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Andy

Have just spoken to my brother about this and he said he knows granddad was a Gunner. He did some family tree research and didn't find much at all, but he has written down that Alec was in the 5th Field Regt. Not sure how much that helps

Andy

Mike - thanks very much. The field gunner would fit in with the little info that I have. Will have a look at the Kew site and see what's needed

Diane

Blackpool Uk

My dad Harry Motteram) was taken prisoner on Singapore in 1942 and was amongst the first to go 'up country' in June 1942.
He was in the 147th (RA) Blackpool Regt.
Does anyone know of any other survivors? Dad is now 93

George Brander

Spain

Thank you for this web site. My father, a Gordon Highlander was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore. He was transported from Singapore on 29th April 1943 as part of "F" force. he was taken ill on 28th May 1943 and died of Cholera three days later at Changaraya camp.

Mike

UK 14.09.2013

Andy, cant help much, without his regiment, but I can tell you that his service number was 866433, which was issued to a Field, or Coast, or Anti Aircraft Regiment. I cant see his name in my files. As you live in London your best route would be to go to the National Archives in Kew where you could get his Prisoner Index Card, which would then give you his regiment. From this you would then be able to repost and get a lot more information. (be sure to read the documentation you need to take with you to Kew to be able to get into the Documents Room). Mike

Andy

London UK

Interested in any information on my late grandfather Alexander Sturrock Walker. The only family info I have handed down is that he was a gunner, and was captured in Burma and held prisoner in Japan. I spent most weekends with my granddad between 6-10 and would like to find out more about his service history. His experiences must have been extremely hard but he was always great to me and it's kind of a way of paying some respect by finding out more. Thanks

Janice O'Reilly

Casino Australia

Hi I am researching my Great Uncle Harold James Dorse. He was in 2/30 Battalion A Company 8 Platoon in Singapore. He became a POW and part of F force and was moved to help with the construction of the Burma Railway. He died aged 24 on 24 Jan 1944 at Doi Tambaya and is buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cementery. I am just trying to find more about him if anybody knows of what he was like or any stories that may have been have involved him. I am not sure which camp he was sent to but he was transported on Train 5 Truck 5. If anyone is able to enlighten me further it would be greatly appreciated. These guys went to hell and not all of them came back. I really am struggling with what these guys had to endure.

Mike

UK 06.09.2013

Danielle,
There appears to be only one L. Edmonds who was a POW.
However, as you state it is only rumour, can you confirm a few details before I post information, just in case it is not him. What was his mothers surname in 1941 (it was NOT Edmonds). Do you know where he/she was living in 1941 ? Mike

mary symons

newcastle england

my father was a prisoner at hintok he was a gunner in the royal artillery he was called john james Rowley his regiment was 240/77 heavy anti aircraft he died 10th august 1943 of cholera his grave is located at chunkai military cemetery did anyone know him or know anything about him where he served

Danielle

Bedforshire UK

There is a family rumour that my Great Uncle Leslie George Edmonds born 1915 in Herefordshire, was a POW in Burma during WW2. He was a member of the Army I think but he is not talked about as he was said to be a bad egg. wondered if the rumour is true so I can clear his reputation as being damaged by his torture and neglect. Hope you can help.

Mike

UK 05.09.2013

Karen, he is listed as having died on the Montevideo Maru. Listed as being a civilian, age 49, and his job was Finance Bureau Officer. It states he was from Kokopo in PNG.

Karen

Australia

My uncl Harry Orton Townsend was a POW in PNG, and died there, or died on the "Montevideo Maru".
Does anyone know anything? Thank you.

Mike

UK 04.09.2013

Michelle,

As you may have already found out, there was only 4 men who were POWs in the Far East with the name McNulty, and only one was in the RAF. However, his christian name was Hugh. He became a POW (as many RAF men did) on Java on 08.03.1942. He may well have been sent to the Burma Railroad as many of them were. I have no further information about him except that his RAF number was 1372110. Possibly worth investigating or possibly you are searching for someone who changed his name completely. Mike

Michelle Kidd

cumbria England

I am trying to find out about my uncle JAMES JOSEPH McNULTY. All I know is he was born in Dublin in 1923. He ran away with his friend aged 17yrs and somehow managed to join the RAF in England.
He must of lied about his age and possibly his name? He was shot down and was a POW in Burma.

Hilary

Cheshire

Looking for information about my grandad
Ira

Kathryn

South Yorkshire England

Hi, does anyone have any information about my uncle. His name was Roland Thorpe and his regiment was 1/5 Batalian. Sherwood Foresters, Notts and Derby Regiment

David Preston

South Yorkshire UK

Really? That is fantastic thankyou very much.

Mike

UK 27.08.2013

David, I have loads of information about your granddad as he survivedthe starvation, disease and brutality, in the same POW Camps as my Dad.
Will send by email, may take a few days as work busy. Mike

David Preston

South Yorkshire UK

That's HI MIKE ... Not hickey sorry predictive text

David Preston

South Yorkshire UK

Hickeyhope you are well.

David Preston

South Yorkshire UK

Hi I was wondering if anyone had any information about a David Preston(cockerill)
May have had the nickname of knocker. He is my grandad and still alive and kicking and fitter than I could ever wish to be.

Mike

UK 24.08.2013

Laura, ...... Private Haslam, army number 4805261, joined the 5th Btl Suffolk Regiment. .. Home 1, Atholl Terrace, Egypt Road, Basford, Notts. ....Taken prisoner Singapore, shownn as being sent to the Burma end of the Death Railroad on 27.04.1943. .... Died on 30.05.1943....... buried in grave B4.M.11 at THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY in Burma

Laura B

Nottinghamshire

Hi Does anyone know anything about a Private Frank Haslam? (query made a corporal on his way to Singapore) We understood he died while working on the Burma Railway. He was born in 1918. He was from Nottingham- family has tried for years to find out what happened but with no luck. Thanks

Mike

UK 23.08.2013

Jimmy, if I have the right D. McCallum, he was a gunner and not a signalman. Also his regiment was never in Burma, it must have been Malaya. Email was sent but no reply.

Mike

jimmy thomas

canada

My Grandfather Donald Mccallum was a radio man and told me a story of being captured by the japanese in burma he and fellow soldiers planned an escape were they took japanese soldiers life with a knife and successfully escaped and hide in rice fields for weeks were they were taking care of by burmese villagers does any one heard of this
story or maybe you knew my grandad.