| Notes: | POW. He enlisted Leicestershire Regiment, attached to 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy, CMP. 12/9/1944 Died.
Info from Japanese POW index card: William Chessman, 2/8/1918 born 39 Whitwick Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, address: Mrs Lily Cheesman, 35 Berresford Street, Coalville, occupation boot and shoe operator, mother Sabella Wyatt. He is shown in a list for British 4 Group (working party). Shown on this card as 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy and 1 Leicesershire Regiment on CWGC roll. He drowned on the ship Kachidoki Maru on its way to Japan with POW's, sunk by USS Pampanito with loss of 244 lived, 656 survived. He is named o List "Group No. 4" POW 5829, 4859689, L/Cpl Chessman W, CMP. He is named on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese occupied territory: 9087, Chessman, William, L/Cpl, 4859689, Army, captured 15/2/1942, Died 12/9/1944, camp TH, Thailand, missing on board ship. He is named on nominal roll of POW's sent to Japan from Thailand: Chessman, William, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV 40626, old POW no. iv 5929, previous camp M 2385, 4859689. He is named on a telegram shown as missing at sea.
Casualty List 772, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 949, Malaya, now POW, previous shown on List 772 as missing, 15/2/1942, attached 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy,shown on 1 Leicestershire Regiment List. Casualty List 949, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing on List 772, 15/2/1942, 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy, shown on 1 Leicestershire Regiment List. Casualty List 1716, attached to 3 Indian Pro Coy, At Sea, Previously reported POW in Japanese hands in Malaya now reported missing, previous List 949, date not reported, shown on 1 Leicestershire Regiment List. Casualty List 1922, At Sea, previously reported missing whilst POW now presumed killed in action whilst POW, date not reported, previous List 1716, 12/9/1944.
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