STARK, Raymond William

Taukkyan War Cemetery, MyanmarCredit: CWGC

Lance Bombardier
82 Anti Tank Regiment Attached to 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
Royal Artillery

Raymond was born on the 29th of July 1918 in Newport to William & Anne of Elmfield of Ryde. By 1922 the family were living in Dodnor, Newport.

Raymond, aged 27, died on the 10th of March 1945 & was originally buried in Mandalay Cemetery in a Collective Grave with three other 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire soldiers, which due to access became unmaintainable, & so their remains were exhumed & reburied together in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar. They rest alongside 5,579 of their comrades, beneath separate Commission Pedestal Markers, Raymond’s bears the family inscription: “THOUGHTS DRIFT BACK TO BYGONE DAYS, LIFE MOVES ON BUT MEMORY STAYS”.

Raymond is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.