Eric was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore on 15th April 1942, he survived as a prisoner of war in Thailand for over 4 years, but...
Hi All, I am researching my uncle John Brennand who was a RAF ground crew. John was at Singapore and transferred to Java where he was captured...
The Bureau of Record and Enquiry ( BRE ) had to rely on any scraps of information to record movements of prisoners of war on board vessels from...
A list of Tags relating to Prisoners of War, Prisoners of War Camps: fepows | WW2Talk prisoners of war | WW2Talk prisoners of war - ephemera |...
Not sure if this is the right thread. I'm trying to find photos of two members of my family Horace John Markin and Sydney Osborne Markin. Horace...
I'm a PhD Researcher, writing a memoir of my father William 'Bill' Norways (1918-86) a Far East POW and artist. He served in the 2nd...
I'm a PhD Researcher, writing a memoir of my father Corporal William 'Bill' Norways (1918-86) of the 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment, a Far East POW...
Hello, Can anyone tell me what medals POWs received in WW2. My uncle was stationed in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1941. He...
Thousands of servicemen were held as Far East prisoners of war from 1941-1945, caught up in a conflict that endured long after the celebrations...
Hi i am trying to find out, any information on 560403 F/Sgt. J.J.Startin Raf. I believe he was a pow in the far east. Any help please, to confirm...
Hi everyone I’m looking for a bit more information, possibly photographs, of my great grandfather. Harry Wesley Wright 9 coast regiment, Royal...
Hello, I am researching Willis Butler, an RAF Reserve Leading Aircraftman. He was taken prisoner in Java in March 1942, and died in November of...
i have very recently discovered a relative on my grans side, her cousin, who died in a Japanese Pow camp. Can anyone help with further...
Hi, I have posted this on the 'looking for' forum as well but posting it here too as he was a FEPOW. My grandfather William Ferguson served in...
Hi, My grandfather William Ferguson served in 3/6th HAA regiment from 1935. Born in 1916, from Yorkshire, he married my grandmother Marjorie Cole...
Hi, I am trying to understand an entry on this POW service record, which in turn may help with understanding the route he took home from Manila....
Hi everyone :) We are looking into a personal family mystery, that I can't go into, but it involves a man called Percy Leonard Gee (junior) We...
How a Shropshire farmer trekked 1,500 miles after being capture in Hong Kong
My grandfather was a POW in Singapore. He was a L Cpl with 9th Btry Royal Northumberland Fusilliers. I know he was captured in Bukit Timah Heights...
Hi Everyone, I am researching a Soldier, who has the most documents I have seen for one soldier, bless him, and I am trying to understand a couple...
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