{"id":2798,"date":"2017-06-24T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/?page_id=2798"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:45:37","slug":"bill-chow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/bill-chow\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Chow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Chow was born June 12, 1922 in Cumberland, British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>During the Second World War he\u00a0became a member of Force 136: the secretive commando unit trained by the British Army and sent to Southeast Asia to work behind Japanese lines.<\/p>\n<p>He was trained here in Canada, then in England and finally sent to India.<\/p>\n<p>After the war, and now\u00a0back in Canada, Bill\u00a0studied horology and opened a jewelry shop in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kerrisdale.<\/p>\n<p>Bill passed away\u00a0March 12, 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2799\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2799\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-India-1945-CumberlandMuseum-C040-365-334x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-India-1945-CumberlandMuseum-C040-365-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-India-1945-CumberlandMuseum-C040-365-134x200.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-India-1945-CumberlandMuseum-C040-365-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-India-1945-CumberlandMuseum-C040-365.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Chow in India 1945. Courtesy of the Cumberland Museum and Archives.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2803\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2803\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-CumberlandMuseum-C040-364-327x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-CumberlandMuseum-C040-364-327x500.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-CumberlandMuseum-C040-364-131x200.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-CumberlandMuseum-C040-364-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-Bill-CumberlandMuseum-C040-364.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Chow in England. 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