 2nd Btn. Welch Regiment (d.4th Feb 1945) John Law is buried in Taukkyan war cemetery in Burma. I have no information other than above, but would love him to not be forgotten. My father was six when he died, and missed him terribly, it affected the rest of his life.
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Pte. Dennis Claude Ackland 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment (d.18th May 1945) Dennis Ackland was my uncle but I was only 4 when he was killed in action in Burma - aged 21. I do not have any details of his service but I hope to learn more in the future. He was born in 1923 so I can only assume that he enlisted when he was 18 in 1941. He was the only child of my step-aunt Violet May Ackland who was unmarried. Dennis was therefore a very precious child.
He was serving in Burma when VE day was declared and he was killed a week later which is indeed bitter sweet. He is buried in Rangoon War Cemetery along with the many others who died in that war. His grave is beautifully tended but for my aunt it was devastating that she was never able to visit his grave. He was awarded the Burma Star which is now in my possession, being the only survivor of his family.
May he sleep well albeit in a foreign land.
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