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, 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...
Hi, I’ve recently been in contact with an ex Middlesex Major who is looking for relatives of survivors of the ill fated Lisbon Maru. A...
Hi all, My late grandfather (a citizen of Malaya of Chinese descent) was a medical assistant attached to Penang General Hospital in the Straits...
Hi all I've been looking for details on 36th Fortress Company RE. My Grandad was a Sapper in this unit and ultimately became a FE POW in Burma....
I have a relative Dennis adey who was in REME he died at sea on 21/9/1944. Where were REME at this time Thanks
Hello, I am trying to find the children of a deceased WW2 FEPOW, My Uncle Ernest Sydney Vaughan. His wife was Ellen Mildred Vaughan (died in...
John Kidd and Co ,War Memorial. [ATTACH] John Kidd and Co of 11 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4 c.1814 Company established by...
Remembering Today Casualty Gunner MEADE, FRANCIS PENROSE Service Number 1629496 Died 07/12/1943 5 Searchlight Regt., Royal Artillery Son of...
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