| Description | The 2nd Battalion moves from Ranchi, India, to Patna to carry out internal security measures. B Company is based at Chapra where an Officer [Lieutenant H Brooksbank] and four Other Ranks [4748535 L/Sgt F Staniland; 4746580 Cpl G E Bond; 4746011 Pte A Barnsley; 5188772 Pte N G Davis] were murdered by a mob at Marhaura [Mahowra/Mahowrah], Chapra, and their bodies were thrown into the River Gandak and never recovered. A Company left Patna to reinforce B Company at Chapra; the Battalion H.Q. crossed the River Ganges for Muzaffarpur, Saran and Champaran; C Company moved to Purnea. |