CHINDITS 1944 Court, Henry Charles

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Court ​

• FORENAME

Henry Charles (Charlie) ​

• UNIT

2 Bn Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (14 Bde) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

3247084 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

8th August 1944 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Ranchi War Cemetery,India 8.L.9 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 28.05.1920 London​

resided London​

son of William and Ellen Court​

husband of Sarah Court,Lambeth,London​

former Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ​

 

[Stewart Cochrane]

Charlie Court was my father's ( Pvt. William "Cocky" Cochrane) best pal in No.1 section, A Coy, 73 Column Black Watch. He was wounded in May 1944 when the Watch consisting of around 200 men ambushed a Japanese column of battalion strenght (1000 men). Mr Court was flown out from a jungle airstrip by a short take off U.S aircraft with another casualty 42 column O.C Major Rose. My father and his section pals thought that Mr Court had got a lucky "Blighty" wound and would be back in the U.K in no time. They were shocked to hear that he died in August at a hospital on India. They all reckoned that he died from neglect.
Stewart Cochrane author "Chindit Special Force Burma 1944" 1999. "Over the Hills and Far Away. A Black Watch chindit's story. Burma 1944" 2022