LITHERLAND AT WAR
1939-1945
DIED IN JAPANESE CAPTIVITY

“ When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today ”
 
Gunner Evan Owen Burns
1st/2nd October, 1942 aged 24
12 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
Son of John & Mary Burns
Commemorated Sai Wan Memorial - Hong Kong 		Gunner Albert Charles Livesey
1st/2nd October, 1942 aged 24
7 Battery, 5 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery
Son of Thomas & Mary Ann Livesey
Commemorated Sai Wan Memorial - Hong Kong
San Wan Memorial — Hong Kong
Hong Kong fell to Japanese forces on Christmas Day 1941 following a brief but intense period of fighting. Most of those buried or commemorated on the island were killed at this time, or died later as internees or prisoners of war during the Japanese occupation.
 

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