{"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. Photo courtesy of Cumberland Museum and Archives<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Chow was born June 12, 1922 in Cumberland, British Columbia. 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. He was trained here in Canada, then in England and finally sent to India. 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