Hi, I’m trying to find out a bit more about my father, for the BBC who are running a VJ Day event in 2025. He was a POW in Changi Gaol, Singapore....
I'm looking to find out which battery Gunner Francis John Seeney (949781) was in - I currently dont have access to his records in full - is there...
This article landed via Dr. Robert Lyman's circulation list and opens with:Christopher Jary sent me this yesterday, telling the story of the...
I am researching my Great Uncle Ernest who I believe was with this regiment in Singapore ( or the surrounding area ). I have been able to find...
I have been looking at the ORB for 358 Squadron, a special duties squadron formed in India in late 1944. Based on what I have, I can see many...
Personal Number: 63539 Rank: Brigadier Name: Etienne Lionel Heriz SMITH, CBE, MC, MiD Unit: 626 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers London Gazette :...
Original information from his family Captain Cecil Warwick Strong (henceforth CWS), killed, November 1945 in Sarawak, served with the Special...
Personal Number: 277967 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name Harold Neville McINTYRE, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Engineers ; SOE London Gazette : London...
Hi i am researching my wife's grandfather career in the grenadier guards, we know he got a military medal whilst in malaya. Army number 2624525...
Source: Bombay Chronicle - 6th March 1942! An article by R. Joomabhai - President of Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore which appeared in...
Hi all, I am a new member to this group and hoping somebody may be able to help me find any information about those held as a POW in camp 4...
Hi All I have been asked by the family to try and help them understand why their Grandfather was awarded the CDG. They have the medal award...
Army Number: 3711552 Rank: Warrant Officer Class II Name: Richard HIGHAM, MM, MiD Unit: 1st Special Air Service Date of Birth: 18 Feb 1921 Date...
Hi Pals, I'm researching Gunner Robert James Esdell (sometimes spelled Edsell) of 137 Field Regiment. Died during the defence of Malaya 16...
My grandfather was a Lt Commander on HMS Exeter when it was sunk and, as a family, we have recently discovered an incredibly personal and detailed...
Personal Number: 77591 Rank: Major Name: Alexander John CLARK KENNEDY, MC, MiD* Unit: 12 Royal Lancers London Gazette : 26 August 1938...
My grandfather was a career solider commissioned by Edward VIII in 1936, he went into the Lincolnshire Regiment. I am not sure what he did in his...
Does anyone know if all the G.S.M. rolls for the Malaya Campaign are in the public domain? I ask because I have recently purchased a bed plate...
I do not know the source of this article, only that it came from a post war Shropshire magazine. You may have to download the photographs in order...
Personal Number: 19147 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Frederick Peter Lawrence GRAY, DSO, OBE, MiD* Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ; Royal...
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