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Originally Posted by gen  Hi Kyt,
Would this of been H.M.S. Sultan? I have a casualty on my books that says he died the day after the fall of Singapore and i have read that that the Japanese killed all the wounded which makes me think this is what happened to Stoker 1st Class Thomas James Evans. He has no known grave and is remembered on Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Any ideas? |
Hi Mike,
HMS Sultan was the name of a set of barracks (mainly for trainees) near the dockyards, rather than the docks themselves. However I can't quite locate them on a map of Singapore city from the 1930s/40s.
The most infamous killing of wounded occurred on the 14th and 15th Feb at Alexandra Hospital (in Singapore city) when over 100 patients and staff disappeared (eyewitnesses state they heard screams and saw Japanese soldiers wiping blood from their bayonets). It is possible that your man was one of the victims but it's impossible to say. He may have died from wounds received otherwise. As most of the bodies were cremated there wouldn't have been a grave.
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History : HMS Sultan : Training Establishments : Establishments : Operations and Support : Royal Navy Quote:
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HMS Sultan number five was a shore base in Singapore, commissioned 1940. It was destroyed on surrender in 1942 but re-commissioned on re-occupation in 1945 and continued until 1947.
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| All survivors were assigned here (HMS Sultan) after the sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse, some then got re-assigned to other bases or ships, others died whilst still unassigned, and probably died defending the Naval base/Singapore, or trying to help with the evacuation, or to escape themselves. |
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Originally Posted by gen I gather that the Japanese used this base as a stepping stone for taking a lot more of the islands in the Pacific. |
Singapores played an important role as a threat to the British in the Indian Ocean too.
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Originally Posted by gen Great pics and always read your posts as they are always informative. |
oh dear, obviously you've not read my contributions to the "utter drivel" thread.