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Title: REMEMBER Lt. JACK M YOUNG: Ken Fyfe

Reference number: 13705

Date: 2019

Director: d. Yushin Toda

Production company: Japan Desk Scotland

Sound: sound

Original format: unknown

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.58 mins

Description: Interview with Ken Fyfe of Wellington Church, Glasgow about the story of local soldier Lieutenant Jack M. Young during World War 2.

Credits: p. Fumi Nakabachi and Yushin Toda, Japan Desk Scotland
comm. w. Yushin Toda
ph. Fumi Nakabachi
ed. Yushin Toda

Shotlist: Filmmaker's synopsis:

Ken Fyfe wasn’t old enough to be directly involved in WWII, but he was old enough to be interested to follow its progress. His childhood interest in the war has remained with him. As a member of Wellington Church, Glasgow, Scotland, for many years, he was one of the church members who investigated the lives of those named on the church’s war memorial plaques. Lt. Jack M. Young is one of them.

In March 1944, Kohima, India, was Britain’s defence line to protect India against the Japanese coming from the Burmese side. Jack Young was given a command to take 100 men from Kohima 40 miles to Kharasom, to stop or delay the Japanese because the British defences of Kohima weren’t complete. He was given an order: “Fight to the last man, last bullet.” The order was later cancelled, but this didn’t reach him because his radio had been damaged. He succeeded in ambushing the Japanese, but they came back in a big numbers. While sending his men back to Kohima, he remained in Kharasom to fight all alone and was killed. “The Japanese were so impressed with the tenacity of Jack Young and they gave him a military funeral.” Ken concludes his talk by explaining why it is important now to remember him.

The interview was carried out in May 2019 at Wellington Church, Glasgow.