tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post7616881648012359011..comments2024-03-20T10:29:10.810-07:00Comments on Military History: What happened to 'A' Coy Winnipeg Grenadiers on the night of 18th/19th Dec 1941Philip Cracknellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-39085241798387795762022-06-20T21:24:44.085-07:002022-06-20T21:24:44.085-07:00The AOP I refer to is of course the one on the sum...The AOP I refer to is of course the one on the summit of JLO - it's still there today.Philip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-18540361622371497902022-06-20T21:23:23.208-07:002022-06-20T21:23:23.208-07:00Hi: thanks for your message. Sgt Tom Marsh recalle...Hi: thanks for your message. Sgt Tom Marsh recalled seeing a British artillery officer when they reached the AOP. This may have been 2/Lt Platts in charge of the crew at the AOP. The officer withdrew perhaps to call in artillery fire. According to RA War Diary he was manning an AOP in the area of Jardines Lookout. He was killed earlier that morning, RAHQ had ordered an AOP party of one officer (Platts?) and four other ranks to assist the AA Battery at Stanley Gap which was under attack. I suspect he was killed much closer to Stanley Gap AA Battery. PhilipPhilip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-90699804400269577922022-06-20T18:41:44.009-07:002022-06-20T18:41:44.009-07:00Hello Philip,
I was reading the trial papers of ...Hello Philip,<br /><br />I was reading the trial papers of Colonel Tanaka. In the trial papers, one of the witnesses( Banfill) mentions that a wounded 2/Lt of the HKSRA was executed by the Japanese on the trail leading to Stanley Gap from Mt Butler. I have a suspicion that the second lieutenant mentioned was 2/Lt Baron Platts . Is this theory possible?Lewisnoreply@blogger.com