To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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William (Bill) Lawson

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Royal Artillery

125th Anti-Tank Regiment

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Japanese POW

 In memory of his mates in the 125th Anti-Tank:-

 

 

 

Officers

Other Ranks

Total

%

Thailand-Burma Railway Deaths

3

93

96

16

 

 

Cause of Death

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beri-beri

 

10

10

 

 

 

Cholera

 

20

20

 

 

 

Dysentery, Diarrhoea

2

23

25

 

 

 

Malaria

 

6

6

 

 

 

Pellagra

 

2

2

 

 

 

Tropical Ulcers, Amputation

 

4

4

 

 

 

Others

 

11

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple causes

1

12

13

 

 

 

Inanition, Debility, Exhaustion, Malnutrition

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executed

 

 

0

 

 

 

Murdered

 

 

0

 

 

 

Killed by Allied bombing

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Deaths

3

93

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Officers

Other Ranks

Total

%

Deaths off-Railway

 

27

27

4

Deaths at Sea

 

54

54

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deaths in Service

2

16

18

3

Other Deaths

 

2

2

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roll of Honour

5

192

197

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survivors

27

381

408

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal Roll

32

573

605

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place of Death on the Thailand-Burma Railway

Songkurai

1

 

Kannyu River 1

1

Kroeng Krai

1

 

Tonchan Central

8

Thimongtha

2

 

Tonchan South

16

Nam Chon Yai

5

 

Tha Sao

11

Tha Khanun

3

 

Wang Pho Central

1

Hindat

2

 

Chungkai

22

Kinsaiyok

1

 

Tha Makham

5

Kinsaiyok Jungle

1

 

Kanchanaburi

3

Hin Tok River

1

 

Tha Muang

2

Hin Tok Road

1

 

Nong Pladuk

3

Kannyu 3

1

 

Nakhon Pathom

4

Kannyu 1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

96

 

Bill Died

7th May 2012

Washington, Tyne and Wear

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.''

 

 

 

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