Basic Details
Surname
Burch
Forenames
James O R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Burch
Alternative forename
James Oliver Robert
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Service number
5951789
Notes
Private, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Son of Frank Oliver and Pamela Martha Burch of Newmarket, Suffolk. At Kinsayok Camp Number 2 on the Burma Railway as a POW of the Japanese. Remembered on Column 62, Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Burma
Country of burial
Singapore
Town of burial
Kranji
Cemetery
Kranji War Cemetery
Year of death
1943
Month of death
June
Day of death
8
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Died at Kinsayok Camp Number 2 as a prisoner of war on the Burma railway
Manner of death reference
Other