218723 L/Cpl. Len Joseph Day British Army 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Regment from:London My father Len Day served with the 7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. I have a photo of a memorial in Rangoon Burma which I found after my mother died recently it shows seven men: Captain C Smith, Sgt. Jones E.J, Pte. F Darley, Pte. Doyle, Pte Milner, Pte. Stoyles, Pte. Stride lost whilst on active service at sea on 15th November 1942. My father never spoke about this whilst he was alive. I believe he was in this action because he once said to me "I felt the ship was going to sink so I released my rounds of ammo and was able to swim to relative safety" that was the only thing ever he told me about.I think they were on a mission to put out various Japanese machine gun positions but I am not sure. My father never claimed his medals and very rarely spoke about the war, never went to reunions or anything like that.
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