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1866444
Warrant Officer Class II
James Arthur Butcher
1908/03/01 - Born Drummond Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Son of George and Lilly (nee Wood) Butcher
1908/03/18 - Baptised at Rotherham, Minster
Brother to Charles Walter, Annie, George Harry, and Francis Aireen
Occupation Bricklayer
1930 - Medal from Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS).
1932 - Married Mabel Violet Coe in Rotherham
Lived York
Royal Engineers
Establishment for Engineer Services
Service
1944/04/19 - WO417/74, Casualty List No. 1424. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 777. Date of Missing Casualty 15/02/1942. Previously posted Missing now reported Prisoner of War in Japanese Hands.
1945/10/20 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1889. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1424 as reported Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya. Now reported Died.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M-7464,
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/05 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘M’ Letter Party, train 12
Commander Lt-Col. D.E. Swinton, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
New PoW No. II-5520
Tha Khanun, 222Km from Nong Pluduk
New PoW No. II-3936
Died
Age 35
26th May 1943
Tha Khanun, Thailand, Grave No. 22
Cause of death Acute Enteritis and Cholera
Memorial
2. P. 2.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
After the war James body was buried in War Cemetery
Thailand
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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‘WHAT WOULD WE GIVE TO SEE YOU SMILE AND SIT AND TALK WITH YOU AWHILE’
Information
Relatives of James - Could you please email Andre Le Pennec:-
andrelepennec@yahoo.co.uk
Fall of Malaya and Singapore
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 392/23, WO 361/2172, WO 361/1623, WO 361/2167, WO 361/1142, WO 261/2053, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1142, WO 345/08, WO 361/1526, Wo 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2191, WO 361/1367,
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