William
Henry Clift.
D.O.B 30/03/1919. Army Service No R.3856262
Royal Artillery
- 1937-38
Enlisted in T.A. at Hindley, 5th Loyal Reg.
- 1938-41
Enlisted in regular army Royal Artillery, Malaya
and Singapore.
- 1941-42
Palau Tekong, Changi gaol, escaped to India. Bush
Warfare school Maymyo, Chungking.
- 1942
Fought at Rangoon, captured and escaped from
Rangoon Gaol.
- 1943
Operation Longcloth.
We have Bill's soldiers prayer book
and written inside are the names of places were he was
during this conflict. We assume they are in chronological
order.
- Malaya
- Pahang
- Palau Tekong
- Singapore
- Rangoon
- Maymyo
- Kunming
- Kiyang
- Chungking
- Lashio
- Calcutta
- Rawalpindi
- Murree
- Mohw
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- Khunti
- Chas
- Lucknow
- Jhansi
- Henu
- Mawlu
- Maungbintha
- Bhamo
- Mogoung
- Myitkyina
- Syhlatt
- Dhera
Dun
- Deolali
- Bombay
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- 77th
Ind.Inf.Brigade
- 3rd
Indian Division
- 38
& 80 column
- 1st
Btn.South Staffords
- For
the remainder of his life Bill was proud to have
been one
- of
- Wingate's
special force.
-
- A
true Chindit to the end
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