Individual Details
Major Neville Glyn Williams MC
(18 Nov 1914 - 23 Mar 1945)
Major Neville Glyn Williams gained the rank of Major in the service of the 14th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. He was decorated with the Military Cross (M.C.)
He died in March 1945 at Burma, killed in action.
From a local memorial website, with a section for Ley's School:
Williams was born in 1915. He came to The Leys in 1928 at the age of 13 and went into West House. He was a Prefect, Head of House and won First Colours at Football and Cricket and Second Colours at Hockey.
On leaving school, Williams entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, where he was an Under Officer and had a distinguished athletic record. After a year’s attachment to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he was posted to his father’s Regiment, the Punjab Regiment (Indian Army), with whom he saw action during the Wazirstan campaign of 1937. In January 1939, he was selected for the Frontier Corps and served with distinction on the North West Frontier, winning the Military Cross in May 1941. In January 1944 he rejoined his Regiment at the Burma front and was killed in action on 23 March 1945 at the age of 30, having reached the rank of Major. He is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma, panel number 45.
He died in March 1945 at Burma, killed in action.
From a local memorial website, with a section for Ley's School:
Williams was born in 1915. He came to The Leys in 1928 at the age of 13 and went into West House. He was a Prefect, Head of House and won First Colours at Football and Cricket and Second Colours at Hockey.
On leaving school, Williams entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, where he was an Under Officer and had a distinguished athletic record. After a year’s attachment to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he was posted to his father’s Regiment, the Punjab Regiment (Indian Army), with whom he saw action during the Wazirstan campaign of 1937. In January 1939, he was selected for the Frontier Corps and served with distinction on the North West Frontier, winning the Military Cross in May 1941. In January 1944 he rejoined his Regiment at the Burma front and was killed in action on 23 March 1945 at the age of 30, having reached the rank of Major. He is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma, panel number 45.
Events
| Birth | 18 Nov 1914 | Quetta, Bengal, India | |||
| Military service | Bet 1939 and 1945 | WW2 | |||
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1941 | Calcutta, West Bengal, India - Geraldine Mary Campbell | |||
| Death | 23 Mar 1945 | WWII CWGC - Burma |  |
Families
| Spouse | Geraldine Mary Campbell (1917 - 2004) |
| Child | Fiona Glyn Williams |
| Father | Lt Col Stanley Price Williams IA (1885 - 1977) |
| Mother | Winifred Maud Young (1883 - 1975) |
Notes
Death
WILLIAMS, NEVILLE GLYNRank: Major
Service No: AI/420
Date of Death: 23/03/1945
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: 14th Punjab Regiment
2nd Bn. (2nd in Command, 4th Bn.)
Awards: M C
Panel Reference Face 45.
Memorial RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Lt.-Col. Stanley Price Williams, C.I.E., and of Winifred de L. Williams (nee Young), of Marylebone, London; husband of Geraldine Mary Williams, of West Byfleet, Surrey.