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847572 Harold WILLS, 9 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery

Evening all I’m trying to find some information about a friend’s great uncle. Harold James Wills served with the Royal Artillery 9th Coastal...

Thread by: JimmyC1983, Nov 14, 2021, 7 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy

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Nurse: Medal Identification

I have been sent this image of a nurse who I understand was one of the first into Singapore following the fall. Can anyone identify the medal?...

Thread by: Tony_Darwen, Oct 17, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: The Women of WW2

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Tomahoko Maru

My Uncle lost his life when the Tomahoko Maru was torpedoed by submarine USS Tang on 24th June 1944. I have a death certificate issued by Japan...

Thread by: Pauline Hortle, Aug 9, 2021, 13 replies, in forum: Australian

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2979637 Pte James QUEEN, 2A&SH: Escaped Singapore Feb-42

Hi, Looking for some assistance in tracing info on a bloke who was in Singapore in February 1942. Known details are: Private James (Jimmy) Queen...

Thread by: wibs12, Aug 7, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy

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1607462 Edward BUTLER, 5 Searchlight Regt., Royal Artillery: FEPOW, finding POW records

hi there! ive started my research on my great grandfather, Edward Butler, who was a POW in thailand during the war. ive been okay with finding...

Thread by: kalico, Jul 16, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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4620644 Pte Frederick Robert Martin 1/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters

Hi All I've just received my relative's service record from the MOD. ( over a year wait!) and I can see that he was taken prisoner at Singapore in...

Thread by: John Davey, Jun 7, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War

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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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6204756 Edward Ernest BUCK, 5 Royal Norfolk Regiment: 08/10/1943

Hello, I'm very new here, I'm a bit confused & I'm hoping someone can help! My grandfather was in the Royal Norfolk Regiment & this is the...

Thread by: Dramaqueen, Feb 27, 2021, 19 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others

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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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New Resource The Flight from Singapore 1942 2021-01-05

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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, 11 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, 8 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, MBE, 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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