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1059778 Lance Bombardier J.E.Armstrong 9th Coast Regiment RA

Hi i am after finding out about Lance Bombardier John Ernest Armstrong missing Malaya 1942. I have some little information stating that he escaped...

Thread by: ypres5, Apr 21, 2021, 17 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Kirby Washington Sutton OBE?

Hello everyone! Apologies if this isn't the done thing, but I was just wondering if anyone might have any information on what my uncle Kirby did...

Thread by: EthanMoss, Feb 6, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS

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864009 Gunner Stanley Arthur DELLAR, 135th Field Regiment Royal Artillery: FEPOW

Good afternoon This is my second post requesting information on my other grandad. This is what I know so far, any information on where he would...

Thread by: Sparklelady20, Oct 27, 2020, 27 replies, in forum: Royal Artillery

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Osborn Hill - b Sep 1916 in Wetherby - Where do I begin please?

I am trying to discover the military activities of Osborn. Osborn was born in 1916, worked initially as a farmer and joined the army before the...

Thread by: Tony Thurston, Sep 23, 2020, 20 replies, in forum: War Against Japan

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Japanese POW WW2

My uncle was a POW, after capture in Java in March 1942. Although I have some information about his movements prior to capture, I don't know...

Thread by: Countrygirl, Aug 29, 2020, 17 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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11th Battery 3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA - FEPOW, Escaper

My father, Gunner Basil William Bancroft, service number 1470534, was a FEPOW captured at the fall of Singapore in Feb. 1942. He was initially...

Thread by: Dinkydee, Aug 25, 2020, 10 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Auxiliary Craft, Singapore

Beginning in 1939, the Royal Navy began requisitioning commercial vessels to serve as auxiliary patrol craft and minesweepers. By December 1941...

Thread by: Bev Saylor, Aug 16, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: The War at Sea

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IWM - Private papers of D S Cave 18 Div Ord Workshops

Evening all, A long shot, but does anyone have a copy of the following from the IWM? Private Papers of D S Cave Diaries from D S Cave with the...

Thread by: MongoUK, Aug 15, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Burma & India

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Major Frank J MURRAY, Royal Army Medical Corps: FEPOW

How a Belfast doctor used Irish to keep WW2 secrets [ATTACH] Dr Frank Murray was an Allied prisoner of war in a Japanese prison camp during...

Thread by: dbf, Aug 15, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: RAMC

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Private William Martin, Gordon Highlanders - Far East POW

Looking for information on William Martin (born 1917) who was in the Gordon Highlanders. He was taken prisoner whilst in Singapore. All I know...

Thread by: alanatabz, Aug 6, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Saigon Military Cemetery location.

Does anyone know the exact location of Saigon Military Cemetery, my uncle was interred here, before being exhumed and reinterred at Kranji War...

Thread by: Notabilis, Jun 7, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Gunner Harry Brown No 923527. 135 Field regiment Royal Artillery

Hi guys I wonder if you can tell me about my uncle: Gunner Harry Brown No 923527 135th (Herts Yeomanry) Field regt Royal Artillery, who died 9th...

Thread by: Notabilis, Jun 5, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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FEPOW help - 5th Suffolks - overland 17th October 1943

Hi I am interested in 5828324 Pte Frank William Hearn of the 5th Suffolks. Captured at Singapore, and held there until sent overland on 17th...

Thread by: SteveB, Apr 30, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Dr William Frankland, MBE, RAMC, allergy scientist pioneer, dies aged 108

Personally, very thankful for his pollen count idea... Video in link "WATCH: Dr William Frankland: Japanese soldier about to bayonet me"...

Thread by: dbf, Apr 5, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: Veteran Accounts

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18095 Merton BECKWITH-SMITH, DSO, MC, MiD, General Staff & Welsh Guards

Casualty Major General BECKWITH-SMITH, MERTON Died 11/11/1942 Aged 52 G.O.C. 18th Inf. Div. General Staff and Welsh Guards D S O, M C Son of...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: The Brigade of Guards

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4756259 Corporal James William WILLIAMS, 1/5th Sherwood Foresters, FEPOW

Good evening I am hoping this great community will be able to help me out once again! Diving deeper in to my family research I have found another...

Thread by: Chris Bailey, Mar 28, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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Gunners Hunter, McCann & Jeffries, 9th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery 1942

Hi, These three young men were Japanese POWs at Changi camp in Singapore, and were executed in March 1942 following an attempted escape. I...

Thread by: JoEastwood, Mar 26, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy

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Corporal 7604194 Eric Smith - Captured at Singapore

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...

Thread by: John French, Feb 12, 2020, 19 replies, in forum: REME/RAOC

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John Brennand 641337 RAF M.U.153 - Singapore - Java - Haruku

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...

Thread by: Popswar, Jan 17, 2020, 18 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy

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