Hi, I wonder if anyone has any information about this regiment, as my great uncle served with them before he taken prisoner as a Japanese POW, all...
I have been reading with great interest and sadness about the fate of the prisoners on the Hokura Maru. My Great Uncle Albert Edwin Nunn of the...
Hello all, please be gentle first post and very limited knowledge! I'm currently doing some family history research with regards to my Grandfather...
I have a copy of my Uncles POW card and would like a translation.
Hello, I am researching details about a family member Victor Albert Drewett 17/3/1903 - 1960 I have been told that he was a POW in Japan via...
Has anyone ever heard of any 3rd Hussars being on a troop ship which sank? This is something I remember my mother telling us when we were...
Dear All, I am new to research so seeking advice. I am trying to find more info about my uncle Sgt Leslie Thomas 'Dusty' Wright 6203234 Middx...
My uncle Charlie, Charles Kennedy, was a pre-war regular soldier serving in the Royal Scots Regiment. He was captured by the Japanese at the fall...
I am looking for any information on:- 1082200 ACM2 Albert Fairhurst RAFVR, who was killed on the Suez Maru on 29.11.1943. I am aware of how he...
Hi all, I'm researching the life of my Great Uncle Clifford Boardman who died in a Japanese POW camp during the war. We have a decent amount of...
Has anyone researched the Japanese 'hell ships' of WW2 and the Rakuyo Maru in particular, please? I understand that in September 1944 the Rakuyo...
Can anyone help regarding two Hellship voyages. Looking for either a National Archives file or any website listings for two sailings that seem to...
WOOD, CHARLES PATRICK Rank: Private Service No: QX13460 Date of Death: 12/09/1944 Age: 29 Regiment/Service:...
McMILLAN, John Phipps; Gnr; VX57833; 2/1st Heavy Battery, RAA. (Re-enlisted - 3/401100; Served KOREA) Was taken prisoner after the fall of...
I have been looking to see if anyone else was going to remind us that today is VJ Day. I actually went to a small local memorial service this...
Hello all, For years I knew that my relative was a prisoner of the Japanese, for a long time my research came up empty though after a long search...
Hello Tony, I'm a new member to this site so not sure what I'm doing really. My uncle George Ives was aboard the Tamahoko Maru and I have been...
Hi I am trying to find out more about my father Harold Prescott Rank: Gnr Army No: 2139322 who i am almost sure was with the 88th (2nd West...
Remembering today: Cyril Geoffrey Tooth Leading Aircraftsman 805530 Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force), 605 Squadron Died: 29/11/1943...
Forum Member PatWalker has written a book about the above Regiment, whose Batteries (3, 12 & 15) fought at Dunkirk and were captured by the...
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