FIRST WORLD WAR

Sach, Frederick Sadler, Alfred S Sadler, A S Sadler, Albert Stanley Sadler, Arthur William Sadler, Douglas Sadler, Herbert Charles Sadler, Stanley Alfred Sage, R Fred Sage, Walter Charles Sage, W E Sage, Wm G Sage, William Sallis, H Sallows, Edward Willim Sallows, George Sallows, H Salmon, Harold A Salmon, Jack Salmon, P A Salmon, William John Sanger, Harry Sansom, C Sargeant, Alfred Sargeant, A V Sargeant, Walter Sargent, Arthur Saunders, Stanley G Saville, Frank Albert Sawkins, Claud Sawyer, Edward Sayle, A Scanlan, James Scanlan, John Scott, Charles Scott, George E Scott, John R Scovell, George Henry Seaborn, Ernest Walter Seaborne, C Seaborne, Ernest J Seaman, Chas H Secker, John Devereux Secrett, Fredk George Self, Edward J Sewell, J E Shead, John Wm Evans Shears, Herbert Charles Sheehan, J Sheldrake, Arthur L Sheldrake, George C Shipp, Alfred Shynn, Fred Walter Simms, Joseph William Simons, Charles Henry Wm Simons, Ernest Ambrose Simons, William John Simpson, Cyrus Simpson, Percy Wm Simpson, Thomas Henry Sizeland, Walter John Skelton, A Slythe, Stanley George Smee, Ernest Thomas Smith, Aubrey George Smith, Edward Thompson Smith, Edwin Smith, E Smith, Frank Smith, Fred Smith, Fredk Eugene Smith, George Fredk Smith, G N R Smith, John Raymond Smith, John Smith, J Smith, S J Smith, Stanley Edward Smith, S J C Smith, Thomas Smith, W G Smith, W G Smith, William Smy, Horace G Soames, H W Soughan, Frank Soughan, Leo Soughan, Percy Sowther, Ernest Sparkes, Alfred H Sparkes, Altree G Sparkes, W H

Sparling, A Edward Sparling, Walter Speller, W O Spencer, Edmund Springett, George Percy Springett, Richard C Spurgeon, Sidney St George, H W St George, G S W Stammers, J Stanford, Alan K Stanford, Donovan R Stanford, Sybil H Stannard, John Stanyon, Alan Starling, Claud Frank Steggles, Albert E Steggles, Alfred Steggles, Joseph Stevens, Harry Stevens, Percy Stewart, H Stickland, William A Stonebridge, A V Stork, W H Stowe, Ernest Charles Strutt, Arthur William Strutt, E Walter Styles, Frederick Sunderland, H A Swain, Frank Swale, M G Swan, Cyril John Sweetapple, A Swett, William Percy Syrett, Frank Syrett, R Tadmore, Joseph A Tapsell, Richard Tatman, S W Tatt, Harry Tatlow, J Tayler, Dudley Henry Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Percy G Taylor, Reginald H Theobald, F G Theobald, G D Thomas, Alfred Thomas, Arthur P Thomas, Cecil Frank Thomas, Ernest Edward Thomas, Fredk A Thomas, Stanley Wm George Thomas, T Thompson, Ernest J Thompson, Herbert Thompson, Stanley E Thorpe, Charles Edward Thurlow, Thomas Timms, Joseph William Timothy, - Tinkler, Herbert Geo Tipper, Wm Jas Totman, Samuel W Towns, George Robert Tralau, Alfred William Tralau, George Walter (M.M.) Triphook, Owen Leach Trumpess, Albert Trumpess, Edward N Trussell, Alan L Trussell, Wilfred G Tucker, Arthur G Tucker, Cyril James William Tucker, Thomas Turrall, A Turner, Fredk Thomas Turtill, J J Tydeman, Laurance Walter Tyler, John Collett Tyson, F Upton, F J Usher, Samuel Venard, George Willis Verlander, William James Vine, James Edward Wade, Henry James Wade, W Wadley, Sidney Wagstaff, J H Wale, S

Walker, Charles Ernest Wallace, Dudley W Waller, John Harry Waller, Vincent P N Walsh, B Balsh, James Walshe, Harry Ward, Albert George Ward, Ernest Waring, R Warner, Ernest F Warner, Lawson Warner, W J Warner, William Alfred Warner, William Robert (not on War memorial) Warren, Edward H Wash, William T Wateson, Walter J Wateson, William Watson, D A Watson, Harry Wass, James Stanley Watson, - Watts, V Wayland, Bertie Webb, Albert Ernest Webb, F W Webber, C H Weller, G Wells, F J T Wells, George Wells, Thomas William M (M.M.) Welton, George Went, John Weston, D G Weston, R D Whall, Fredk Thos Whall, Richard James Whalley, J Whatling, Lee Sanson Wheatley, Henry Wheelan, George (M.C.) Wheeler, Cecil Henry Wheeler, Fredk C Wheeler, Albert Henry Wheeler, James Robert Wheeler, Walter George White, Alexander White, Alfred William White, Benjamin J White, L White, Maurice Joseph White, Reginald Robert Whiting, Arthur T J Wicks, Harry Sidney Wilby, Alfred Dolphin Wilkinson, Henry Eady B Williams, Oliver Williams, S Williams, Thos A Williams, Walter Willis, John Willis, J Willis, W Wills, Horace Fredk Wilson, Stanley John Windsor, Henry F Winter, C H Wisbey, Harry Wood, William George Woodrow, A George Woodrow, William John Woollard, Alan George Woollard, Basil Edgar Wordley, Bertie Daniel Worger, Sidney Richard Worth, Claude Wright, George J H Wright, Herbert Wright, John Fredk Wright, Leslie Wright, Samuel Wyatt, Harold T Wyatt, Philip Oliver Wyatt, Thomas James York, G H Youngs, Albert C Youngs, William Youngs, William Q L Yule, Leonard W

 

1248 in total

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In memory of

WILLIAM ROBERT WARNER

Able Seaman

D/JX 152064

H.M.S. Sultan., Royal Navy

who died on

Monday 14 September 1942 . Age 21 .

Additional Information: Son of William Walter and Kathleen Ellen Warner, of Colchester, Essex.

Cemetery: THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERYMyanmar

Grave or Reference Panel Number: B5. B. 6.

Location: The village of Thanbyuzayat is 65 kilometres from Moulmein, and the war cemetery lies at the foot of the hills which separate the Union of Myanmar from Thailand. At present the only way in which the cemetery may be visited is by train. This is a long and uncomfortable journey and three days should be allocated. Only those in good health should attempt the journey. Prior permission is needed to travel to the cemetery, which is close to areas of unrest. Enquiries about the possibility of obtaining permission to visit the cemetery should be made to the nearest Union of Myanmar (Burmese) Embassy, or a Commonwealth Embassy in Yangon (Rangoon).

Historical Information: The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 civilians also died in the course of the project, chiefly forced labour brought from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, or conscripted in Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar). Two labour forces, one based in Siam and the other in Burma worked from opposite ends of the line towards the centre. The Japanese aimed at completing the railway in 14 months and work began in October 1942. The line, 424 kilometres long, was completed by December 1943. The graves of those who died during the construction and maintenance of the Burma-Siam railway (except for the Americans, whose remains were repatriated) were transferred from camp burial grounds and isolated sites along the railway into three cemeteries at Chungkai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar. Thanbyuzayat became a prisoner of war administration headquarters and base camp in September 1942 and in January 1943 a base hospital was organised for the sick. The camp was close to a railway marshalling yard and workshops, and heavy casualties were sustained among the prisoners during Allied bombing raids in March and June 1943. The camp was then evacuated and the prisoners, including the sick, were marched to camps further along the line where camp hospitals were set up. For some time, however, Thanbyuzayat continued to be used as a reception centre for the groups of prisoners arriving at frequent intervals to reinforce the parties working on the line up to the Burma-Siam border. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery was created by the Army Graves Service who transferred to it all graves along the northern section of the railway, between Moulmein and Nieke. There are now 3,149 Commonwealth and 621 Dutch burials of the Second World war in the cemetery.

(This record was discovered by Ann Norton who was able to add that he was originally on the HMS Repulse when it was sunk on 10 December 1941. William is not recorded on a Colchester memorial which should perhaps be corrected.)

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In Memory of

THOMAS WILLIAM MAURICE WELLS

Second Lieutenant

2nd Bn., South Wales Borderers

who died on

Saturday, 1st July 1916.

Commemorative Information

Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France

Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 4 A

Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).

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In Memory of

GEORGE WHELAN MC

Second Lieutenant

2nd Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own)

who died on

Thursday, 16th August 1917. Age 26.

Additional Information: Son of George and Sarah Whelan; husband of Edith Gladys Whelan, of 6, Lisle Rd., Colchester.

Commemorative Information

Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 42 to 47 and 162

Location: The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).

Historical Information: A description of the Memorial and an account of the military operations in the Ypres Salient is contained in a separate Introductory part to the Registers.

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