William Charles Bond
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private
Parents: Walter George and Sarah Bond
Home address: 2 White Hart Lane, Marshfield
Pre-war occupation: Carpenter
Date of birth: 1915
Date of death: 05/08/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar and commemorated on Marshfield new Cenotaph
Age: 28
Further information:
William’s father predeceased him so on the outbreak of war William was living with his widowed mother.
William’s battalion fought in the Burma Campaign, arriving on 20th March to fight and liberate Arakan from the Japanese. At the beginning of July, the battalion began a 9-month march, the first 100 miles of which lay down the railway which ran along a narrow corridor in thick jungle, in one of the worlds wettest and most unhealthy areas. William died at the beginning of August on the first day of the battle of Sahmaw Chaung, the purpose of which was to seize a river crossing point from the Japanese. Although the battle achieved its aim, it cost the battalion the lives of 4 officers, 17 other ranks, including William, and left 58 others wounded. Before he died William had been made up to Sergeant.
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.burmastar.org.uk/stories/south-wales-border-regiment/