Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt. George Cyril Cordery

British Army 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Regt. Royal Artillery

from:West Ham

My father, George Cordery did his basic training with the Durham Light Infantry before joining the Royal Artillery as a Gunner. He was eventually posted to the 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment, which was part of 6th Airborne Division. He served with the OP Section of then Regiment.

After the war had ended he was sent to Burma as part of the British Training Mission, where he served as an instructor with the Burmese 1st Anti-tank Regiment (which was also known as the Chin Hills Battalion).



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