Alphabetical ‘T – Y’

Taylor, Sgt Joseph Edgar – Army No 857809
Died on 22/6/1943, age 22 – Died in captivity of dysentery at Tha Khanun camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Taylor, L/Bdr Ronald – Army No 4614662   [enlisted into The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Died on 4/7/1943, age 32 – Died in captivity of acute enteritis at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok cemetery)

Taylor, Gnr Sydney William – Army No 1607366
Died on 15/2/1942, age 28 – Killed in action in air raid at Fort Canning, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Thompson, Bdr Frank – Army No 1465160
Died on 17/3/1945, age 24 – Died in captivity of acute enteritis and beri-beri at Fukuoka #17B camp, Omuta, Japan [a survivor of the sinking of the Hofuku Maru]
Buried at Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan

Thompson, Gnr William George – Army No 1075220
Died on 19/10/1943, age 28 – Died in captivity of dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

Thomson, Gnr Richard – Army No 2568959   [enlisted into the Royal Corps of Signals]
Died on 10/12/1944, age 28 – Died in captivity at Kinkaseki Camp #1, Taiwan
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong

Tiller, L/Bdr George Frederick – Army No 1491507
Died on 25/8/1944, age 26 – Died in captivity of amoebic dysentery at US Hospital unit, Bilibid Prison, Manilla, Philippines [had been a prisoner aboard the Hofuku Maru]
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China (originally buried at US Cemetery No2, Manilla)

Titmus, Gnr George William – Army No 1074449
Died on 28/7/1943, age 30 – Died in captivity of dysentery and beri-beri at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok cemetery)

Trace, Sgt Raymond Richard – Army No 768374
Died on 15/2/1942, age 33 – Missing in action, believed killed at Singapore
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Tregarthen, Gnr Henry James – Army No 1074590
Died on 28/6/1943, age 32 – Died in captivity of cholera at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Tring, Gnr Robert Charles – Army No 1107663
Died on 7/7/1943, age 35 – Died in captivity of cholera at Tonchan South, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)

Trott, Dvr Albert Edward – Army No T/275274   [RASC att]   [enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps]
Died on 19/8/1943, age 38 – Died in captivity of colitis and diarrhoea at Songkurai camp, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma (originally buried at Songkurai #2 Cemetery, Thailand)

Tyler, Gnr Samuel Arthur James – Army No 1086708
Died on 1/8/1943, age 32 – Died in captivity at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital cemetery)

Upton, Gnr Phillip George – Army No 1458646
Died on 21/9/1944, age 27 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Valantine, Gnr Vincent Joseph – Army No 1516803
Died on 21/9/1944, age 27 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Vaughan, Sgt Edwin – Army No 1066781
Died on 21/9/1944, age 36 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Wade, Gnr William Henry – Army No 1455513
Died on 21/9/1944, age 24 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Wake, Gnr Herbert Winston – Army No 11408124
Died on 15/8/1945, age 36 – Died of coronary artery occlusion near Kiel, Germany
Buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wakeman, Gnr Richard Henry John – Army No 851252
Died on 5/11/1943, age 30 – Died in captivity of dysentery on the Thai-Burma Railroad, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Waldron, Gnr Henry William – Army No 1075235
Died on 10/9/1945, age 25 – Died in captivity at Osaka, Japan
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Wallis, Gnr Archibald John – Army No 985928
Died on 18/11/1943, age 37 – Died in captivity of cholera at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #3 cemetery)

Ward, Gnr Eric – Army No 1509789
Died on 2/11/1942, age 24 – Died in captivity of diphtheria and dysentery at Changi Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)

Weaver, Gnr Thomas – Army No 777331
Died on 19/11/1943, age 33 – Died in captivity of beri-beri on the Thai-Burma Railroad, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

Webber, Gnr Arthur Ernest – Army No 5679437   [enlisted into the Somerset Light Infantry]
Died on 1/5/1942, age 25 – Died in captivity of septicemia at Changi Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)

Webber, L/Bdr Charles Edward – Army No 1094807
Died on 28/11/1942, age 35 – Died in captivity of dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

Wenzel, Gnr Stanley Adolf – Army No 1075251
Died on 21/9/1944, age 33 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Westwood, Gnr Frederick G – Army No 1110620
Died on 15/2/1942, age 31 – Killed in action when his A/T gun was surrounded at Thompson Road, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Wheeler, Gnr James – Army No 5382279   [enlisted into the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]
Died on 1/11/1941, age 22 – Died in England
Buried at St. Mary’s, Haddenham Churchyard, Bucks

White, Gnr Ernest George – Army No 1074312
Died on 16/5/1943, age 32 – Died in captivity of cholera and dysentery at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

White, Gnr Walter – Army No 1094986
Died on 29/6/1942, age 37 – Died in captivity of pneumonia and dysentery at Changi Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)

Whyte, Gnr William Craig – Army No 1105509
Died on 21/9/1944, age 32 – Died in captivity onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Wignall, Gnr Albert Edward – Army No 1516921
Died on 9/7/1942, age 23 – Died in captivity of dysentery at Changi hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)

Williams, Gnr Harold – Army No 1558464
Died on 21/9/1944, age 32 – Died in captivity, onboard the Hofuku Maru when bombed by US carrier aircraft, 3 Mi off the west coast of the Philippines, in the West Philippine Sea, bound for Takao, Formosa
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Williams, Gnr Idris – Army No 818190
Died on 30/6/1940, age 27 – Died at Oxford, UK
Buried at Brynmawr (St. Mary) Church Burial Ground, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK

Williams, Bdr Richard Alfred – Army No 4910842   [enlisted into the South Staffordshire Regiment]
Died on 18/12/1944, age 35 – Died in captivity of beri-beri at Amagasaki Branch Camp (Osaka 6-D), Japan
Buried at Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan

Williams, Sgt William Arthur – Army No 4191708   [enlisted into the Royal Welch Fusiliers]
Died on 9/6/1943, age 28 – Died in captivity of beri-beri and cholera at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Wilson, Gnr Alfred Edwin – Army No 1110080
Died on 15/2/1942, age 30 – Killed in action whilst attached to 7 MRC at Singapore [7 MRC (Military Reinforcement Camp) was 7 miles, north, out of Singapore off Upper Serangoon Road]
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Wilton, L/Sgt Alexander – Army No 1094119
Died on 12/9/1944, age 24 – Died in captivity onboard the Rakuyo Maru in the South China Sea, torpedoed by US submarine USS Sealion II, about 250 Mi east of the island of Hainan, bound for Yokohama, Japan
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Winser, Lt Timothy – Army No 88411
Died on 3/1/1945, age 24 – Killed in action at Bure, Namur, Belgium
Buried in Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium

Wise, Gnr Arthur Frederick – Army No 1558467
Died on 22/11/1942, age 28 – Died in captivity of dysentery at Tonchan Main camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)

Wisker, Gnr Henry Arthur – Army No 1152701
Died on 17/11/1944, age 36 – Killed in action at Boxmeer, the Netherlands
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

Woodruff, Gnr Ernest Edward – Army No 1463039
Died on 30/11/1944, age 27 – Died in England
Buried at Oxford Crematorium, Oxfordshire, UK

Worton, Gnr George Arthur – Army No 1115356
Died on 15/2/1942, age 20 – Killed in action when his A/T gun was surrounded at Thompson Road, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Wright, Gnr James Ebenezer Robert – Army No 1075362
Died on 7/8/1943, age 26 – Died in captivity of cholera at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok Cholera cemetery)

Wright, Dvr James Harold – Army No T/259072   [RASC att]   [enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps]
Died on 13/2/1942, age 21 – Missing in action, last seen in Beach Rd, Singapore
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Young, Gnr John William – Army No 1120373
Died on 19/7/1945, age 40 – Died in captivity of malaria at Takhli, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Takhli cemetery, Thailand)