- Other Entry
- SURNAME
Johns
- FORENAME
William Edward Field
- UNIT
No 2 SBS attached COPP 3(2)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
241202
- DATE OF DEATH
9th March 1945
- AGE
31
- GRAVESITE
Kranji War Cemetery,Singapore 34.D.4
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Engineers
born 1914, London SE
resided London SE
son of Francis Philip and Eveline Maude Johns, Eltham, London
award M.C.
KIA recce of Phuket with COPP 3(2)
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Mar-1945AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/johns-william-edward-field.28096/CITATION:
Military Cross : Courage and determination in hazardous operations.
In the operation on Myebon Peninsula, Captain Johns was in charge of one of the canoes setting explosives on the stakes. The work was done on mud flats 100 yards from a heavily defended beach occupied by the enemy. In all two hours were spent on the beach and throughout he displayed a high degree of courage and initiative, all the stakes in his section being destroyed.
In the operation on Myebon Peninsula, Captain Johns was in charge of one of the canoes setting explosives on the stakes. The work was done on mud flats 100 yards from a heavily defended beach occupied by the enemy. In all two hours were spent on the beach and throughout he displayed a high degree of courage and initiative, all the stakes in his section being destroyed.
WEB LINKS:
https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/3577427https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7396429
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56321810/william-edward_field-johns
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