3185246 Private Thomas TIMLIN, 2 Gordons: Japanese POW

Hi,

Thanks for posting this information.The post WW2 application form (obtained at the time from any Post Office) is the nearest thing to a WW1 medal roll equivalent for WW2. I have my late father’s medals but have submitted a FOI as suggested.

Steve

 

This is what I got from them when I applied for my relative's WW2 medal application:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-...ums=true&tab=0&pid=312477163020&sort=-created

Its not much but it did help to confirm a couple of details and give other avenues to check.

 

You may also have seen them, but there are a few other lists and records on Fold3 and FMP:

WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945 (1475/I: Far East: Japan and Taiwan; Deaths at Various Camps; Lists and Copies of Death Certificates) - https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/635177369?terms=timlin,3185246

UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 (15 Feb 1942) - Timlin, T in UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 - Fold3

UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 (6 May 1943) - Timlin, T in UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 - Fold3

UK, Exclusive Records of Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Japan, 1939-1945 - TIMLIN, Thomas in UK, Exclusive Records of Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Japan, 1939-1945 - Fold3

WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945 (2068: Prisoners of War, Far East: Parties Transferred Over Seas and Overland from Singapore, 1942) - https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/634944230?terms=timlin,3185246

WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945 (1968: Prisoners of War, Far East: Taiwan POW Camp; Name List, as of 1 November 1944) - https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/634881413?terms=timlin,3185246

UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 (5 Nov 1945) - Timlin, T in UK, WWII, Daily Reports: Missing, Dead, Wounded and POWs, 1939-1947 - Fold3

WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945 (26: British Prisoners of War Held in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory: R - Z) - https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/634631855?terms=timlin,3185246

WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945 (1536: Far East: Taiwan POW Camp, Formosa; Nominal Rolls; includes Death and Post Mortem Reports) - https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/635191068?terms=timlin,3185246

WO 345 Japanese Index Cards of Allied POWs 1942-1947 (52: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, World War II: Tibbett-Twatt) - https://www.fold3.com/file/1015.199...isoners-of-war-1939-1945?terms=timlin,3185246

Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 - https://search.findmypast.co.uk/rec...-1945/00154&parentid=GBM/POW-FAREAST/41059242

 

Thanks but I can’t use the link as I’m not a member of Ancestry atm.

Would you be able to post the document you received please?

Steve

 

Hi Steve,

PSB

 

Excellent. Thanks very much.

I’m familiar with the “blank” form but interesting to see how Medal Office processed the application and endorsed the number of medals and date of issue.

I wonder how long it will be before Ancestry or FMP get hold of them and monetise them. You used to be able to obtain the POW Index cards in WO416 under FOI but TNA have now monetised that resource.

Steve

EDIT TO ADD

I’ve just had an acknowledgement from MOD giving an estimated delivery date of the application form in mid January 2024.

 

Hi Gareth
Thanks so much for taking the time to add in all those links. Much appreciated.

All the best

Ann

 

Hi,

I’ve had a speedy reply from MOD today stating that they can’t find my father’s WW2 Campaign Medal Application form and signposting me to U.K. National Archives where they say the forms are held within the CS20 series of documents.

I’ll apply for another relatives application form in the New Year.

Steve