| Surname: | Wharmby |
| Initials: | S |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2886915 |
| Notes: | POW. Enlisted 2 Gordon Highlanders, attached to 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy, CMP. 21/7/03 Died. Shown on list of TARSO No.2 Cemetery (Burma Railway). as Died 21/7/43 from dysentery, Unit 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy. CMP. Shown is CWGC as Gordon Highlanders. Stanley Wharmby. Inscription on gravestone: Years go by, but memories stay, as near and dear as yesterday, loving Mam. Info from Japanese POW index card: Stanley Wharmby, 15/2/1920 born 47 Norway Street, Seedley, Salford, Lancashire, address: Mr Herbert Wharmby, 32 Ena Crescent, Wigan Road, Leigh, Lancashire, father Herbert mother Louisa. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 53807. Wharmby, Stanley, L/cpl, 2886915, Army, captured 15/2/1942, died 21/7/1942, camp TH, Thailand. He is listed on Thailand POW Camp Roll: Wharmby, Stanley, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV 16807, old POW No. IV 5629, former camp M-2445, 2886915, died 18/7/21. He is listed on the Thailand Burma Railway Camp Death Roll: 49. 5629, 2886915, L/Cpl, Wharmby, S 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy, CMP, died 21/7/1943 from dysentery. He is listed on POW's who died from illness in the Thailand Camp: 12. L/Cpl, S, Wharmby, 2886915, died 21/7/1943 from amoebic dysentery he was inhumed. He is shown in a list for British 4 Group (working party) deceased. Casualty List 774, Malaya, Missing 15/2/1942, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List. Casualty List 942, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing on List 774, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List. Casualty List 1812, POW previously reported POW now reported Died, 21/7/1943, previous List 942, Malaya, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List. Stanley Wharmby. |
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| Imprisonment: | Thailand THAILAND 🇹🇠|
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| Date of Death: | July 21, 1942 |
| Company: | 3 INDIAN CORPS PRO |
| CWGC Link: | 2195522 |
| Cemetery: | KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, THAILAND 🇹🇠|
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