Joseph Henry George Cullimore
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private
Parents: Henry Charles and Amy Roberta Cullimore
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 3 Vicarage Cottages, Downend Road, Mangotsfield Lived: Downend, Gloucestershire
Pre-war occupation: Grocer’s Assistant
Date of birth: 26/04/1912
Date of death: 22/11/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar and commemorated Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 32
Further information:
Joseph had two sisters and was the middle child of the three. He married Margaret Dora Hardwick in 1939.
Joseph served with the 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. His regiment took part in the Burma campaign and Joseph was killed fighting the Japanese 18th Imperial Division at the Battle of Pinwe in Burma, when his company was hit by heavy Japanese mortar and gun fire.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/war-diary-10th-bn-gloucestershire-regiment.14991/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/