George Reginald Ames

A Private with the 2nd Battalion, George died on 28th of May 1944 aged 19. 

George was born at Lowestoft on 6 August 1924, a son of James and Catherine Mary Ames. In 1939 his family lived at 121 Fir Lane and George was a dyer at a silkworks. 

George served in Burma with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. His battalion was flown from Calcutta to Dimapur, Assam, on 10 April 1944, to take part in the relief of Kohima. From 14 April, the battalion’s first combat with the Japanese at Kohima, to 29 May the battalion was fighting continuously. During that period the battalion lost seven officers, and 79 men killed and 15 officers and over 150 men wounded. George was killed in action at Kohima.