Messenger. Rifleman S/4504, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 10 July 1916. Aged 22. Born Islington, enlisted Marylebone, resident Dalston, Middlesex. Son of Frederick John and Rachel Frances Dermott, of 2, Queens Rd., Dalston, London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C.

Keeper. Private G/2197, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 29 September 1915. Born St. Pancras, Middlesex, enlisted Camden Town, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.

Librarian. Private 9580, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Died 21 April 1917. Aged 35. Husband of Maud Odette Peavot, of 18, Cedar Rd., Cricklewood, London. Librarian, Zoological Society of London. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.

Clerk. Second Lieutenant 164971, 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in the Far East 21 December 1941. Aged 27. Son of Evan and Anne Davies. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 3. He is also commemorated on the Pembroke County War Memorial.

Keeper. Gunner 1755068, 70 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in Burma 25 January 1945. Aged 36. Son of Henry and Mary Wells; husband of Doris Hilda Wells, of Hendon, Middlesex. Buried at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (burma). Plot 18. Row G. Grave 21.

Note: Taukkyan War Cemetery is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to access and could not be maintained. The last was an original 'Chindit' cemetery containing many of those who died in the battle for Myitkyina. The graves have been grouped together at Taukkyan to preserve the individuality of these battlefield cemeteries. Burials were also transferred from civil and cantonment cemeteries, and from a number of isolated jungle and roadside sites. Because of prolonged post-war unrest, considerable delay occurred before the Army Graves Service were able to complete their work, and in the meantime many such graves had disappeared. However, when the task was resumed, several hundred more graves were retrieved from scattered positions throughout the country and brought together here.

Keeper. Gunner 922398, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died in 28 July 1943 as a Japanese Prisoner of War at Nikki. Aged 26. Born and resident Bedfordshire. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot B6. Row F. Grave 2.

Note: 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 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.