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Amanda Orchard

Many Thanks Mike for your info you have sent :-)

Mike

12.09.2016 UK

Hi Amanda.

Amanda Orchard

Houghton, Cambridgeshire, UK

I'm after any info about my lovely granddad Clifford Campbell who was in the Royal Norfolk regiment & was in Changi jail. He was a cook but we know very little as he never see about it. Any help gratefully received. Thank you.

Lee Searle

Uk 10/9/2016

I am trying to find information about my great uncle
who was in BlackWatch

lewis lambert

Wisbech Cambs

Hello Mike,

Thanks for the speedy reply, very much appreciated

Lewis

Michelle

Hi, I'm trying to find out information about my grandfather,

Mike

07.09.2016 UK

Hi Lewis,

lewis lambert

Wisbech Cambs

Hello,

I was wondering if you had any information regarding Alfred Lambert
5933445. He was my grandfather's brother (also a FEPOW) but we have no other information about him

thanks

Mike

05.09.2016 UK

Hi Pamela,

Pamela Cartlidge

Cardiff

I am trying to gather information about my uncle Harry (William Henry Edwards) who was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1943. He survived Chengi weighing just 6stone. I believe he was taken to America to fatten him up before coming home, would like to know where he went.

Hayley collis

Central coast nsw

Just wondering if anybody had any information on my grandfather Jack Collis POW Japanese war camp?

Maureen

Poole, Dorset

Mike, I did respond to the email, I sent my reply on 15th August, after I had seen your answer.
I continued my research with the information you gave .
I thought that was all the information you had for me.
I am sorry I did not realise that I was expected to also respond via this page
Thanks

Mike

Its disappointing you never responded to the original answer posted on 08.08.2016, (scroll down) and also the email sent to you.
With no reply I assumed you were not interested and after spending time searching out information and photographing folders, I then deleted then about 2 weeks later.

Maureen

Poole, Dorset

Hi,
Re: Gunner H W Usher 1759182, 35 LAA
Following my last contact with this page I have found some information about my uncle Bill.
I have not however been able to find anything from March 1942 when he was captured by the Japanese,
to September 1943 when he was transported to Japan.
Similarly I have not found anything on his journey home after early September 1945,
when he was liberated from Fukuoka # 8 camp.
Unfortunately I do not have any living family members I can ask if they have any further information.
I do remember my mum telling me as a child that it was a long time after the WW2 ended that uncle Bill came home.
She also told me that he returned home a very sick man both physically and mentally.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Maureen

Simon

Hampshire, UK

I'm trying to find out as much as I can about my great uncle. His name was Herbert Dennis Sayers (he preferred to be called Dennis) his no. Was T/166936 I have found out he was captured in Singapore on the 15/02/1942
If anyone can shed any light on what he may have done during his service I would be extremely grateful. Many thanks

Sara stringer

York

I am looking for information about a Frank stringer who died in June 1943 as a Japanese prisoner of war aged 27 . He's my husbands grandfather. Please email me on many thanks in advance .

Cherie

I am seeking any info on Gunner George T C McDonald (88th Field Regiment, RA). He was captured in Malaya (I believe) during the Battle for Singapore and reported missing in Feb 1942. He was one of the many POW casualties who died whilst being transported on the Japanese cargo ship 'Hofuku Maru'. Sunk by US submarines 15 Sep 1944. I have no information on which camp/s he was held in and would be grateful for any information. Thank you.

Mike

24.08.2016 UK

Hi Adam, I can fill in a few gaps for you, but not much detail I'm afraid.

Adam mason

Bromley

Hi, my grandfather Claude L Avery no.1639336 Royal Artillery was a pow of the Japanese between 1/2/43 and 8/11/45. I believe he was on the Burmese railway. Finding any further information over the last few years has drawn a blank. Can anyone help me? I would really appreciate it. Adam.

Gwenllian South

Colchester

My grandfather, Stoker Petty Officer James South, was a POW in Tokyo between 1941 and 1945. Understandably, he never wanted to speak about his experiences there, but I would be keen to know more about his life and service. Thank you.

Jonathan Moffatt

Hello, Hollie
3055241 Pte F.V. Sanders is on a list I have of Royal Scots Hong Kong POWs. His home address [father]: Mr H. Sanders, 9 Chestnut Tree Avenue, Limetree Park, Coventry. Yes, Tony Banham the man to ask - his book and website entitled 'Not the Slightest Chance.'

Hollie

Thank you I will do, I do believe that he was a Japanese POW but will see if the Hong Kong site can tell me some more of the story as I don't know what camp he was in. Thanks for the speedy response.

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Hollie,

Hollie

Hello, I am hoping to learn more about my grandad Frederick Vivien Sanders.

I know that he was recruited in Wales into the Royal Scots Infantry regiment and served in the Defence of Hong Kong against the Japanese in WW2.

Thank you!

Mike

14.08.2016

Hi Emily.

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