Roy Albert Samuel Brace
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Drummer 5184163
Parents: Albert and Lilian Brace
Home address: Bristol
Date of birth: 1918
Date of death: 02/03/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated on Rangoon Memorial (Face 12.) Myanmar and Hambrook War Memorial and St John the Baptist Church, Frenchay
Age: 23
Further information:
The 1st Gloucestershires were part of an inadequate defence force stationed in Burma after the Japanese entered the war in 1941. They were unable to repel the advancing Japanese Army when it attacked in December 1941 and by March 1942 the Burma army was in full retreat. On 7th March, the Burma Army evacuated Rangoon after implementing a scorched earth policy to prevent the Japanese using its facilities and Roy was reported as having died of wounds most probably during the retreat.
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/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945/the-retreat-in-burma-1941-to-1942/