Gnr. John Edward Storey
British Army 125th Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
from:35 Dock Street East, Sunderland
(d.20th Jun 1943)
My dad and his brother both served in Burma but with different units. My dad was in the Green Howards and he survived the war. His, John Storey brother was in the 125th Anti Tank Regiment and I think he joined when the unit was a Territorial unit based in Seaburn, Dyklands Road Sunderland. I know before his unit actually got into any active service they were on civil defense duties firstly in Glasgow then Liverpool. After training in Scotland the unit set sail and arrived in Singapore in 1942. The ship was bombed but many of the unit made it ashore to reform but without much ammunition they were ordered to surrender by the Japanese. They were then marched to Changhi and spent 3 and half years in captivity. Many died and my uncle died on the Burma-Siam railway. He died of dysentery and is now buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand.
