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By Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers

By Sir Napier Crookenden

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter Maxfield" data-source="post: 47686" data-attributes="member: 32351">Lt. John Westwood-AxtellJohn was my first cousin; we were two of the four grandsons of Lt.-Col. Walter Edward Maxfield, D.S.O., 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. His father, also Lt. (Temp. Major) John Harry Westwood-Axtell, M.C., had been a prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, with the 2/18 Royal Garhwal Rifles.I have today been talking with one of his three sisters, who raised concerns that some of his details might be incorrect, and wanted them amended. Please could somebody point us in the right direction to enquire? Her son had found an online photo of the headstone, which upset her (they live in Vancouver). I'm not exactly sure of the details, as a huge amount of family history was discussed in three hours, but I think she said the Battalion was 1st, not 2nd, and also that his promotion to 1st Lieutenant, from 2nd, came through after his death.With thanks, Peter Edward Maxfield.</blockquote>