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British Servicemen who didn’t return from the Far East – Malaya Shirly Barnes(Work in progress)

AName Dob/dod Unit Pre war

OccupationNext of kin Address

Louis Frederick Henry Acott

B 10.5.96HertfordD 1972HoveAged 76

HMS ExeterRoyal Navy

Taken POW Java Sea

Liberated Macassar Camp hospital

Store Keeper- Wine shopPensioned CPO

Also served in WW1

Husband of Sarah A Acott

Father of Gwennie Acott

2 Bow Bridge StreetWest BridgeLeicester

Walter Edmund Alcock

B 26.11.14SheringhamD 1978SheringhamNorfolkAged 64

6th Royal Norfolk Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Husband of Ruby Alcock Address given as:385 Fosse Road South Leicester

But probably from Sheringham

Alfred Stanley Adams

B 5.3.16LeicesterD 1967LeicesterAged 50

1/5th Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Driver Son of William and Frances Adams

Husband of Irene Adams

31 Spinney Hill RoadLeicester

48 Parry StreetLeicesterame

James Frederick Ahern/Ahearn

B 29.7.14Epsom

RASC Traveller Son of James and Florence Ahearn

D 1974BirminghamAged 59

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Sakata Japan

Survived the sinking of the Kachidoki Mari

Husband of Clarice Ahern

10 LitelmedeLeicester1939 1 Prospect HillLeicester

Charles Eric Allen B 8.3.12WoodhouseD 1989Leicsaged 77

RAF

Taken POW Tasik Malaya Java

Liberated Cycle Camp Java

Son of Wilfred and Beatrice Allen

Mary RoadWoodhouse /Mountsorrel RoadRothley

George Allen B 22.12.18EnderbyD 1993LeicesterAged 74

85th Anti Tank RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Takkuri Thailand

Transformer winder

Son of Elizabeth Allen Possibly living at :306 Narborough RoadLeicester

Lesley Armstrong B 19.7.15HinckleyD 18.11.42D TonchonAged 27Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Boot and shoe operative

Son of Thomas Henry and Edith Armstrong

Husband of Winifred Armstrong

Father of Janet

13 Teign Bank Hinckley

11 Burleigh Road Hinckley

Cause of death Dysentery

Armstrong

Clifford Arnold B 26.12.14LeicesterD 2005LeicesterAged 90

122nd Field RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Korea

Hosiery Counterhand

Son of Harry and Hilda Locke

56 Buckingham Street Leicester

William Alec Armold

B 21.7.20Hinckley ?D 1998HinckleyAged 78

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Drapers Assistant

Son of William and Elsie Arnold

24 The NookCosby

John Thomas Asher B 7.1.08LeicesterD 1982LeicesterAged 74

2/80 AntiTank RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi Singapore

Son of Florence Asher

Husband of Winifred Alice AsherFather of Winifred Asher

2 LittelgarthLeicester

19 Wilmore CrescentLeicester

Ernest Frank Austin B 17.10.18LeicesterD 1946LeicesterAged 27

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Osaka Japan ?

Van Driver Son of Ernest and May Austin

29 MacDonald RoadLeicester

Herbert Avins B 12.2.17LeicesterD 1985LeicesterAged 68

5th Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated KawasakiJapan

Son of John and Sarah Avins

51 Willow Bridge StreetLeicester

Herbert Henry Ayres

B 18.10.06LeicesterD 1966 LeicesterAged 60

197th Field AmbulanceRAMC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Tamuan Thailand

Grocery Assistant

Son of Albert and Alma Ayres

Husband of Alice Ayres

146 Jarrom StreetLeicester

121 Greenhill RoadLeicester

BLewis Jackson Bailey

B 26.5.21LeicesterD 5.3.43Aged 21Singapore Memorial

SignalsAtt 35th LAARA

Taken POW Singapore

Died Ballali Soloman Islands Part of the 600 Hundred Gunners Party.Massacred by

Printer Son of Lewis Henry and Ada Bailey

78 Bonsell StreetLeicester

the Japanese

Has no known grave

Noel Bailey B 2.12.19Market BosworthD 1991LeicesterAged 71

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of John Bailey 8 the CrescentMarket Bosworth

Ronald Arthur Bailey

B 1921BlabyD 16.2.42Aged 21Bur KranjiSingapore

RASC

Died in Battle for Singapore

Son of Conway Harvey and Gertrude Ivy Bailey

1939 Parents address121 Keyham LaneLeicester

Charles Henry Baker

B 1902HinckleyD 7.1.42Aged 40Singapore Mem

137 Field RegimentRA

Killed in action

Husband of Annie Baker 104 Tudor RoadHinckley

Norman Baker B 7.6.16DerbyD Forest of Dean

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Storekeeper Son of Grace Margaret Baker

66 Buckminster RoadLeicester

Aged 82Liberated Thailand ?

Ronald Bernard Hartley Baker

B 18.4.13LeicsD 1998AshfordAged 85

21st LAA RegimentRA

Taken POW 23.2.42Timor?

Liberated Japan.

Gold finisher Son of Arthur James and Florence RoseHusband of Mrs E F Baker

Stanton Leicestershire

Wallington Surrey

Sydney Donald Baker

B 11.3.21BirmingahmD 1993LeicesterAged 72

1/5th SherwoodForresters

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand or Saigon

Mechanic Son of Walter and Kathleen Baker

44 Redcross StreetLeicester

Vernon Joseph Bakewell

B 11.4.19LeicesterD 13.12.43Aged 24Bur Chungkai

135th Field RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Dysentry

Progress clerk Son of Amy Cooke 184 Thurcaston RoadLeicester

Archie Rowland Ball

B 28.12.10EllistownD 1973LeicesterAged 62

6th HAA RegimentRA

Taken POW 8.3.42 Java

Liberated Hiroshima Dist Japan

Boot and shoe trade

Son of Thomas and Isabel Ball

Husband of Violet Ball19 Metcalfe StreetEarl Shilton

Arthur Ball B 11.8.20HinckleyD 2006LeicesterAged 86

35th LAA RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Son of Richard and Louisa Ball

6 Highfield StreetEarl Shilton

Leslie William Ball B 8.10.13CoalvilleD 25.7.45OmutaAged 32Bur Yokohama

RASCAtt 196th Field Ambulance

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathberi beri and acute enteritis

Driver Son of William Henry and Alice BallHusband of May Ball

36 Shenton StreetLeicester

Francis Barfoot B 7.1.13Great Bowden

135th Field Regiment

Son of Edith Barfoot 268 East Park RoadLeicester

D 1984 LeicesterAged 70

RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom PatokThailand

James Stanley Barker

B 7.9.16LoughboroughD 1988LoughboroughAged 71

5th Suffolk Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ubon

General Labourer

Son of James and Mary Barker

74 Meadow laneLoughborough

John Barker B 24.8.09HorncastleD ?

125th Anti Tank Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Buyer Son of Richard and Phyllis Barker

Old Dalby

George Edward Barlow

B 24.4.09B Barlestone

2nd AA Regiment HKSRA

Taken POW Singapore

Dairy Shop Supervisor

Son of Thomas and Ellen Barlow (later Hodgekinson)

48 Gaul StreetLeicester

Liberated Hakadate Japan

Albert James Barnes

B 22.11.20HoxtonD 2012 LeicesterAged 91

118th Field RegimentRACaptured at Singapore. Transported to the Burma Thai Railway.Survived the sinking of the Kachidoki Maru431 POWs died.Liberated 12.9.45 from Sakata camp in Japan. Arrived home Jan 6th 1946

Driver Initial Towel Company

Son of Albert Ernest and Ann Jessie Barnes

219 Nightingale RoadEdmonton

33 Petworth DriveLeicester

Bernard Cecil Barnett

B 6.7.18NewportD 1988BournemouthAged 69

5th Casualty clearing stationRAMC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ubon

Son of Marcus and Florence Barnett

45 Queens RoadLeicester

Cyril Bates B 8.11.18Melton MowbrayD 1987BasfordAged 68

16 Mobile Bath Unit

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Clerk Joinery Works

Son of Bernard and Lilian Mary Bates

Husband of Rhoda Bates

33 Bayswater RoadMelton Mowbray

6 Highfield RoadNutthall RoadNotts

Ronald James Bates

B 13.8.19Market BosworthD 2004Leicester (lived Coalville)Aged 84


Taken POW Singapore

LiberatedThailand

Shoe repairer Son of Thomas and Sarah Bates

Main StreetMarket Bosworth

William John Baulkwill

B 3.5.19TorringtonD

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Student Son of Edwin and LouisaBaulkwill

The CottageSaxelbyMelton Mowbray

John Anthony Joseph Bauwens

B 16.8.11London


Taken POW9. 1.42

Liberated Thailand

Son of Anthony and Margaret Bauwens

Husband of Caroline Bauwens

34 Beckenham StreetLeicester

Wallace Noel Baxter

B 8.6.17Melton MowbrayD 5.9.43D ThanbyuzyatAged 26BurThanbyuzayat

287 Field Coy RE

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death malaria and Dysentery

Brickmaker Son of John and Kate Baxter

The Green ManMelton Mowbray

Charles Denbigh Beckett



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated FukuokaJapan.

Rates office Clerk

Son of Charles and Louisa Maud Beckett

313 Ayelstone Road Leicester

George Bedford B 26.11.16LeicesterD 2.10.42

Hong Kong Signal Convoy

Son of Clara Bedford 104 Westbourne Street Leicester

Aged 25Sai Wan MemorialHong Kong

Taken POW Hong Kong

Died in the sinking of the Hellship Lisbon Maru.Sunk by the USS Grouper. 820 POWs died

Charles Alfred Beeton



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand??

General Labourer

Son of Cain and Caroline Beeton

5 Woodshawe RiseLeicester

Robert Leslie Belcher

B 27.2.20Market Bosworth distD 2010LeicsAged 90

3 Ind Corps Provost Coy CMP

Taken POW Singapore

Grocery assistant

Son of Walter and Emma Belcher

137 Melbourne RoadIbstock

Charles Frederick Belton

B 29.4.15Ashby de la ZouchD 30.6.43Chaungghiaya


Taken POW Singapore

Master House painter

Son of Arthur Charles and Lucy Belton

8 Sunny Bank Hill StreetAshby de la Zouch

Aged 28KanchanaburiMemorial

Cause of death cholera and diarrhea

Charles Gordon Berridge

B 5.5.09BittesbyD ??

FMSVF

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Planter Son of John and Winifred Berridge

Born LeicestershireLived Singapore

George Robert Bickley

B 25.11.15LeicesterD 20.11.77Newhaven SussexAged 61

RAMC

Taken POW Hong Kong 15.12.41

Liberated Hong Kong

Was blinded during captivity

Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Bickley

78 Merridale Road Leicester

Frank Billings B 28.4.18Leicester

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand?

Soldier Son of Fred and Mary Billings

42 Daybrook StreetNottingham

Robert Arthur Bird B 20.4.17LeicesterD Auckland NZ?

RAF Seletar

Taken pOW Tasik Malaya Java

Liberated Sumatra

Radio and television service engineer

Son of Robert and Lily Bird

13 Cannon Street Leicester/

21 Hallam CrescentLeicester

Leslie Bishop B 25.8.20CoalvilleD 2005LeicesterAged 84

HMS RepulseRN

Taken POW Banka 15.2.42

Liberated Palembang Sumatra

Husband of Elizabeth Read

252 Hermitage CottagesCoalville

Boswell Blake B 24.4.17PontypriddD 1985LeicsAged 68

77th (Welsh) HAA Regiment RA

Taken POW 8.3.42 Java?

Liberated Batavia

Electric Welder Son of Alfred and Beatrice Blake

Husband of Norah Blake

66 The CommonBarwell

Arthur Samuel Bland

B 1920LeicesterD 13.6.43Aged 23Bur Kanchanaburi

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathCholera

Transport Warehouseman

143 Great Holme StreetLeicester

Jack Blunt B 14.11.18Barrow on SoarD 3.8.43D Prang KasiSingapore Memorial


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death acute enteritis


Son of Frederick and Alice Blunt

Husband of Elsie May Blunt

50 Barrow RoadSileby

Sydney Bond B 27.3.14ShepshedD 29.4.43Tha SaoAged 29BurKanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death diptheria and malaria

Son of William and Mabel Bond

11 Leicester RoadShepshed

John Henry Bonham

B 12.2.15NorthamptonD. 1.5.45KuchingAged 30Bur Labuan

9th Coast RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death nephritis

Son of Joseph Henry and Rose Ellen Bonham

107 Barclay Street Leicester

Ernest Dowell GeeBosomworth

B 21.8.18Loughborough

RASC Son of William Reginald and Sarah Grace

26 Charles StreetLoughborough

D 27.7.43D SongkuraiAged 24BurThanbyuzyat

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death diarrhoea

Bosomworth

Dryden Ernest Mounteney Bott

B 20.7.13Ashby de la ZouchD 17.8.43Aged 30Bur Ambon

RAF


Cause of deathbacillary dysentery

Son of Ernest Victor and Annie BottHusband of Margaret Bott

Ashby de la Zouche

62 Blackcarr LaneWickersleyYorks

Henry Albert George Botting

B 12.1.18GillinghamD 2013LeicesterAged 95

31/77th Coast RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Indo China

Son of Henry and Flora Botting

168 St Saviours Road Leicester

Allen John Boulter B 2.6.22 9th Coast RegimentRA

Taken POW

Son of George and Nellie E Boulter

14 The FairwaySaffron LaneLeicester

17.3.42


Frederick William Bowler

B 26.12.07WarksD 1969 LeicesterAged 61


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand?

Printers Packer Son of Walter and Emily BowlerHusband of Violet Bowler

19 Kate StreetLeicester

Charles Bernard Bradley

B 23.9.19LeicesterD 1994 Market Harborough


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated 3 Camp Thailand

Hosiery manufacture

Son of Thomas and Amy Elizabeth Bradley

4 Burton StreetLeicester

Ellis George Bradley

B 5.6.11South WigstonD 1984LeicesterAged 72

RAF

Taken POW 8.3.42Tasik Malaya Java

Liberated no 3

Wholesale Grocers traveler

Son Herbert and Edith Bradley

Husband of Gladys Bradley

44 Howard RoadBlaby

camp Pakhan Baroe Sumatra

Tom Bradley B 9.8.2D 5.3.43Aged 22Singapore Memorial

89 Bty 35th HAARA

Taken POW Singapore

Died Ballali Soloman Islands Part of the 600 Hundred Gunners Party.Massacred by the JapaneseHas no known grave

Miner Son of Edward and Alice Bradley

St George’s HillColoerton

Arthur Bradsworth B 14.2.08LeicesterD 1986LeicesterAged 78

6th HAA Regiment RA


Liberated Tandgong PriokJava

Soldier Son of A and Emma Bradsworth

25 Lorrimer RoadLeicester

James Malcom Branson

B 195.19LoughboroughD 1996

135th HAA Regiment RA

Railway train controller

Son of James and Jane Branson

Sutton Bonnington

LeicesterAged 77

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ube Japan

Joseph Eric Brant B 8.4.12LeicesterD 28.11.43Aged 31Singapore Memorial

RAF Seletar


Killed when the Suez Maru was sunk by the USS Barbfish. Survivors were machine gunned in the water by the Japanese Navy.No survivors. 640 POWs killed.


Son of Arthur and Emma Brant

Husband of Irene Brant 23 Oakfield AvenueBirstall

Reginald Harry Brant

B 1919LeicesterD 23 6.43D Kinsaiyok Main CampAged 24Bur


Taken POW Singapore

Son of Thomas Henry and Mabel Brant

77 Narborough RoadLeicester

Kanchanaburi Cause of deathdysentery

Jack Brierley B 31.3.20Leicester

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nie

Baker Son of Christopher and Kate Brierley

7 Berners StreetLeicester

Stanley Briggs B 8.9.16KeightlyD 7.7.43D Malay Hamlet CampAged 26BurKanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death cholera

Son of Herbert and Maud Briggs

Husband of Marjorie Lilian Briggs

10 Shelley Street Knighton

Leonard Brooks B 8.10.10Market HarboroughD 29.4.44Hong KongAged 33


Taken POW 25.12.41 Hong Kong

Cause of death: Bronchieltasis

Son of George and Ann Brooks

Born Market Harborough

Dennis Brotherhood

B 30.4.19Barrow on SoarD 2003 NottinghamAged 83

560 Field CoyRE

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Malaya

Driver Mechanic Son of Wilfred and Eliza Brotherhood

Husband of Joan Brotherhood

34 Forest Gate Anstey

42 Sandy LaneHucknall

Alfred Henry Broughton


3 Ord (M)W/S Coy IAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of John and Flora Broughton

30 Allington Street Leicester

Derek Graham Broughton


153rd Maintainance Unit


Japanese retreated from Ambon to Java taking 650 POWs on the Maros Maru with them.

Son of Arthur and Edith Broughton

47 Hopefield AvenueLeicester

Of the 650 POWs on board 350 died of disease and starvation on the 60 day voyage

Alec James Brown B 10.8.20IbstockD 5.3.43Singapore MemorialAged 22

144 Bty35th Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Died Ballali Soloman Islands Part of the 600 Hundred Gunners Party.Massacred by the Japanese

Has no known grave

Shoe Maker Son of James and Elizabeth Brown

104 Wyngate DriveLeicester

Bertram Brown B 26.9.16CosbyD 16.7.44D ChangiAged 28Bur Kranji


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathblackwater fever

Son of Thomas and Florence Brown

36 Main StreetCosby

Bertram Sidney Brown

B 11.12.48Leicester

RAOC/REME

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Fukuoka Japan

Son of Edith Brown 48 Beatrice RoadLeicester

Ernest Brown B 25.4.19Lincolnshire


Taken POW Singapore

Labourer Son of Herbert and Lucy Brown

Humberstone

Ralph Brown B 1.6.10LeicesterD 1987BasfordAged 77

1/5 Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW SingaporeLiberated Nakhom NayokThailand

Paint sprayer Son of Alfred and Myra Brown

Husband of Kathleen Brown

1911 address57 Archdeacon LaneLeicester

Ilkeston

Reginald Samuel Brown

B 13.4.11Melton MowbrayD 26.9.43

ROAC

Taken POW Singapore

Clerk Son of John Wagstaff and Catherine Kezia Brown

28 Eastfield AveMelton Mowbray

KanchanaburiAged 32Bur Kanchanaburi

Cause of death dysentery

Husband of Janet Brown

Stanley Norman Brown


RAMC

197th Fld Ambulance

Taken POW Singapore

Male nurse Son of Robert Frederick and Emily Brown

Husband of Honour Brown

8 Overton RoadLeicester

Bertram Sydney Browne

B 11.12.17LeicesterD 2013Melton MowbrayAged 95

ROAC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Fukuoka Japan?

Son of Edith Brown 48 Beatrice RoadLeicester

Hedley Brumby B 1.2.15CoalvilleD 1990LeicesterAged 75

RAF 84 Sqdn

Taken POW 3.3.42 Garoet Java

Liberated Tanjong Singapore

Driver Son of Tom and Gertrude Brumby

29 Melbourne Street Coalville

George Evatt Bullock

B 16.12.08Ibstock

RA Decorator Son of Thomas and Eva Bullock

1939 West Bromwich

D 1984SandwellAged 74



Richard Bumpus B 25.10.16MountsorrelD. 29.11.43Bur KranjiAged 27

RASC


Died when the Suez Maru was sunk by the USS Barbfish. Survivors were machine gunned in the water by the Japanese Navy.No survivors. 640 POWs died.

Motor Mechanic and Driver

Son of Alan Richard and Louisa Bumpus

Wife of Doris Bumpus 7 Mansfield StreetQuorn

Eric Burdett B 15.10.18LeicesterD 1995NorfolkAged 78 ??


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pasir Panjang Singapore

Bricklayer Born LeicesterH/A Chelmsford

Roland Burditt B 2.1.13LeicesterD 21.9.44Singapore MemorialAged 31

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Died in the sinking of the Hofuku MaruTaking POWs from Singapore to Borneo. 1047 of the 1289 POWs on board died when it was sunk by American aircraft

Hosiery Dyer Son of Samuel and Annie Burditt

Husband of Ellen BurdittFather of Ivy Norman Burditt

Leicester

20 Melton StreetLeicester

Walter Robert Burns

B 1911LeicesterD 12.9.44Aged 33SingaporeMemorial

3 Bty6th HAA RA

Died in the sinking of the Kachidoki Maruby the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.

Driver Son of Alfred and Laura Burns

Husband of Beatrice Maude Burns

167 Bardon RoadCoalville

C

John Campbell B 15.11.18D 1992LeicesterAged 73

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Taken POW 17.3.42 Sumatra

Liberated Pekanbaroe Sumatra

Boot trade Son of George and Mary Campbell

37 Mill StreetBarwell

Kenneth HarryCapindale

B 28.5.20Melton MowbrayD 1979Forest of DeanAged 59

RASC12 Coy Hong Kong

Taken POW 25.12.41Hong Kong

Liberated Toyama Japan

Son of Henry and Ruth Capindale

22 Regent StreetMelton Mowbray

Gerald Vernon Herbert Carter

B 1919 LeicesterD 26.1.42Aged 22Bur Kranji


Son of Joseph H and Agnes E Carter

16 Roughton StreetLeicester

Harry Carter B 26.12.15WigstonD 5.3.43

Catering CorpsAttd 144th LAA Regiment Royal

Baker Son Wilfred Charles and Alice Maud Carter

Aged 27Singapore Memorial

Artillery

Taken POW Singapore

Died Ballali Soloman Islands Part of the 600 Hundred Gunners Party.Massacred by the Japanese

Has no known grave

Husband of Ethel L Carter

54 Northfields AvenueWigston

Reginald Herbert Carter

B 15.9.12LlandudnoD 1978CambridgeAge 65

RAF

Taken POW Tasik Malaya 8.3.42

Liberated Sourabya Java

Son of George and Edith Carter

144 Harrington StreetLeicester

James Arthur Cartwright

B 23.2.20BirstallD 1991CheltenhamAged 71

Signals

Taken POWSingapore

Liberated Nakhom NayokThailand

Post office sorting clerk

Son of James and Beatrice Cartwright

Husband of Gwendolyn Cartwright

24 Park RoadBirstall

Robert Patrick Cave

B 17.3.19LeicesterD 1990HillingdonAged 71

2nd East Surrey Regiment

Taken POW SingaporeLiberated No 7 Camp Thailand

Motor mechanic and salesman

Son of Ernest and Eve Cave

150 Leicester RoadLoughborough

William Richard Cavendish

B 3.1.10CoalvilleD 1966LeicesterAged 56

RAOC

Taken POW Bandoeng Hospital Java 8.3.42

Liberated Kuching Sarawak

Hosiery Operative

Son of Charles and Jane Cavendsh

Husband of Eliza Cavendish

22 Halifax DriveLeicester

George Charles Chamberlain

B 14.5.16ThurcastonD 12.7.43Kinsaiyok Main CampAged 24Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore


Boiler maker Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Chamberlain

Husband of Joan Chamberlain

Leicester RoadThurcaston

Barrow on Soar

Harold Chaplin B 28.7.16KegworthD 1961


Labourer Public works

Son of George and Mabel Chaplin

33 Borough Street Kegworth

NottinghamAged 44

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Albert E Chapman B 19.12.20D 5.8.45KuchingAged 24Bur Labuan

RASC Att RA



Died 10 days before the end of the war.

Miner Son of William and Annie Chapman

8 Mammoth StreetCoalville

George Thomas Chapman



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Heel Builder Son of Elizabeth Ann Chapman

105 Burfield RoadLeicester

1939134 Taylor RoadLeicester

Frank Chappelle B 29.9.18LeicesterD 1994Brisbane QLDAged 75

122nd Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Son of Frederick and Nellie Chappelle

122 Gwendolen RoadLeicester

LiberatedKonan Korea

Samuel Cherry B 24.10.16LeicesterD 2001LeicesterAged 84


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Milk Roundsman Son of Edward and Emma Cherry

Husband of Eva Cherry

25 Percival RoadLeicester

25 Clevedon CrescentLeicester

William Chessman B 2.8.18CoalvilleD 12.9.44Aged 26Singapore memorial


Died in the sinking of the Kachidoki Maru by the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.


Son of George and Isabella Wyatt

Husband of Lily Chessman

39 Whitwick RoadCoalville

Cyril Thomas Clark B 17.3.16LeicesterD 1985LeicesterAged 69


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pachaburi Thailand

Fish fryer manager

Husband of Ada Clark 8 Flax RoadLeicester

Leslie Ray Clark B 7.3.23D 2015Pudsey YorksAged 92

242 Sqdn RAF


Possibly liberated Java

65 Constance Road Leicester

Frederick James Clarke

B 4.6.18East LeakeD


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pratchai Thailand

Loader at Plaster Mine?

Son of Thomas and Ellen Clarke

5 Kirk Leys RoadEast Leake

Roland Walter Clarke

B 31..8.17LeicesterD 7.7.42Aged 24Bur Kuala Lumpur


Killed Kuala Lumpar

Boots Filling Cutter

Son of Major and Dorothy Clarke

30 Harrison RoadBelgraveLeicester

Roy Clarke B 27.3.20D 1999PeterboroughAged 79

3rd Ind CorpsProvost Coy CMP

Taken POW

Carpenter and Joiner

Son of Percy and Maude Clarke

Rushey FieldsHarrison RoadLeicester

Singapore


Austin Clarridge B 28.5.19LeicesterD 2005LeicesterAged 86


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Dyers Labourer Son of Albert and Lilian Clarridge

19 Linwood LaneLeicester

Richard Kenneth Clater

B 15.9.14Melton MowbrayD 1994Melton MowbrayAged 80

211 Sqdn RAF

Taken POW 3.8.42Tasikmalaya Java

Liberated Batavia

Provisions charge hand

Son of Robert and Beatrice Emily Clater

Husband of Mary Clater

56 Salisbury AvenueMelton Mowbray

Frederick Clayton B 23.8.13LeicesterD 1985LeicesterAged 72

3HAA29 Battery

Taken POW Singapore

Shoemaker Son of Charles and Louisa Clayton

329 Catherine StreetLeicester

Liberated Nakhom Nayaok Thailand

Frederick Cleaver B 25.2.21 Royal Navy

Taken POW 17.3.17

Liberated Thailand

Son of William and Evelyn Cleaver

41 Shetland StreetLeicester

Walter Horace Cluley



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Boot and shoe trade

Son of Albert and AnneCluley

61 Ruby StreetLeicester

Charles Lawrence Cobb

B 1919Leeds?

RAFTaken POW Java 8.3.42

Liberated Ikuna Japan

Son of Mrs J M Wilson 46 Woodland DriveLoughborough

Alfred Arthur Coe B 8.4.16 LeicesterD 1998 Great YarmouthAged 82

Probably family were


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pachaburi

Son of Henry and Violet Coe

Husband of Hilda J Coe

from Norfolk Thailand

Arthur Frederick Coleman

B 7.3.17LeicesterD 1997LouthAged 80


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pratchai

Son of Edgar and Lilian Hodgkin

351 Narborough RoadLeicester

Walter Ambrose Coles

B 27.2.17LeicesterD 21.9.43Aged 26Bur Thanbyuzyat


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death unknown

Railway fireman Husband of Marjorie Coles

B LeicesterMar Leicester8 Grayshott RoadPortsmouth

Dennis Coley B 2.1.17LeicesterD 1989LeicesterAged 72


Taken POW Raffles College Singapore

Liberated Changi

Hosiery Trimmer Son of George Henry and Edith Catherine ColeyHusband of Edna M Coley

148 Beaumanor Road Leicester

Alfred CreightonCollinson

B 17.5.93LutterworthD Isle of Wight1970

Commodore RN

Commodore in charge Hong

Son of Alfred and Isabella

Husband of Catherine

Lutterworth

Aged 77 Kong 1940/1


Collinson

Joseph Cook B 25.2.16D 14.8.43D SongkuraiAged 27BurThanbyuzyat

Army Catering Corps

Cause of death Diarrheoa

Son of Joseph and Jane Cook

Husband of Dorothy Jane Cook

Ashby de la Zouch

Frank Cooke B 15.2.20LoughboroughD Leicester2008Aged 88

Signals Att 35th HAA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Mergui Road Thailand

60 Cobden StreetLoughborough

John Marshall Cooke

B 14.9.12StaffsD Staffs1985Aged 72

Royal Engineers

Taken POW Kowloon HK

Liberated Oeyama Japan

Soldier Next of kin Mr A Watson 24 Rothley RoadMountsorrel

Aubrey Edwin Cooper

B 24.12.19 Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Pnom

Soldier Lorne CottageSwepstone RoadHeather

Penh Saigon

John Henry Cooper B 20.8.20D 9.7.43Aged 23Bur Kanchanaburi

35th LAA RefimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death not known

Boot repairer Son of James Albert and Nellie Cooper

5 Main StreetBraunston Village

Major Cooper B 21.1.12HinckleyD 10.6.43Nam Chon YaiAged 31Bur Kanchanaburi

135th (Herts Yeomanry) Field RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death beri beri

Hosiery Hand Son of Major and Sarah Elizabeth Cooper

132 Lansdowne RoadLeicester

Charles Corah B 22.8.07LoughboroughD 1991LoughboroughAged 84

118 Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Clay Pit worker Husband of Maggie Corah

28 Warren LaneHathern

Thomas Edward B 20.3.16 3 HAA Regiment Paper seller Husband of Rebecca 90 Crescent Road

Cosford Rugby DistD 20.5.45Aged 29Bur Sydney War Cemetery

RASurvived the sinking of the Kachidoki Maruby the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.Died at Sakata JapanCause of death pneumonia

Cosford Hugglescote

Horace William Fielding Cotterell

B 14.11.10LeicesterD 1982LeicsAged 71

Signals

Taken POW 8.3.42Java

Liberated Palembang

Son of George and Lucy Cotterell

Husband of Lillian Cotterell

486 Braunstone LaneBlaby

1 Mountcastle RoadLeicester

Clifford Cox B 8.2.19BedfordD 21.9.44Aged 25Singapore Memorial

RAOC

Died in the sinking of the Hofuko Maru by American aircraft 1047 POWs died.

Technical assistant paint manufacture

Son of Walker and Rose Cox

65 Byway RoadLeicester

Thomas William Cox

B 22.1.17RotherbyD 2005NorwichAged 88

Royal Corps of Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Chauffeur Son of Henry and Adelaide Cox

5 Peter StreetSyston

Liberated Sapporo Japan

Geoffrey Sherville Coxhead

B 10.5.11HinckleyD 2000OxfordAged 89

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps


Liberated Sendai Japan

Schoolmaster Son of George and Margaret Coxhead

31 York RoadLoughborough

Robert Crofts B 25.9.16LeicesterD 1996LeicesterAged 79

316 Bty5th Searchlight RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated ?? Saigon??

Hosiery Finisher trimmer

Son of Thomas and Hannah Crofts

Husband of Sarah Crofts

28 South Albion StreetLeicester

27 Vaughn StreetLeicester

Ivor George Henry Cross

B 9.11.20KetteringD 1984 Colorado USAAged 64

HMS Repulse RN

Taken POW Banka Straits 14.2.42

Engineer Son of George Cady Cross

41 Gardner Street Market Harborough


Oliver Crowdell B 11.10.18SmeetonD 28.3.45Bur YokohamaAged 29

79 Bty 21 HAARA

Taken POW 23.2.42

Died at Kanosa Camp.Cause of death facial and body burns

Son of John/Jack Charles and Annie Crowdell

2 Council HousesMain StreetSmeeton Westerby

DJosiah Martin Dakin B 24.3.19

Barrow upon SoarD 1952LeicesterAged 31


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thamuan Thailand

Hosiery mechanic

Son of Clara Dakin

Husband of Joan Dakin 66 Station RoadQuorn

George Dalby B 19.4.18LeicesterD 21.9.44Aged 25

3 Ind Corps Signals

Taken POW

Son of James and Clara Dalby

11 Wakefield PlaceBelgraveLeicester

Singapore Memorial

Singapore

Died in the sinking of the Hofuku MaruSunk by American planes. 1047 POWs died

John Edward Arthur Dalby

B 14 3 23BlabyD 2012WigstonAged 88

605 Sqn RAF

Taken POW Garoet 8.3.42 JavaLiberated Singapore

Milk Roundsman Son of Edward and Nellie Dalby

3 Welford Road Wigston

John James Dalby/Dolby

B 4.2.19Market HarboroughD 1986LeicsAged 67

Manchester Regiment

Taken POW Singapore


Carpenter Son of Frederick and Helen Dalby

Kilby RowFleckney

Arthur William Davis



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Warehouseman Son of Harry and Dorothy

Husband of P M Davis 85 Fitzroy StreetLeicester

Charles Albert B 26.11.19 4th Suffolk Son of John and Jane 479 Saffron Lane

Deacon LeicesterD 5.3.42Aged 22Singapore memorial

Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Died Changi

DeaconHusband of Hazel E DeaconFather of Alan Clifford Deacon

Leicester

Colin Grey Denisham


RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Bank Clerk Son of Frank and Lillian Denisham

1 Stoneygate Road Leicester

John Derry B 25.12.12



Taken POW 17.3.42 Padang Sumatra

Liberated PakonBaroe Sumatra

GPO Lorry Driver Husband of Catherine Derry

152 Tudor RoadLeicester

Archibald John Barty Dickson

B 25.5.11Market HarboroughD 1988LeicsAged 77

1st SSVFCivilian internee

Interned Borneo and Sarawak

Accountant Husband of Elizabeth Dickson

Elizabeth a Colonial Nursing Sister who was evacuated

Deanston HouseBitteswell

Frederick Cecil Digby

B 1.6.13Melton


Labourer Iron foundry

Son of Cecilia Ann Digby 25 Beckmill StreetMelton Mowbray

MowbrayD 29.7.43Aged 30Bur Kanchanaburi

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathCholera

Husband of Joyce Digby Main StreetKirby Bellars

Noel Robert Disney B 22.12.08LeicesterD 1994New South WalesAged 85

FMSVF

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kranji

Planter

Wife and two children evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford which arrived back in England in April 1942

Son of Rev Robin Baxter and Miriam Disney

Husband of Audrey Disney

Father of Sally Ann and Anthony Disney

15 Westminster Road Oadby

1942ArrenWestminster RoadLeicester

1946Powys AvenueLeicester

Frederick Dixon B 5.3.17Leicester

211 Sqn RAF


Liberated Java

Drilling machinist engineer

Son of Charles and Rebecca Dixon

4 Baggrave StreetLeicester

Frederick Harold Dobson

B 8.2.21D 9.11.42

RAF (VR) Sorting clerk and telegraphist

Son of Harold and Caroline Dodson

14 Charlotte StreetMelton Mowbray

ThanbyuzyatAged 21Bur Thanbyuzyat


Cause of deathDysentery

Harry Dobson D 20.1.44ThanbyuzyatAged 30Bur Kanchanaburi

148th (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field RegimentRA


Son of John E and Eleanor Dobson

18 Flamville RoadBurbage

Leonard Dobson B 20.4.11LeicesterD 1983Boston LincsAged 71

ROAC



ARP Ambulance Driver/motor fitter

Husband of Phyllis Dobson

Father of Sheila, Joan and Colin Dobson

9 Martin StreetLeicester/

2 Greengate LaneBirstall

Cyril Charles Alfred Dodd

B 1.7.14D 1988ManchesterAged 73

RAOCAtt 135th Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nayok

Son of Charles Frederick and Eva Blanche Dodd

88 Woodmarket Lutterworth

Stanley Cyril Dodge

B 1921LeicesterD 12.9.44Aged 23Singapore memorial

The Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW Singapore

Died in the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru. It was sunk by the USS Sealion. 1159 POWs died.

Son of Stanley H and Alice P Dodge

(Their only child possibly)

15 Audley EndBraunstoneLeicester

Frederick Harry Hugh Domney

B 10.10.16D 2012RugbyAged 85

2/1.Gurkha Regiment

Tea Planter Son of JH Dominey 30 Mayfield DriveLoughborough

William Henry Dowell

B 26.4.1900SaddingtonD 1990East Dereham aged 90

43 Field AmbulanceMajorRAMC

Taken POW Singapre

Liberated

General Practitioner

Son of Henry and Elizabeth Dowell

Cedar LodgeBitteswellLeics

Changi.

George Robert Draper

B 28.8.18LutterworthD 1985HinckleyAged 65


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Konan Korea

Concrete worker ARP shelters

Son of John and Martha Draper

Boar Mill LaneBroughton Astley

John Henry Draper B 21.4.04LeicesterD 1967LeicesterAged 62

35th LAA RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Fumi ?

Builders Labourer

Son of John H and Phoebe Draper

59 Marshall StreetLeicester

John Duckett B 15.5.19

D 2005LeicesterAged 86


Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Thailand

Boot maker Son of Arthur and Annie Duckett

Wife of Lottie Duckett

26 Welford RoadBlaby

Francis William Dunhill

B 29.9.07Oldham

Civilian internee Assistant at Gestetner Ltd

Husband of Elizabeth Dunhill.

Market Harborough

D 1992Market HarboroughAged 85

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Singapore Father of Patricia Watkin

Both evacuated on the Orion to Freemantle. Arrived 6.1.42

Vernon Thomas Dunkerly/Dunkley



Taken POW Singapore

Son of George and Margaret Dunkerly

29 Hawthorne Street Leicester

Leonard Charles Durham

B 10.3.20Market HarbororoughD 2014LeicesterAged 94

RAF

Taken POW Tasikmalaya Java

Liberated Batavia

Butchers Asst Son of Septimus and Eliza Durham

7 Council StreetKibworth

E

Cyril Arnold Elliott B 30.11.06 RAOC Brush salesman Son of ??

ShepshedD 23.9.79ShepshedAged 72

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nayok Thailand

Husband of May ElliotFather of Edna and Phyllis Elliott

131 Charnwood RoadShepshed

Edward Ernest Eggleton

B 26.9.13 LeicesterD 1977 LeicesterAged 63

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of Henry James and Florence Eggleton

32 Drinkstone RoadLeicester

Ronald Endersby B 19.5.20LeicesterD 16.1.45SandokanAged 24Labuan

RAF


Cause of deathMalaria

Apprentice mechanic

Son of George and Eva Endersby

14 Copperfield RoadCoventry

Sydney Herbert English



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Konan

Grocers Assistant

Son of William and Florence English

31 Cyril StreetLeicester

Korea

Claude Edward Evans


5th Royal NorfolkRegiment

Taken POW Singapore

Butcher Son of Harry and Ann Evans

Husband of Edna Evans 76 Mornington Street Leicester

F

Paul Hildreth Farnsworth

B 27.7.17D 2008NottinghamAged 90

Royal Navy

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Hakodate Japan

Salesman Son of Norman and Amy Farnsworth

360 Knighton LaneLeicester

Robert Gould Farrant

B 30.10.18 RAMC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kranji Hospital

41 Hinckley RoadLeicester Forest East

Albert E Faulkner B 21.4.21LeicesterD 1.12.2001LeicesterAged 80

77th HAARA


Liberated River Valley Road Camp Singapore

Foundry worker Son of John and Edith Ann Faulkner

137 Hand AvenueLeicester

William Shannon Faulder

B 22.11.16LeicesterD 1966CumberlandAged 49

153 Maintenance Unit



Motor mechanic Son of Alfred William and Mary Faulder

LeicesterMoved to Cumberland

88 Castle DrivePenrith

Raymond Faraday B 27.12.14LutterworthD 1987

2 Coy Signals

Taken POW

Son of Robert and Blanche Faraday

5 Swift WayLutterworth

ClevelandAged 72

Singapore

Liberated Nahkom NiThailandBrother of below

Robert Edwin Faraday

B 1920LutterworthD 12.9.43D ThanbyuzyatAged 23Bur Thanbyuzyat

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathCardiac Beri beri and dysentery

Son of Robert and Blanche Faraday

5 Swift WayLutterworth

Geoffrey Finch B 24.2.20Ashby de la ZouchD 1983CoalvilleAged 63

2nd BtnLoyal Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Korea

Son of John and Dorothy Finch

16 Bridge RoadCoalville

Leslie Reginald Fitch




Son of Thomas and Edith Fitch

Husband of Nellie Fitch 165 Humberstone RoadLeicester

Percy John Fleming B 6.7.13LeicesterD 1998Gt YarmouthAged 84


Taken POW Singapore

LiberatedJapan

Labourer at Box Factory

Son of Mark and Florence Fleming

Husband of ???32 Belgrave BoulevardLeicester

Harry Foley B 27.4.08LeicesterD 1990LeicesterAged 82

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Traveller Husband of Winifred Foley

104 Henley CrescentLeicester

Robert Henry Follows

B 10.7.10LeicesterD 1970 WandsworthAged 60


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhon PatonThailand

Window Cleaner Son of George and Margaret Follows

Husband of Phyllis FollowsFather of Donald Follows

40 Colbert DriveLeicester

Albert Edwin Mitchell Foot

B 28.12.18Lutterworth


Gardener and Farm worker

Son of Frederick G Smith and Lily Foot

4 Regent Street Lutterworth


RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Cyril Ford B 13.9.18LeicesterD 1999CoalvilleAged 81

RASC

Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery Trade Son of Edna Ford 10 Culver RoadLeicester

George William Forknall

B 16.10.04LeicesterD 1972SouthamptonAged 68

RAMC


Liberated Hong Kong

Son of William and Adelaide

Husband of Ena Forknall

97 Cobden StreetLeicester

C/o 57 Gould StreetSydneyNSW

Harry Foster B 26.11.13LeicesterD 1989LewishamAged 75


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi Hospital Singapore

Sheet metal Worker

Son of Mark William and Gertrude Foster

H/a2Cambridge TerraceForest Gate London

George Herbert Fox

B 30.4.22? ManchesterD 1997LeicesterAged 75

RAF HQ Java



10 Hazelwood RoadLeicester

Henry Franklin B 13.11.18LeicesterD 1991Melton MowbrayAged 72


Taken POW Singapore


Son of Alice Franklin 18 Percy RoadAylestone ParkLeicester

Ronald Edwin Freeman



Taken POW Singapore


Engine operative Son of Edith Freeman 22 Shirley StreetBelgraveLeicester

G

Sydney Arthur Gamble

22.11.17LeicesterD 1994 BlackpoolAged 77


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Son of Arthur and Kate Gamble

48 Craighill RoadLeicester

Edward HenryGanney

B 11.8.19LeicesterD 10.6.43Aged 23Bur Sai Wan Cemetery


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathMalaria

Stonemason Son of Henry and Ellen E Ganney

84 Brandon StreetLeicester

Denis Eric Garner B 26.11.19D 26.2.45Aged 25Bur Yokohama

288 Field ConvoyRoyal Engineers

Taken POW Singapore

Electrician Son of Thomas and Edith Garner

70 Humberstone DriveLeicester

Albert Edward Garrett

B 9.5.15LeicesterD 18.6.43Nam Chon YaiAged 28Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death enteritis

Hosiery Counterman

Son of Thomas W and Beatrice K Garrett

Husband of Lucy Garrett135 Sheridan StreetLeicester

Alfred Bennett Gates

B 20.7.12KegworthD 1991IpswichAged 79

CambridgeRegiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand/Saigon

Son of Alfred and Ethel Gates

Husband of Bessie Gates 17 Valley RoadIpswich

Bastion Gatward B 5.6.20

D 1972IslingtonAged 51

3 Bty 3 HAA RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Tarsao Thailand

Dairy Worker Son of Henry and Francine Gatwood

62 Mayfield DriveLoughborough

But Probably from London

James Albert Gee B 6.9.18Shepshed

85th Anti Tank Regiment

Miner Son of John and Ann Gee 34 Loughborough RoadShepshed


RA

Taken POW Singapore

Herbert Thomas Gibbons

B 24.7.09TugbyD 1992Aged 83

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Fukuoka

Gardener Son of Thomas and Ellen Gibbons

South LodgeTugby

Ernest John Gilbert B 31.3.12Great BardonD 1984KetteringAged 82


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Bibai Japan

Painter Son of Arthur Gilbert

Husband of Phyllis Gilbert

Knights End Road Great Bardon19 Chapel StreetEnderby

Edward Stanley Giles

B 1905Possibly Kobe JapanD 1975RhodesiaAged 70

Civilian internee

Interned Changi and Sime RoadSingapore

Manager Jasin Rubber Estates Ltd

Also Accountant ICI Malaya Ltd

Son of Samuel and Caroline Giles

BlakemoorPackington RoadAshby de la Zouch

John Tarry Godwin B 29.7.12LeicesterD 19.12.59LeicesterAged 46

West Yorks Regiment

Taken POW 12.3.42

Son of Reuben and Mary Godwin

136 Asfordby StreetLeicester

Malaya??

Liberated Malaya??

Cause of death epilepsyDescribed on death cert as disabled Army Pensioner

James Gorman B 24.6.16LeicesterD 199 LeicesterAged 80


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Saigon

General Labourer

Husband of Gertrude Gorman

66 Brook StreetLeicester

58 Wheat StreetLeicester

Frederick Walter Gough

B 18.10.12HugglescoteD 14.11.43Aged 31Bur Thanbyuzyat

3 HAA RegimentRA

Taken POW 17.3.42Cause of deathMalaria

Colliery Surface Worker

Son of Eleanor Gough 89 Station RoadCoalville

George Gough B 22.8.17LeicesterD 1988LeicesterAged 70


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi Hospital

Butcher Co op Son of Arthur and Lilian Gough

47 Eastwood RoadLeicester

Frederick James Grant

B 13.2.11D 1981LeicesterAged 70

3 Ind Crps Pov Coy Coy CMP

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Hokkaido Japan

Builders labourer Son of Annie Letitia

Husband of Gwendoline Grant

50 Waring StreetLeicester

50 Croft RoadCosby

Allan Arthur Gray B 12.8.16Stretton ParvaD 1965LeicesterAged 48

6th Batt Royal Norfolk Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Concrete labourer

Brother of below

Son of Arthur J and Agnes E Gray

2 Victoria RoadBlaby

Frederick Victor Gray

B 17.6.19BillesdonD


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Shikakawa Taiwan

Concrete worker

Brother of above

Son of Arthur J and Agnes E Gray

2 Victoria RoadBlaby

Richard Brewer B 1918 3 HAA Regt RA Son of George and Lilian Thurlaston

Gray D 29.8..4360 Kilo CampAged 25Bur Thanbyuzyat

Taken POW 17.3.42


Gray

H/A10 Stanley StreetGrimsby

Stanley Arthur Gordon Gray

B 10.6.12Surrey/HampshireD 14.2.42Aged 29Bur Kranji

35 LAA Regt RA

Taken POW Singapore

Killed during the Battle of Singapore

Local Government Officer

Son of AE and AA Gray

Husband of A Marjorie Gray

6 Burnwood RoadLeicester

William Gray B 11.5.19Glenfield1980LeicesterAged 60


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhon NieThailand

Labourer Son of Sarah Naylor 33 Melrose RoadLeicester

George Green B 11.12.19 6th Norfolk Regiment

Son of Hilda Bott 26 Earl StreetEarl Shilton

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Non Pladuck Thailand

Walter Green B 2.3.21

D 31 10.43Aged 22Bur Kanchanaburi

3 HAA RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathBeir beri

Son of Tom and Annie Green

37 Pollard RoadBraunstoneLeicester

Albert John Greenwood


RE

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kaorin Thailand

Assistant hosiery mechanic

Son of Albert and Ada Greenwood

34 Old Milton StreetLeicester

William Frank Edward Greet


5th Searchlight RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery dispatch clerk

Son of Frank and Florence Greet

80 Arbour RoadLeicester

Alfred George Grimley

B 20.10.19HinckleyD 2004Nuneaton and BedworthAged 84


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

95 Castle StreetHinckley

Henry Grimmer B 7.6.10

D 1998CoalvilleAged 88

3575 SqnRAF



Chauffeur Son of Alfred and Maud Grimmer

16 Elmsleigh AveStoneygateLeicester

Charles Grocock B 2.8.06D 1978LeicesterAged 72

SPO Royal Navy

Taken POW 25.12.41Possibly Hong Kong

Liberated Osaka Japan

Son of William and Ellen Grocock

Husband of Laura Elizabeth Grocock

18 Hampden StreetLeicester

George Cedric Guyll

B 1905D 4.9.43D at ThanbyuzyatAged 38

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Son of Robert Edwin and Eleanor Margaret Guyll

WoodsideSt Denys StreetEvingtonLeicester

Thanbyuzyat Cause of death Beri beri and Malaria

HFrances Henry Hales

B 4.10.16D 9.6.43ChancarayaAged 26Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Cholera

Plasterers labourer

Son of Harry and Nelly Hales

32 Stanton RoadAsfordby HillNr Melton Mowbray

Edmund Hall B 15.4.19D 1995CoalvilleAged 55

IACC Indian Division

Taken POW Singapore


Shoe operative Son of Irene Hall 92 Leicester Road Whitwick

John Hall B 27.7.17D 1995HinckleyAged 77


Taken POW Singapore

Trimmer hosiery manufacture

Son of Frederick and Clara Hall

60 Thorneycroft RoadHinckley


Geoffrey Hallam B 3.10.18D 1948LoughboroughAged 29

560th Field CoyRE

Taken POW Singapore


Lorry Mechanic Son of Charles W and Gertrude Hallam

Horncliffe Road Mountsorrel/6 Station RoadLoughborough

Walter Leonard Hands

B 29.10.18D 2006LeicsAged 88

6th Royal NorfolksRegiment

Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery Son of James and Edith Hand

26 Sileby RoadBarrow on Soar

Cecil Helmsley Harding

B 1920LoughboroughD 29.11.43Age 23Singapore Memorial

241 Btty 7HAARA



Son of Samuel and Mabel Harding

155 Burder Street/6 Station RoadLoughborough

Brian Reginald Hardy

B 30.5.18D 13.10.43D ChungkaiAged 25Bur Chungkai

Royal Engineers

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathCardiac Beri beri

Son of John William and Edith Emma Hardy

Boys SchoolDesford

Horace Hardy B 31.8.21D 1997CoalvilleAged 75

77th HAA RA


Liberated Singapore

Son of William and Kate Hardy

Church LaneRavenstone

Ernest Harris B 17.5.19 138th Field Local Son of Florrie Harris 4 Victoria Street

RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Government Official

Quorn

George Arthur Harris Cecil Helmsley Harding

B 9.12.16D 2.10.42Aged 25

Royal NavyHMS Tamar

Died in the sinking of the Hellship Lisbon Maru.Sunk by the USS Grouper. 820 POWs died

Son of Victor and Florence Harris

31 Haddon Street Leicester

40 Swainson RoadLeicester

William Kenneth Harris

B 29.9.09D

CivilianSeamanSS Lylepark

Taken POW

Son of Anne Harris SeatonRutland

11.6.42

SS Lylepark shelled and sunk by German cruiser Michel in the South Atlantic. Prisoners handed over to Japanese.


Arthur Richard Harrison



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kanchanaburi Thailand

Grocer Son of John and Mary Harrison

Son of Clarice Harrison

Burton House Brook StreetSyston

11 Mostyn AvenueBarrow on Soar

John (Jack) Verdun Harrison

B 18.4.16D 24.10.43Aged 27Bur Chungkai

Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathIndigestion

Husband of Edna May Harrison

Hinckley

Lt Col Guy Edward Ross Stewart Hartigan

B 13.9.98D 1972CamberleyAged 74

2/18 Garwhal Rifles9th Indian Div

Taken POW 1.2.42Tebrau Malaya

Liberated Kanburi Thailand

Soldier Son of Edward Hartigan

Husband of Evadne Hartigan

ClivedenManor RoadLeicester

Walter Hartshorn B 21.2.06D 1967Aged 61

77th HAA RA


Liberated Motoyama Japan.

Son of William and Charlotte Hartshorn

32 WoodhillLeicester

Edgar John Harvey B 19.9.02D 10.12.45Leicester aged 37Bur Welford Road Cemetery

Has CWGC entry

6th HAA RA

Taken POW Garoet 8.3.42

Liberated Yawata Japan

Died shortly after returning home. Will lists as having died on

Son of George and Florence Harvey

Husband of Alice Eveline Harvey

34 Biddulph StreetLeicester

war services so likely from effects of ill treatment

Norman T S Hawkins

B 22.6.20LeicesterD 2016SidmouthAged 96


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nayok Thailand

Son of Bert and Clara Hawkins

105 Gooding AvenueLeicester

George Hawtin B 1913IbstockD 3.3.42Aged 29Singapore memorial

12 Btty6 HAA RegimentRA

Died of wounds

Son of Hollis and Gertrude Hawtin

Husband of Rose E Hawtin

13 Grange Roadibstock

Market Harborough

William Henry Haywood



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Paton Thailand

Shoe manufacturer dispatch clerk

Son of William and AnneHayward

6 Sykefield AvenueLeicester

George Robert /Robert George Heath

B 29.5.18Warks

RE

Taken POW

Beeches FarmLutterworth RoadWhetstone

26.12.41 Hong Kong


Daniel Hegarty B 9.8.17AyrshireD 1966LeicesterAged 49

6th Norfolk Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ubon Thailand

Hotel Cook Son of William and Jean Hegarty

Husband of Anne Hegarty

65 Welford RoadLeicester

Henry Henshaw B 2.2.11WigstonD 1994 Leicester

316 Bty 5th Searchlight Regiment RA

Taken POW 17.2.42

Possibly liberated Taiwan

Son of Thomas Henry and Susannah Henshaw

Husband of Iris Henshaw

67 Moat StreetWigston

Hill BrowPrittlewellSouthend

Henry George Henson

B 1918LeicesterD 15.2.42Aged 24Bur Kranji

RAOC

Died in the Battle for Singapore

Son of William and Kate Henson

Husband of Joan Winifred Henson

FernbankDalby AveBushby

Joseph Edward B 25.4.1883 RASC Career Soldier Son of Mary Elizabeth 4 Sylvan Street

Henson LeicesterD 1965LeicesterAged 82

Taken POW Hong Kong

Liberated Hong Kong

Serving as Royal Marine in 1911

Was SQMS in 1941. At time of capture aged 58

Henson

Husband of E Henson

Leicester

C/o Marina HotelHong Kong

Sydney Henson B 8.11.16D 1986RushcliffeAged 69

13 Battery5th SearchlightRegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Saigon

Groom and gardener

Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Henson

Black Horse InnGrimstoneMelton Mowbray

Sydney Lewis Herbert

B 25.7.19D 1984HinckleyAged 65


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Sakata Japan

Boot operative Son of Sydney and Edith Herbert

Husband of Olive Herbert

146 High StreetBarwell

Charles Edgar Hewes

B 19.7.19LeicestershireD 1983PembsAged 64

Ist Btn Cambridge Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Phumi/Fumi

Clerk Hosiery Son of Edgar and Doris Hewes

30 Leicester RoadBlaby

Leslie William Hewiit

B 13.9.18


RE

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom NieThailand

Husband of Mary Hewiitt 14 Folville RiseLeicester

Frederick Albert Hickinbottom

B 28.12.19

D 2005UckfieldAged 85


Taken POWSingapore

Liberated Kranji Singapore

Husband of Lucilla Hickinbottom

150 Cranbourne StreetLeicester

Donald Hugh Higginson

B 12.3.21HinckleyD 1997LeicesterAged 76

77th HAARoyal Artillery

Taken POWJava 12.3.42

Liberated UbeJapan

Hosiery trade Son of Annie Higginson 16 Glen BankHinckley

Hubert Thomas Highton

B 25.6.16D 15.2.42Aged 26

The Suffolk Regiment

Clerk Son of Walter and Ellen Highton

Castle Donnington

Bur Kranji Died in the Battle for Singapore

Cyril Hill B 16.3.16D 16.2.42Aged 25Singapore Memorial

ROAC

Died Banka Straits

Milk salesman Son of Annie Hill New StreetScalford

Leonard Cooper Hill

B 3.8.09HinckleyD 25.1.44Kanchanaburi AerodromeAged 33Bur Kanchanaburi

3 HAARA

Taken POW 17.3.42

Cause of deathPellagra

Son of William and Elizabeth Hill

2 24 Coventry RoadHinckley

Wilfred James Bateman Hill


RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Taihoku No 6 Camp Formosa

Electrician Son of Ambrose and Mary Hill

Next of kin (sister)Mrs Harriet Bateman

21 Stanton RowLeicester

Albert James Hillman

B 15.12.11D 12.9.44Aged 33Singapore Memorial

RAOCAttd 1st Cambridge Regiment

Died in the

Shoemaker Son of John and Ethel Hillman

33 Harcourt RoadWigston Magna

sinking of the KachidokiMaru by the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.

Harry Hillman B 28.6.10LeicesterD 1976VictoriaAustraliaAged 66Emigrated 1950 to Melbourne


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Regular SoldierCSM

Son of Florence Hillman

Husband of Ruth Hillman

1911191 Dorset StreetLeicester

39 Elm StreetLeicester

William Hirst B 30.8.16LeicesterD 1995LeicesterAged 78


Taken POW Singapore


Grocery shop assistant

Son of William and Edith May Hirst

9 Edith AvenueBlaby

Antony John Hobson

B 2.4.19Kirby MuxloeD 2004NorwichAged 85

RAF

Taken POW 8.3.42 Tasikmalaya

Liberated Cycle Camp Batavia

Engineering Student

Son of Charles and Gladys Hobson

Husband of Irene Hobson

Kirby Muxloe

Three Counties Base HospitalArsleyBeds

Leonard Hogg B 14.5.06D 7.6.43ChungkaiAged 37Bur Chungkai

125th AA RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Amoebic Dysentery/Beri beri

Fireman Husband of Miriam Hogg Park Farm CottagesWillesleyMeasham

Albert Johnson Holland



Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery Warehouseman

Son of Samuel and Ada Holland

Husband of Florence Holland

10 Richmond CloseLeicester

John Henry Holmes B 26.5.21D 22.12.44Aged 23Yokohama Cemetery

241 Bty 77th HAARATaken 8.3.42

Cause of death acute colitis

Son of Benjamin and Louisa HolmesHusband of Edith Holmes

99 Aylestone DriveLeicester

Sydney Alfred B 5.11.18 RAOC Acountant Son of Archibald and 24 Stanley Drive

Holyland LeicesterD 2003LeicesterAged 84

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Anne Holyland Leicester

Dennis Gordon Hubbard


Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW 17.3.42

Cause of deathBeri Beri and Pallagra

Son of Ernest and Clara Hubbard

71 Warwick StreetLeicester

Arthur Hudson B 30.10.18D 12.7.43Aged 25Bur Chungkai


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathBeri beri

Bus Conductor Son of Arthur and Emma Hudson

Castle Donnington

George Hughes B 23.10.17D 1979CoalvilleAged 61

3 HAA RegimentRA

Taken POW 17.3.42 Padang

Colliery Worker Son of George and Lucy Hughes

Newton Burgoland

Liberated Saigon

Arthur George Hunt

2.10.10LondonD 1982SurreyAged 71

6th HAARA

Taken POW Singapore


Licensed premises manager

Son of Annie Hunt

Husband of Christina Hunt

White Hart HotelHaymarketLeicester

William Arthur Hurst


HMS EncounterRN

Taken POW 2.3.42Java Sea

Liberated Macassar

51 Gypsy LaneLeicester

I

Walter Ingham B 29.3.06LeicesterD 1994

RAF

Taken POW

Son of Frederick and Florence Ingham

34 Outram StreetLeicester

Leicester 8.3.42 Java

Liberated Java or Malaya

George Irons B 28.9.09D between 18-30.9.42Aged 33Bur Kranji

125th AT RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death asphyxia

Reported accidentally killed while a POW.

Painter and decorator

Husband of Lilian Irons 38 Halstead StreetLeicester

J

Morris Ilsley Jackson

6.11.15LeicesterD 1995PooleAged 80

Raf Selator


Son of John and Ada May Garrett

197 Loughborough RoadLeicester

Liberated Singapore

Robert Browning Jagoe

B 1902CorkD 1987SystonAged 84

FMSVF

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Botanist Dept SS and FMS

Son of Richard and Francis Jagoe

Husband of Winifred JagoeFather of Robin and Elizabeth.

Wife and children evacuated on Charon to Freemantle .Arrived 18.1.42

Phillip James B 21.6.20Leicester

211 Sqn RAF


Liberated Kranji

Son of Herbert and Gertrude James

66 Upperton RoadLeicester

Henry Desmond Beatty Jeffares

B 14.1.08KegworthD


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Petchaburi Thailand

Barrister Son of James and Mary Jeffares

Dragwell HeadKegworth

Stanley Thomas Jephcote

B 4.3.05HinckleyD 21.11.43Aged 38Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death debility

Hosiery worker Son of Thomas S and Edith Jephcote

Husband of Mary Ellen Jephcote

Father of Thomas S and Patricia M Jephcote

87 Tudor RoadHinckley

Charles Edward Jewsbury

B 31.1.06LeicesterD 1966Gt YarmouthAged 60

RASC

POW Borneo

Fruiterer and greengrocer

Son of Sarah Ann Jewsbury

Husband of Clara E JewsburyFather of David Jewsbury

31 Kingston AvenueWigston Fields

66 WoodgateLeicester

George Edmund Johnson

B 29.5.11WhitwickD 9.6.43Aged 32Chungkai


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Beri beri

Hotel Porter Son of Herbert Johnson 112 Silver StreetWhitwick

Ronald Johnson B 18.11.18Leicester


Taken POW Singapore

Cobbler Son of Alice Johnson 431 Welford RoadLeicester

Liberated Nakhom Nie Thailand

Wilfred Thomas Johnson

B 23.5.14HumberstoneD 3.10.43Aged 29BurThanbyuzyat

Signals

Attached to 80th Anti Tank RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Colitis

Accountant Son of Thomas and Amy Johnson

Husband of Isabel Johnson

87 Keyham LaneLeicester

93 The BroadwayCricklewood

Bertram Edwin Jones

B 20.9.18LeicesterD 2006Aged 88


Taken POW Singapore

LiberatedThailand

Motor mechanic Son of Edwin and Lily Jones

311 Uppingham RoadLeicester

Kenneth Roy Jones B 18.5.19LeicesterD 1986LeicsAged 67

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of George and Daisy Jones

158 Leicester RoadNarborough

Reginald Jones B 12.5.13LeicesterD 22.8.43Aged 30Bur Kanchanaburi

RASC

Taken POW SingaporeCause of deathCholera and debility

Truck Driver Son of Thomas and Mary Jones

Husband of Evelyn Jones

232 Avenue RoadLeicester

745 Aylestone RoadLeicester

Lawrence Joyner B 12.12.19D 1995 LeicesterAged 76


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Saigon

Bus conductor Son of Thomas and Lizetta Hannah Joyner

Fruit StoresMain StreetMarkfield

K

Michael Keating B 3.5.16Co Tipperary


Taken POW Singapore

Son of Thomas and Bridget Keating

1 Flint StreetLeicester

Theobald Ernest James Kelly

B 1.5.05DoverD 1951SurreyAged 46

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of Emile and Annie Kelly

2 Woodbine AvenueLeicester

Ernest Albert B 5.8.18 Royal Corps of Son of George and Helen 39 Smith -Dorrien Road

Kenny LeicesterD 1980 LeicesterAged 62

Signals

Taken POW 17.3.42Padang Java

Liberated PechaburiThailand

Kenny Leicester

Walter Kidger B 6.10.19LeicesterD 2006 LeicesterAged 87

HMS Sultan RNTaken POWBanka Staits


Shoe Clicker Son of Benjamin and Beatrice May Kidger

45 Yorkshire RoadLeicester

Alfred Kirk B 10.6.16LeicesterD

2nd Batt The Loyal Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated MoyoyamaJapan

Son of Fred and Elizabeth Kirk

Husband of F Kirk 12 Benbow RiseLeicester

Frederick Kirk B 24.12.19D 17.4.45Aged 25


Plumbers Mate Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Kirk

Old Woodhouse

Bur Sai Wan Taken POW Malaya


Alfred King B 6.8.13LeicesterD 6.4.43Aged 29Bur Kranji

Lincs Regiment/Catering Corps Att ROAC

Taken POW Singapore

Dyers Labourer Son of George and Selina Dawson

Husband of Vera Dorothy King

72 Rowan StreetLeicester

Walter King B 3.8.19LeicsD 1999CoalvilleAged 80

148th Field Regiment Royal Artillery

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Tar Mac Labourer Son of Walter and Elizabeth King

4 Council HousesOsgathorpe

L

Alan Dennis Lacey B 9.10.17LeicesterD 1987Newcastle on TyneAged 69

RAF Selator

Taken POW 8.3.42 TasikmalayaJava

Possibly liberated Tanjong Java

Son of William Thomas and Emily Laura Lacey

Husband of Vera Irene Lacey

166 Brunswick StreetLeicester

Arthur Langton B 7.8.19LeicesterD 1991LeicesterAged 71


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Tamuan

Hosiery Trimmer Son of Tomas and Sarah Langston

15 Leadenhall StreetLeicester

Horatio Herbert Langton

B 7.11.08Norfolk

2nd Cambridgeshire

Bus conductor Husband of Pearl Langton

Eastwell FarmEastwell

D 1980Melton MowbrayAged 71

Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Father of Catherine Langton

Melton Mowbray

George Harold D Lanham


CMP

Taken POW Banka

Stoker Son of Edgar John and Adaline Lanham

Husband of Elsie Lanham

Husband of Terrance Lanham

33 Frisby RoadLeicester

Reginald Harry Latham


125 Anti Tank RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nie

Hairdresser Son or Eleanor M Latham

Husband of Florence Latham

64 Wyvern AvenueLeicester

Roy Lindsey Laywood

B 24.6.10CoalvilleD 12.5.45Age 34Bur Djakarta

211 SqnRAF

Taken POW 8.3.42Tasikmalaya Java

Civil Servant Son of Harry and Harriet Laywood

Husband of Winifred E Laywood

Coalville

150 Dean StreetDerby

Arthur Thomas Leatherland


5th Searchlight RegmentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Boot Repairer Son of Thomas and Florence Leatherland

114 Dorset StreetLeicester

Hebert George Lee

( listed in many records as Albert George

B 23.4.22LeicesterD 26.5.43Aged 21Buried Ambon War Cemetery

RAF

Taken POW17.3.42 Java

Cause of death bacillary dysentery

Son of George and Elizabeth Lee

45 Hill RiseBirstall

Charles Albert Lee B 24.8.10LeicesterD 1988 Kensington and ChelseaAged 77

15 Batt 6th Heavy Anti Aircraft RegimentRA



Boot and shoe trade

Son of Frederick W and Nellie Lee

Husband of Doris M LeeFather of Ronald and Roland Lee

62 Glen Gate StreetWigston

48 Ridley StreetLeicester

John Henry Burkhill Lee

B 4.10.05LeicesterD ???1960BridportAged 54

2nd BttyHong Kong Volunteer Defence Force


Son of John H and Katherine J Lee

Husband of K J Lee

1911 address:275 Fosse Road SouthLeicester

CopthorneSussex

Horace George Lees

B 1921LeicesterD 5.2.42Aged 19Singapore Memorial

Sherwood Forresters

Son of Horace and Daisy E Lees

1939 Address12 Belgrave AvenueLeicester

Donald William Lester

B 27.6.18LoughboroughD 15.6.2010LoughboroughAged 92

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Son of George and EthelLester

35 Gladstone AvenueLoughborough

Harold Letts B 18.9.14HinckleyD 9.10.43Aged 29Bur Kanchanaburi

3 Ind Corps Prov CoyCMP

Taken POW Singapore


Counterman Hosiery

Son of Annie Marie Letts

Husband of Lorna Letts

11 Salem Road Burbage

111 Clarendon Road Hinckley

Charles Leonard B 1.5.11 3 HAA Regiment Book operative Son of Amelia Lewin 14 Harrison Road

Needham Lewin Barrow on SoarD 5.6.45SaigonAged 34Bur Kranji

RA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Tuberculosis

Barrow On Soar

Ernest Ronald Lewin

B 19.4.16LeicsD 2995LeicesterAged 79


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Saigon

Warehouseman Son of Ernest and Selina Lewin

72 Frederick StreetWigston Magna

James Albert Lewis B 29.4.13LeicesterD 1988LeicesterAged 74


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Skiver Shoe trade

Son of Jeremiah and Lydia Lewis

19 Great Arler StreetLeicester

5 Diamond StreetLeicester

Arthur Alfred Lewitt

B 27.3.14CosbyD 28.8.43TarsaoAged 29

RAF


Cashier Son of Walter and Agnes Lewitt

Husband of Lucy Lewitt

25 Park RoadCosby

Grendon

Bur Kanchanaburi

Cause of death Malaria

Warks

John Thomas Lindsey


RA


Liberated Ohama Japan

Printers compositer

Husband of Ellen Lindsey

BraedlynAlbany StreetLoughborough

Horace George Loakes

B 6.11.18BraybookeD 16.7.43Aged 24Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore


Gardener John Thomas and Alice Miriam Loakes

Waterloo LodgeGreat Oxendon

BraybrookeMarket Harborough

Ernest William Louch

B 21.1.08LeicesterD 14.2.42Aged 34Bur Kranji

118 FieldRegimentRA

Killed in the Battle for Singapore

Milks salesman Son of Mark and Sarah Ann LouchHusband of Elsie May Louch

Father of Iris Louch

94 Oxendon StreetLeicester

Stanley Love B 4.4.20LeicesterD 5.10.42SaigonAged 22Bur Kranji

316 Battery5th Searchlight RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Husband of Bessie G Love

14 Emerald StreetAbbey GateLeicester

Cause of death Acute bacillary dysentery

Walter Lowe B 3.10.18Kegworth


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Tokyo Camps

Driver Son of John and Ada Lowe

9 DragwellKegworth

George Henry Reginald Lowes

B 8.11.04India

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore


Soldier Son of Jane Woods The CroftBroughton Astley

Charles Nelson Lucas

B 23.5.15Earl ShiltonD 1983HinckleyAged 67


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Boot and Shoe Operative

Son of Hilda Bugby

Husband of Mary Carnoy Lucas

High StreetEarl Shilton

SarniaJohn Nicholls StreetHinckley

George Arthur Lucas

B 30.5.15Hinckley


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Hosiery Son of Ernest and Agnes Lucas

Husband of Florence Lucas

214 Hinckley RoadHinckley

3 Kings Road Earl Shilton

Horace James Lynes

B 9.7.04Earl ShiltonD 1989 HinckleyAged 85

77th HAA RegimentRA


Liberated Japan

Licensed Victualler

Son of Alfred and Fanny LynesHusband of Frances LynesFather of Anthony Lynes

Barley Sheaf InnHinckley

M

Bernard Mabe B 9.11.13LoughboroughD 2005HampshireAged 91

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore


Grocers Assistant

Son of Thomas and Mary E Taylor

Husband of Clara Mabe

RingfenceShepshed

12 North StreetBarrow on Soar

William MacDonald B 23.10.19SilebyD 9.2.45Aged 25Bur Sai Wan CemeteryHong Kong


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Colitis

Shoemaker Son of William C and Ada MacDonald

83 Barrow RoadSileby

Bertram Stanley Makepeace

B 16.5.19Leicester


Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Saigon

Labourer Son of William and Agnes Makepeace

64 Helmsley RoadLeicester

John Wilson Mann B 15.9.08Melton MowbrayD 20.9.44Aged 36Singapore

RAF


Possibly died on board the Maros Maru travelling from Ambon to Srabaya. The grid reference for his death is S 5 degrees 07’ E

Insurance Inspector

Son of John and Ada Mann

Husband of Annie Mann Mill FarmGaddesbyLeics

123 degress 28’ is midway

Air raid injury given as cause of death

Entry states that he was buried presumably at sea.

Joseph Ernest Mann

B 29.11.16



Taken POW Singapore


Woodworking machinist

1 Temperance TerraceMelton Mowbray

Wilfred Manschott B 7.1.08LeicesterD 1997LeicesterAged 89

35th LAA Regiment RA


Liberated Kuching Sarawak Borneo

Warehouseman Son of James Wilfred and Emily Manschott

Husband of Edith E Manschott

136 Beaumanor RoadLeicester

Horace Mansfield B 1895HinckleyD 1957CheshireAged 63

Civilian internee

Interned Changi and Sime Road

Prison Officer Straits Settlement

Son of Thomas and Sarah Mansfield

Husband of Gladys Mansfield

121 Kings RoadHinckley

Father of Gertrude MansfieldWife and daughter evacuated on the Orion to Freemantle.Arrived 6.1.42

Eric Marshall B 14.8.19Melton MowbrayD 1990RushcliffeAged 77

6th HAARA


Commercial Clerk

Son of William and Daisy Marshall

Husband of FlorenceMarshall

19 Thorpe RoadMelton Mowbray

17 Orange StreetNottingham

Frederick Arthur Ernest Marshall

B 24.4.20LeicesterD 14.6.43Aged 23Bur Ambon

RAF


Warehouseman hosiery

Son of Frederick and Margaret Marshall

1939 Census20 Gaul StreetLeicester

97 Hinckley RoadNuneaton

Herbert Hill Marston

B 9.9.09LeicesterD 13.2.42 aged 32Bur Kranji

RAMC

Died in the Battle for Singapore

Son of George and Ellen Marston

Address 19118 Royal Kent StreetLeicester

Robert Marvin B 2.6.17LeicesterD1996Leicester

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Son of Catherine Marvin 20 Littleton StreetLeicester

Aged 78Possibly liberated Thailand

Leslie Mathews B 17.2.20LeicesterD 1966LeicesterAged 76

RASC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Keppel RoadSingapore

4 Harrington RoadLeicester

Joseph William Reginald Maycock

B 28.8.1896AbingdonDied 1954WandsworthAged 58

No 4 Indian Reinforcement

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Soldier Husband of Annie Maycock

32 Kingston AvenueWigston

Edward John Mayne

B 5.2.14HinckleyD 1983BurbageAged 69

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Aperon Burma

Hosiery operative and mechanic

Son of Eliza Mayne

Husband of Vera Mayne

Manor StreetHinckley

98 Stanley RoadHinckley

Ian Calder Mckenzie

B 30.12.20Leicester

RAMC

Taken POW Singapore

Printer Son of David Mackenzie Glasgow

Liberated Fumi

Michael McDonald D 12.9.44Aged 23Singapore memorial

3 HAA RegimentRA


General Labourer

Son of Mrs and Mrs James McDonald

Husband of Constance I McDonald

Newbold Verdon

Stanley Walter McDowell

B 1.10.21D 2002HastingsAged 81


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Son of Walter and Leonora McDowell

248 Main StreetThurmaston

Frederick Charles McIntosh

B 6.3.15D 12.9.44SingaporeMemorial

148th Field RegimentRATaken POW Singapore


Clerk Son of Frederick and Eliza Jane McIntosh

32 Langdale RoadHinckley

John Harold B 3.9.13 RAF Gas meter Son of William and Mary

MedhurstD New Zealand???

Taken POW Garoet Java 8.3.42


inspector Medhurst

Husband of Ann Medhurst

22 Conaglen RoadLeicester

Geoffrey Merry B 1910BelperD 13.2.42Aged 23Singapore Civil Hospital

Royal Norfok Regiment

Died of wounds

Son of Stanley and Minnie Merry

Belper

Home address given as Leicester

William Newbury Millergill

B 10.4.09LeicesterD 2.9.43D ChungkaiAged 36Bur Chungkai


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Cardiac Beri beri and malnutrition

Labourer Son of Selina Millergill

Husband of Sadie Millergill

25 Pool RoadLeicester

26 Underhill StreetLeicester

Reginald Walter James Mitchell

B 7.9.14LeicesterD 1990Yorks

RA


Liberated Batavia

Son of Walter James and Edith Lily Mitchell

Born Leicester

Later moved to Epsom Surrey

William Alfred B 27.7.10 18h Div Provost Floor layer Son of Alfred Mollett

Henry Mollett NarboroughD 5.11.43Aged 33Bur Thanbyuzyat

CoyCMP

Taken POW Singapore

Husband of Louisa Mollett

29 King StreetEnderby

Alfred Edward Moore


7th Coast RegimentRA( 12th and 6th HAA Regiment RA)

Taken POW 9.3.18


Husband of Elizabeth May Moore

Father of Douglas Moore

103 Brunswick StreetLeicester

Arthur Moore B 22.2.10HinckleyD 34.1.44Kanchanaburi AerodromeAged 33Bur Kanchanaburi

3 HAARA

Taken POW 17.3.17


Son of Harry Mitchell and Ellen Moore

Husband of Evelyn Ida Moore

89 Druid StreetHinckley

Daykin Moore B 6.12.13BlabyD 11.9.43Aged 30Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW 15.2.42 Malaya

Cause of death

Hosiery Machinist

Son of Bertram and Ethel Moore

65 Bull Head StreetWigston

275 Wigton LaneLeicester

malaria

Bernard Arthur Moran

B 2.8.12HandsworthD 1993ShepshedAged 81

RAF

Taken POW March 42Tasik Malaya Java

Liberated Pakon BaroeSumatra

Machine Hand Son of John and Cecillia Moran

H/A 13 Ling RoadLoughborough

John Parnell Morrish

B 12.2.08Kings HeathD Leicester1968Aged 59

Loyal Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Keijo Korea

Son of Arthur and Ellen Morrish

37 Holmefield RoadLeicester

Ernest Gordon Morrish

B 23.7.05WinchesterD 1982LeicesterAged 76

85th Anti Tank Regiment RA

Taken POW SingaporeLiberated Kranji

Labourer Husband of Dorothy Morrish

28 Rancliffe CrescentLeicester

Herbert Foxley Morrison

B 19.3.10 Provost Unit Ind DivCMP

Heavy Worker Son of James and Clara Morrison

Husband of Dorothy MorrisonFather of James

16 Dunster StreetLeicester

Ronald Motley B 1.8.21D 1993

Able SeamanSS Eugene

Son of Charles and Mable Motley

85 Fleckney RoadKibworth Beauchamp

Market HarboroughAged 72

LivancCaptured at sea(Indian Ocean)and taken to Singapore

LiberatedBibai Japan

Stanley Harold Moule

B 2.5.04London?D 26.4.43Aged 38Bur Chungkai


Taken POW Singapore


Labourer Son of Alice Beechey 22 Christow StreetLeicester

Leslie Charles Mountain

B 1905Melton MowbrayD 1996NSWAged 91

CivilianInterned on Sumatra.Liberated and arrived in Australia Nov 45

Planter Husband of Kathleen MountainFather of Julie Ann Mountain.Wife and daughter evacuated on the Ruys arriving Australia 20.1.42

Harry/Henry Kenneth Mundin

B 19.12.20BlabyD 29.11.43Aged 22Singapore

RAF


Clerk Son of Ernest and Mary Mundin

69 GlengateSouth Wigston

MemorialDied when the Suez Maru was sunk by the USS Barbfish. Survivors were machine gunned in the water by the Japanese Navy.No survivors. 640 POWs died.

Alistair Ross Munro B 15.9.11

D 1986IpswichAged 74

FMSVF

Taken POW Padang Sumatra 5.5.42Escaped by boat and lived in jungle till capture.

Liberated Nakhon Paton

Planter 114 Albert PromenadeLoughborough

Frederick Charles Murdy

B 20.8.18BillesdonD 11.12.43ThanbyuzyatAged 34Bur Thanbyuzyat


Taken POW 17.2.42 Malaya

Cause of deathTropical Ulcers

General labourer Son of Nellie Smith 30 Melton AvenueLeicester

and beri beri

John Wilfred Musson

B 5.9.20LeicesterD 7.4.44Aged 23BurYokohama

78 Battery 35th HAA RA


Died at Fukuoka No 8 Branch CampYamano Coal mine.Cause of death catarrh pneumonia

Son of Joseph and Annie Musson

99 Windley RoadLeicester

N

Maurice Albert Neal

B 11.4.09LeicesterD 18.9.43D SongkuraiAged 34Bur Thanbyuzyat

RASC

Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery Knitter Son of Arthur Edward and Eliza Neal

Sycamore CottageArnesby

Ronald Harry Needham

B 28.10.18LeicesterD 2010LoughboroughAged 93


Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Japan

Son of Harry and Rosa Needham

79 Bonchurch StreetLeicester

Arthur Newton B 10.9.15Earl ShiltonD 2005NottinghamAged 99


Taken POW 15.2.42


Boot and shoe lasting

Son of Arthur and Ada Newton

NormancottByron StreetHinckley

William Ford Norman

B 21.7.19BlabyD 12.9.44Aged 25Singapore memorial



Commercial traveller

Son of Alfred and Matilda Norman.

Husband of Margaret E Norman

40 Gladstone StreetWigston

Thurmaston

Leslie Thomas Norton

B 20.4.20Leicester


Electrician Son of William and Gladys Norton

74 Batternberg RoadLeicester


RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand?

Husband of Doris Norton 29 Warren StreetLeicester

John Alexander Nutting

B 29.5.15OsbistonD 1992HinckleyAged 76


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Takanun Thailand

Bootmaker Son of Thomas James and Sarah Nutting

Husband of Elsie Nutting

Osbaston VillageMarket Bosworth

21 Oxford StreetBarwell

O

Walter Leslie O’Connor

B 30.6.06LondonD 1981LeicesterAged 74

RAMC

Taken POWSingapore

Liberated Changi

Husband of Olive O’Connor

12 Lymington RoadLeicester

Joseph SamuelOridge

B 7.4.15Melton MowbrayD 27.7.43D KinsaiyokAged 28Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death

Son of Joseph Edgar and Edith Oridge

SaltbyLeicestershire

Beri beri

Alfred Charles Oldershaw

B 16.10.18BlabyD 2012LeicesterAged 93

122nd Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore


Son of John and Elizabeth Mary Oldershaw

35 Wigston StreetCountesthorpe

Jack Neal Oldham B 1.7.19Leicester


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Taiwan

Salesman Son of Kate Oldham 47 Smith Dorrien RoadLeicester

Phillip Osbourne B 1914Melton MowbrayD 23.1.42Aged 27Singapore Memorial

The Loyal Regiment

Listed as missing 23.1.42 Bukit Payang Malaysia

Son of Alfred Osbourne

Husband of Violet M Osbourne

77 Mill StreetMelton Mowbray

George William Oswin

B 27.6.19LeicesterD 2010LoughboroughAged 90


Taken POW Singapore

Hosier Son of Joseph and Sarah Oswin

27 Vaughn StreetLeicester

Liberated Taioku Formosa

P

Bernard George Page

B 23.4.14Market HarboroughD 1999 Leicester aged 85

CMP attached to 1st Bn Leicestershire Regt

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Brother of below

Shoe heel maker Son of Sydney Edward Page

50 Nelson StreetMarket Harborough

Gordon Frederick Page

B 1.3.17Market HarboroughD 1994Market HarboroughAged 77

1st Cambridge Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Rubber Mechanic Son of Sydney Edward Page

Husband of Mrs J Page

50 Nelson StreetMarket Harborough

23a NorhamptonRoadMarket Harborough

Frank Parker B 9.5.19LeicesterD 2005LeicesterAged 85

ROAC

Taken POW Singapore

Survived the sinking of the Hofuku Maru. Liberated from Bilibid Prison in the Phillipines by the Americans in Feb 1945.

Returned home April 1945

Typewriter mechanic/Lighting mechanic

Son of William and Mary Parker

184 St Saviours RoadLeicester

11 Midway RoadLeicester

Frank Watson Parker

B 10.2.16LeicesterD 1969 BirkenheadAged 56

RAF

Taken POW 8.3.42 Tasikmalaya Java

Liberated Singapore

Son of Arthur and Edith Mary Parker

4 Mavis AvenueLeicester

Edward Patrick B 1.5.08Market Harborough

29 Bty 3 HAA RATaken POW Singapore

Butcher Son of Frederick and Ann Patrick

55 Coventry RdMkt Harborough

D 1982KetteringAged 74


Anthony Robert Payne

B 18.6.15Melton Mowbray

RAF


Liberated Pakhanbaroe Sumatra

Son of Charles Beaver and Ethel Payne

John Arthur Pearce B 25.6.18ShepshedD 2008 LoughboroughAged 89


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan( Hiroshima dist)

Leveller shoe manufacture

Son of Ernest and Elsie Pearce

12 Blackwood RoadCoalville

John Breedon Pearson

B 1918Stanton under BardonD 1969RotherhamAged 50 ??

6t Royal Norfolk Regiment

Taken POW Singapore


Son of Percy and Fanny Pearson

Main StreetStanton Under Bardon

Edith Dorren Pedlow

BEireD 20.2.42At SeaAge given as 23 but likely to have been older

Singapore Memorial

QAIMNS

Died on board the SS Kuala escaping from Singapore. Survived for several days on a raftBuried at sea

Nursing sister

Mentioned in despatches

Daughter of William and Edith Pedlow

Home address given as Leicester

Gerald Francis Jack Pegler

B 25.9.09MadrasD 20.11.43D Tha SaoAged 34Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Cholera

Colonial Civil Servant

Son of Eustace and Mary Lucy Pegler

Husband of Eve Lilian Pegler

Father of Jennifer Pegler

StoneygateLeicester

Kuching/StoneygateLeicester

William Henry Percy

B 3.2.20Kirby MuxloeD 25.6.43Aged 23Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Clerk Brother of Mrs E Peters HitchenHerts

Herbert Horatio Perkins

B 21.5.16SystonD 1973Southend


Brick and Tile Maker

Son of George and Charlotte Perkins

Husband of May Perkins

Syston

50 Wakering Ave

Aged 57 Taken POW Singapore

Shoeburyness Essex

Frederick Charles Pettitt

B 28.6.20SuffolkD 1955Gt YarmouthAged 35


Liberated Taiwan

26 West StreetEnderby

Thomas Fearnee Phillips

B 29.5.15LeicestershireD 1985NorwichAged 70


Taken POW Singapore


Son of Kathleen Grace Phillips

Overleigh HouseBuckminsterLeicestershire

Richard Grahame Phillips

B 15.4.18Abergavenny

RAOC


Liberated Japan

Son of Nathaniel and Ellen Phillips

Husband of Freda Joyce Phillips

25 St Johns RoadLeicester

Paul Phythian B 23.10.18StockportD Leicester1979Aged 60


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Paton

Soldier Son of Ernest and Mary Phythian

4o Hallam CrescentLeicester

Thailand

Thomas Pickering B 18.10.19 80th Anti Tank RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Fukuoka Japan

Brick worker Son of James and Evelyn Pickering

Eldon TerraceAshby de la Zouch

John Henry Pinknett

B 13.11.20D 1983 Sheffield

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Stoker Son of Edward and Harriet Pinknett

Husband of Kathleen Pinknett

24 Beaumont RoadHinckley

Hugh Creighton Martindale Pitts

B 26.8.96LoughboroughD 14.4.88WiltsAged 91

FMSVFWW1 Worcs Regiment and machine Gun Corps. Served in Salonika Palestine and Syria. Re enlisted in 1940.

Taken POW at Singpapore.

Merchant Son of Thomas Pitts Loughborough

Camps include Chungkai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand

Leslie Palmer Pitt B 27.7.19BirstallD 1982LeicsAged 62

Navy

Returned to England Jan 10th 46 on the Hospital ship Maunganui

Possibly not a POW???

Capstan lathe turner fountain pen manufacture

Son of Leslie and BessiePitt

37 Sycamore RoadBirstall

40 Swithland CrescentLeicester

Albert Edward Pole B 20.1.18LeicesterD 1993Leicester aged 75


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Hosiery operative

Son of Arnold and Ada Pole

172 Canon StreetLeicester

Harold Pole B 30.10.18Leicester

6th Royal NorfokRegiment

Taken POW Singapore

Shoe operative Son of Joseph W and Mary Jane Pole

55 Rodney StreetLeicester


Cecil Porter B 1.7.13RothleyD 1993LincolnAged 79

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberatedThailand

Hosiery Son of John and Elizabeth Porter

Husband of Connie Porter

Main StreetThurcaston

John Francis Potter B 5.5.15LeicesterD 1999 Newarke NottsAged 84

HMS ExeterRN

Taken POW Java Sea

Liberated Batavia

School master Son of George Joshua and Emily Potter

Husband of

314 Loughborough RoadLeicester

Henley on Thames

Kenneth Henry Powell


Medical Services HQ

Taken POW Singapore


Cost Clerk Printing

Son of William B and Grace A Powell

Husband of MargaretPowell

19 The GreenwayLeicester

6 Elsalene AvenueLeicester

Leslie Byard Preston

B 13..2.13Leicester

RAF Letterpress charge hand

Son of Arthur and Nellie Preston



Liberated Tokyo area Japan.

Husband of W A Preston 1 Linden StreetLeicester

Tom Hayward Preston

B 9.2.14Newbold VerdonD 1962HinckleyAged 48


Taken POW Singapore


Son of Lilian Preston

Husband of Nancy Preston

4 Red Lion LaneNewbold Verdon

13 Metcalfe StreetEarl Shilton

Charles Henry (Harry) Prime


RAF84 Sqdn



Umberella Hand Son of Percy and EllenPrime

62 Roydene CrescentLeicester

Lewis Edward Pritchard

B 7.5.17Leicester


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Printers warehouseman

Son of Esther Pritchard 100 Moray StreetLeicester

Harry Pym B 28.12.10/08LeicesterD 1998 LeicesterAged 90

RAMC


Liberated Hong Kong

Son of John Henry and Ellen Pym

Husband of Elizabeth Pym

2a Dulverton RoadLeicester

54 Beatrice RoadLeicester

Q

Arthur Lesley Quincey

B 7.9.18Melton MowbrayD 17.6.43Aged 24Bur Chungkai

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore


Clerk Son of Arthur and Florence Quincey

Husband of Doreen Quincey

88 Kings RoadMelton Mowbray

1 Fulford MansionsHolloway

R

Norman Radford B 29.7.20LeicesterD 29.11.43Aged 23Singapore Memorial

RAF( Volunteer Reserve)


Cost clerk Son of Frederick and Frances Radford

38 Exmoor AvenueLeicester

Denis Walter Ratcliffe

B 25.2.21Leicester


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Jungle Camp Thailand

Shop assistant Son of Archibald and Elsie Ratcliffe

46 Kingsmead RoadLeicester

Cyril Redman B 22.8.10LoughboroughD 4.1.45Aged 34Bur Labuan

48th /21/RD LAARA


Died No 1 Branch Camp

Cause of death acute colitis

Hosiery machinist

Son of Alfred and Beatrice Kate Redman

Husband of Joyce E Redman

35 Tyler AvenueLoughborough

Clifford William Rees

B 1923Maesteg GlamD 9.12.42Aged 19Bur Kranji


Cause of deathelectric shock

LoughboroughLeicestershire

John Noel Rees B 25.12.16Poulton CheshireD 1993Stoke on TrentAged 76


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated PratchaiThailand

Soldier Husband of Ivy Rees 14 Lime Tree RoadNarborough

George Reeves B 12.1.13LeicesterD 1986Leicester


Taken POW

Cashier/ clerk countinghouse

Son of Fanny Maria Reeves

Husband of Beatrice

50 Burleys LaneLeicester

14 Arden Avenue

Aged 73 Singapore

Liberated Japan

Reeves Leicester

Frederick Leetham Reynolds

B 4.7.05QueniboroughD 1973ReadingAged 68

FMSVF

Taken POW Singapore. Not fit enough to be sent to Thai/Burma railway camps.

Liberated Changi

Electrical salesperson Asiatic Petroleum Company.

Son of Herbert Waide and Kate Reynolds

Husband of Ethel Mary Carr Reynolds

Father of Charles Reynolds

1911 Queniborough HallQueniborough

Living in Penang

Returned to Penang 1946

Douglas Arthur Richards

B 11.6.15ThringstoneD 1.11.44Aged 29Bur Ambon

211 Sqn RAF



Asst Fireman Colliery

Son of George and Emma Hallam

Husband of Gertrude Mary Richards

46 Main Street Thringstone

George Roberts B 7.12.20CoalvilleD 1979BrightonAged 58

HMS Encounter RN

Taken POW Java Sea 2.3.42

Liberated Maccassar

Autioneers clerk Son of John and Daisy Roberts

44 Belvoir RoadCoalville

Frederick Donald Hugh Robinson

B 29.12.15LutterworthD 12.9.44Singapore MemorialAged 28

Signals

Died in the sinking of the KachidokiMaru by the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.

Telegraphist GPO Son of George and NellieRobinson

60 Harrow RoadLeicester

Albert Rolleston B 27.3.17LeicesterD 2009 LeicesterAged 92


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Van Driver Son of Albert and Louisa Smith

4 Cranmer StreetLeicester

Albert Ernest Rollings

B 22.5.17LeicesterD 31.7.43KinsayiokAged 26Bur Kanchanaburi

29 Bty 3HAARA

Cause of death Dysentery

Steel Engineer Son of Ernest and Lily Rolings

31 Fayrehurst RoadSaffron LaneLeicester

Frederick Ernest Russell

B 24.1.15LeicesterD 1982 Leicester

41st Fortress Coy RE

Taken POW

Son of Edgar Russell 186 Martin StreetLeiceser

Aged 67 Singapore

Liberated Thailand or Saigon

Rupert Henry Rumary

B 11.1.10D 1996HastingsAged 86

6th HAARA


Liberated Hiroshima Japan

Bar tender Son of Stephen and Florence Rumary

Husband of Winifred RumaryFather of Sandra Rumary

Little FunnelsMaynardsHinckley

8 Flamville RoadBurbage

Cyril Thomas Rutland

B 12.3.07

D 1988 PortsmouthAged 80


Taken POW Singapore


Tailors Retail salesman Cutter/Salesman

Son of Alice May Rutland

Husband of Ivy Rutland 8 Coplow AvenueLeicester

Noel John Rutter B 20.12.19LutterworthD 1992FalmouthAged 72

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated

University Student

Son of Horace and Nellie Rutter

Husband of Katie Rutter BotleyOxford

Nakhom Nayok Thailand

S

Joseph Henry Saddington


Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Tacuri Thailand

Nurseryman Son of Horace and Florence Saddington

Husband of Ada Saddington

50 Dannett StreetLeicester

Leonard Sanders B 8.10.18LeicesterD 15.12.99GlenfieldAged 81


Taken POW Singapore

Labourer Button Trade

Son of Arthur and Ethel Sanders

Wife of Millicent Sanders 8 Vann StreetLeicester

Liberated Hiroshima Japan

William Satchwell B 27.12.19Market BosworthD 2003LeicesterAged 83


Taken POW Singapore


Boot and Shoe operater

Son of John Thomas Satchwell

Husband of Dorothy Satchwell

Market Bosworth

3 Council HousesMill LaneNewbold Verdon

Eric Scattergood B 16.10.17LeicesterD 23.3.43D Tha KillenAged 25Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathdysentery

Carpenter Son of George and Annie Scattergood

Husband of Alma Lois Scattergood

7 Anchor Street Belgrave

36 Shenton StreetLeicester

192 Humberstone LaneLeicester

Robert Edwin Scotchbrook

B 27.1.17WigstonD 1994 LeicesterAged 77


Taken POW Singapore

Warehouseman Hosiery

Son of Elizabeth Scotchbrook

20 Harcourt RoadWigston Magna

Albert Edward Scott


The Loyal Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Son of Alfred Scott 36 Woodbine AvenueHighfieldsLeicester

Liberated Normanton Camp Singapore

Allan Lubbock Scott

B 1.8.10LeicesterD 1979NorthamptonAged 68

ROAC/REME

Taken POW 17.3.43JavaLiberated Kuching Borneo

Shop Manager Son of John William and Louisa Scott

Husband of Amy Scott

MoorleaMarkfield LaneBarrow on Soar

Walter Scott B 3.11.16LeicesterD 1969LeicesterAged 72

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Shoemaker Son of Walter and Florence Scott

Husband of Edna ScottFather of Brian Scott

48 Linwood LaneLeicester

John ( Jack) William Shakespeare

B 8.7.21CroydonD 1.11.43Aged 22Bur Ambon

77th HAA RegimentRA


Cause of death bacillary dysentery

Printer machine minder

Son of Albert R and Elizabeth F Shakespeare

16 The WaynewayLeicester

Dennis Ronald Sharpe

B 19.7.19Barrow on SoarD 2008Melton


Taken POW

Cabinet maker Son of Robert Sharpe 58 Tentercroft AvenueSyston

MowbrayAged 89

Singapore

Possibly liberated Taiwan

George Sharpe B 5.11.18CoalvilleD 5.5.43D Tha SaoAged 24Singapore Memorial


Taken POW Singapore


Boot and shoe trade

Son of William and Harriett Sharp

Husband of Mrs Hilda Sharpe

33 Whitwick RoadCoalville

James Sharratt B 7.2.17PackingtonD 1994StaffsAged 77

1/5th

Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Farmer Son of James and Emma Sharratt

Packington

Reginald Shaw B 25.1.16SnibstonD 21.6.45SandokanAged 29Singapore Memorial

RAF


Possibly a victim of the Sandokan marches

Grocer Son of William and Edna Shaw

45 Vaughn StreetCoalville

Horace Peter Shellard

B 28.4.06LeicesterD 24.12.42Aged 32Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death dysentery and malnutrition


Son of Jenny Shellard

Husband of Irene Shellard

16 Swann StreetLeicester

Gerald Owen Shelton

B 11.12.09Barrow On SoarD 26.1.44age 34Bur Kanchanaburi

3 HAARA

Taken POW 5.3.42

Cause of death avitaminosis

Son of Albert and Julia Shelton

115 North StreetBarrow Upon Soar

Thomas George Shilton


RASC


Liberated Singapore

Son of Joseph Andrew Ernest and Sarah Ann Shilton

Husband of Phyllis Shilton

43 Gooding AvenueLeicester

Kenneth William B 4.11.19 1/5 Sherwood Schoolteacher Son of William Station House

Sidebotham NottinghamD 1998LouthAged 79

Forresters

Taken POW Singapore


Sidebotham Off Empress RoadLoughborough

Arthur Simpson B 11.5.10LeicesterD 1973 LeicesterAged 62


Taken POW Singapore


Boot maker Son of Arthur and Edith Simpson

Husband of Gertrude Simpson

28 Ingle StreetLeicester

Harry Simpson B 24.4.19LeicesterD 2008LeicesterAged 89


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ubon

Son of Stephen and Ellen Simpson

116 Overton RoadLeicester

John George Simpson

B 6.1.15D 1996Tunbridge WellsAged 81

315 Bty 5th Searchlight RegimentRA

Chemist Assistant

Son of Mrs M Simpson 125 Vernon RoadAylestoneLeicester

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Saigon

Kenneth Roy Simpson

B 1.10.16Castle DonningtonD 1973ThanetAged 56


Taken POW Singapore

Son of Ernest and Amy Simpson

Rose VillaStation RoadCastle Donnington

Sydney G Simpson B 21.4.21Hinckley

16th Defence RegimentRA

Survived the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru by USS Sealion

Rescued from the sea by the USS Sealion

Hosiery stocking dyer

Son of William and Edith Simpsom

Husband of Frances Simpson

93 Westfield RoadHinckley

Douglas William Sleath

B 14.4.21LeicesterD 1980Leicester58

230 Bty 77th Field RegimentRA


Son of Henry and Laura Ethel Sleath

62 Outram StreetLeicester


Arthur Edward Smalley

B 17.10.16ShepshedD 1989 LeicesterAged 82

3 Ind Provost CoyCMP

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi


Son of Arthur Edward and Hannah Smalley

Husband of Alice Smalley

29 Loughborough Road Shepshed

89 Charnwood RoadShepshed

Clarence Frederick Frank Smith

B 9.4.19Market BosworthD 1995LeicesterAged 76

HMS GrasshopperRN

Taken POW 17.3.42Sumatra

Liberated Pekonbaroe Sumatra

Son of Percy and Gertrude Smith

Smiths StoresStation RoadBagworth

Edward Smith B 27.12.14LeicesterD 1994LoughboroughAged 79

3 Ind Corp Prov CoyCMP

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan?

Hosiery operative

Son of Edward and Eliza Smith

Husband of Rowena Smith

Anstey

Beech Street CottagesNorth RoadRothley

Frank Claude Smith

B 8.3.20LeicesterD 1970Leicester

HMS Repulse RN

Taken POW 1.3.42 Sundra

Son of John and Violet Miriam Smith

39 Bonchurch StreetLeicester

Aged 50 Straits Java


Harold Arthur Smith



Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Singapore

Driver Son of Winifred Smith 18 Central RoadLeicester

James William Smith

B 19.3.15LeicesterD 1993PooleAged 76

5th AA RegimentRA


Liberated Japan.

Son of John William and Annie Smith

30 Gladstone StreetWigston

John Brazier Smith B 1919Market HarboroughD1.10. 42Sai Wan memorialAged 23

Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery

Taken POW Hong Kong

Died in the

Son of Harry and Gertrude Smith

Leicester RoadMarket Harborough

sinking of the Hellship Lisbon Maru.Sunk by the USS Grouper. 820 POWs died

Leslie Thomas Arthur Smith

B 3.4.19LeicesterD 2008OakhamAged 89

155th Field Regiment (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) RA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Furniture Shop Assistant

Son of Sarah Maria Smith

22 Oban StreetLeicester

William Alan Smith B 13.5.19LeicesterD 15.8.43D Nam Chon YaiAged 24Bur Kanchanaburi


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death amoebic dysentery

Bakers Roundsman

Son of William and Elizabeth Smith

Spence Street BakeryLeicester

William Henry Soars

B 10.2.15LoughboroughD 9.11.43D ChungkaiAged 28Bur Chungkai

13th Searchlight RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death avitaminiosis

Son of Bert and Mary Ann Soars

68 Freehold StreetLoughborough

George Somerville B 1915LoughboroughD Between 8/25.12.41Aged 26Bur Stanley Military cemetery

Hong Kong Coy Signals

Killed in action

Son of George Henry and Barbara Somerville

HighdalesBeacon RoadLoughborough

Herbert Southerington

B 8.5.19Melton MowbrayD 1991LeicsAged 72


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Japan

Woodworkers apprentice

Son of Elizabeth Southerington

Husband of Elizabeth Southerington 93 Leicester Road

Syston

Maurice Spence B 1918Barrow on Soar DistD 24.3.42Aged 23Singapore Memorial

RAF (VR) Son of Benjamin and Eveline Mary Spence

91 Knightsthorpe RoadLoughborough

Frederick George Spencer

B 1911CoalvilleD 5.3.43


Son of James and Edith Spencer

7 Ravenstone RoadCoalville

4855807 Aged 32Singapore Memorial

Taken POW Singapore

Died at sea as POW.

George Edward Spencer


RASCAtt 198 Field Ambulance

Taken POW Batu Pahat Malaya


Son of James Spencer

Husband of Lucy Spencer

19 Chestnut RoadGlenfield

Richard Kingsley Spicer

B 1.7.19LeicesterD 1964PlymouthAged 64

HMS ExeterRN

Taken POW Java Sea 1.3.42

Liberated Maccassar

Son of Richard and Gertrude Spicer

140 Nedham StreetLeicester

George William Charles Spink

B 8.11.17Market Harborough

605 SQDNRAF


Son of James and Ann Spink

Kent

Liberated Hiroshima 5 Japan

Seth Kenneth Squires

B 1908LeicesterD 15.2.42SingaporeAged 34Singapore Mem

RAMC32 Co Alexandra Hospital

Died on day of surrender at Alexandra Hospital probably during massacre of medical staff and patients.

Son of Seth and Beatrice Squires

Husband of Oonagh SquiresFather of Elizabeth and Penelope Squires

1911 62 Evington StreetLeicester

19397 Grovesner CrescentOadby

Rowland Herbert Stacey

B 26.2.10LeicsD 1968NorthantsAged 58

ROAC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand or Saigon.

Clerk Son of Rowland and Mary Elizabeth Hill

Husband of Nora Stacey

The Post OfficeOld Dalby

27 Hawthorn RoadNorthampton

Cuthbert Arthur Stanley

B 1903HinckleyD 1.12.43Malai CampSingaporeAged 40

Singapore Medical ServiceCivilianPenang General Hospital

Died as a result of torture by the Kempai TaiAs part of the Double Tenth interrogations

Son of Dr A J and Mrs F M Stanley

Husband of Dorothy Lilian Stanley

Corner HouseHinckley

Sampson Edwin Stanley

B 16.10.20LeicesterD 29.11.43Aged 23Singapore memorial

6 HAA RegimentRA


Son of Arthur L and Mary E Stanley

3 Harborough RoadOadby

Ronald Henry Statham

B 30 4.08Newbold VerdonD Salisbury 1969Aged 60

Ist AA Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery

Taken POW Singapore


Insurance clerk Son of George and Ann Statham

Husband of Lilian Statham

Newbold Verdon

59a Wakering AvenueShoeburynessEssex

John Frederick Stedman

B 26.1.09PortsmouthD Hants1987Aged 78

HMS Tamar


Liberated Japan

Husband of May Stedman

Burton LazarsLeics

Harold Edward Steel

B 18.2.02HartlepoolD 1977

Civilian internee

Taken POW

Prison officer Straits and Singapore

Mrs Minnie Steel 9 Devana RoadLeicester

LeicesterAged 75

SingaporeHeld at Changi and Sime Road.Repatriated on the Tegelberg. Arrived UK 12.10.45

Phillip Steel B 15.12.15North LuffenhamD 1990Stamford Aged 74


Taken POW Singapore


Farm Labourer Son of William and Rose Steel

Husband of Mary Steel

Rutland

RothesMorayshire

Harry Cavie Stevenson


3 Ind Corps Provost CoyCMP

Taken POW Singapore

LiberatedBibai Japan

Lab process worker

Son of Horace and Kate Stevenson

Husband of Gladys Stevenson

394 Green Lane RoadLeicester

Kenneth Edmund Stevenson

B 26.2.20LoughboroughD 12.9.44Aged 24Singapore


Taken PW

Railway worker Husband of Harriet Ethel Stevenson

8 Curtis CloseLeicester

Memorial Singapore

Died in the sinking of the KachidokiMaru by the USS Pampanito.431 of the 900 POWs died.

James Stinson B 29.9.21ColoertonD 1998DerbyAged 77


Taken POW Singapore

Possibly liberated Singapore

Miner Son of James Stimson H/A Derby

Sidney Arthur Storer


29 Bty 3HAA RA

Taken POW Singapore


Boot and Shoe Finisher

Son of Ambrose and Ada Storer

99 Brook StreetSyston

Herbert Stretton B 4.7.13LeicesterD 1977LeicesterAged 64

3 Ind Corps Prov CoyCMP Attd 1st Leicesters

Taken POW Singapore

Hosier Son of Jack and Mary Stretton

Husband of Doris Stretton

Brunswick StreetLeicester

77 Averil RoadLeicester

Liberated Thailand

Charles Summers B 8.8.21LeicesterD 11.5.44AmbonAged 22Singapore Memorial

240 Btty 77th HAARA


Cause of deathbacillary dysentery

Tailors Presser Son of Charles and Anne Sumner

171 Rugby RoadHinckley

Edgar Horace Sutton

B 7.12.16Melton MowbrayD 2004NottighamAged 88

ROAC

Taken POW Singapore


Mechanic Son of Edward and Emily Sutton

52 Kings RoadMelton Mowbray

George Ernest Swann


155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field RegimentRA

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Formosa

Electricians labourer

Son of George and Anne Swann

Husband of Lilian Swann

24 SchoolgateLeicester

58 Ivy RoadLeicester

John Edward Swingler


RA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death dysentry

Grocer Husband of Annie Swingler

76 Knighton Fields Road EastLeicester

T

Albert Taylor B 19.8.20LeicesterD 1992LeicesterAged 71

605 SqdnRAF




Son of Arthur and Amelia Taylor

20 Houghton StreetLeicester

Harry Taylor B 17.11.11D 31.8.43ThanbyuzyatBur Thanbyuzyat

Provost Coy CMP

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Gangrene of the leg and hand

Police constable Son of Harry and Emma Taylor

Husband of Florence Mary Taylor

26 Doncaster RoadLeicester

Kenneth John Taylor

B 29.5.16HallertonD 1989 ChelmsfordAged 73

Motor Transport repair section

Taken POW8.3.42 Tasikmalaya Java

Liberated Singapore

Son of Vincent and Rose Taylor

Husband of Ivy Hilda M Taylor

White House FarmBurton Ovary

Leonard Tester B 20.11.15LeicesterD 2002LeicesterAged 87


Taken POW Singapore


Milk Salesman Son of Percy and Alice Tester

Husband of Edith Tester

Stewart StreetLeicester

37 Knighton Fields Road WestLeicester

William Frederick Thirley

B 7.9.14IbstockD 1977Isle of WightAged 63

Sherwood Forresters

Taken POW Singapore

Bank Clerk Son of Richard and Vera Breedon

Husband of Ethel Thirley

Ibstock


Norman Wilfred Thomas

B 8.9.21D 9.4.45ThailandAged 24Singapore Memorial


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathKilled in actionDied from wounds from bombing of train by Allied planes.Indo China

Hosiery Son of Mary Thomas 34 Leicester RoadSapcote

David Thornton B 28.12.13WigstonD 1989LeicesterAged 75

3 Ind Prov Coy CMP

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi

Bus Conductor Son of Harry and Celia Thornton

89 St Saviours RoadLeicester

James Harry (Jack) Thornton



Taken POW 19.2.42 off coast of Sumatra

Liberated Sakata

Son of William and Ethel Thornton

23 Doncastor RoadLeicester

Japan

Likely to have survived the sinking of gthe Kachidoki Maru

Ronald Thorp B 7.2.10Died Kilan KraiD 6.9.43Bur Kanchanaburi

30 Bty 3 HAA RA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Amoebic dysentery

Son of John and Alice Rosa Thorp

Husband of Hilda Thorp

Brother of Mrs Cattell

32 Laburnum RoadLeicester

67 Saltersford RoadLeicester

Raymond Thorpe B 7.9.08LeicesterDied 1967SurreyAged 58


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand/Saigon

Dry Cleaner Guildford

Donald Tidmarsh B 16.12.18Albert VillageD 1983 DerbysAged 64


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nagoya Japan

Fireman’s Labourer

Son of Ben and Mabel Tidmarsh

Husband of Winifred Tidmarsh

170 Occupation RoadAlbert VillageLeics

138 Regent StreetChurch Gresley

Robert William Tinkler

B 28.8.14D 1992Grantham aged 78


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Fukuoka

Builders labourer Son of James and Ann Tinkler

Post Office RowMuston

Clifford Tipping B 27.7.20LoughboroughD 1984LoughboroughAged 63

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

GPO Clerk 131 Derby RoadLoughborough

Jeffrey Tite B 26.7.19HinckleyD 22.9.43D ChungkaiAged 23Bur Chungkai


Taken POW Singapore

Cause of deathPolyavitaminiosis

Son of Arthur and Harriet Tite

20 Freemans LaneBurbage

Lewis George Titlow

B 10.8.10NorfolkD 1950LeicesterAged 40


Taken POWSingapore

Son of Samuel and Sarah Titlow

Liberated ChangiHusband of Gladys Titlow

82 Jermyn StreetLeicester

Thomas WilliamTompkins

B 30.3.11HinckleyD 1983Aged 71Hinckley

RAF



Builders Joiner Son of Thomas and Ethel

Husband of Annie TompkinsFather of Arthur Tompkins

79 Edwards StreetHinckley

Henry John Cecil Kelway Toms

B 31.10.01LoughboroughD 1972ReadingAged 70

SSVF

Taken POW Singapore

Shipping assistant

Son of Arthur and Kate Toms

1901 address74 Leicester RoadLoughborough

Arthur Towers B 9.8.21 7th Coast RegimentRA

Taken POW

Liberated Saigon

Packer Son of Arthur and Grace TowersArthur Towers Snr possibly Arthur Towers RAOC died 5.11.45Buried Belgrave aged 45

25 Melton RoadLeicester

Albert Cyril Tunnicliffe

B 4.5.19LeicesterD 14.2.42Aged 22Bur Kranji


Killed in Action

Son of Albert and Mary Ann Tunnicliffe

42 Sanvey LaneLeicester

Alfred Tutt B 10.8.20LeicesterD Hereford and Worcester

3 HAARA

Taken POW

Son of George and Ellen Tutt

Stratford upon Avon

1989Aged 69

Singapore

Liberated Saigon

Charles Ernest Seymore Tuttlebee

B 19.6.14LeicesterD 1980Leicester

1st Manchester Regiment

Taken POW Singapore


Son of Sarah Ann Tuttlebee


U

Bernard Dixon Uttley

B 16.2.08NorthwichD 1985 WalcoteAged 76


Taken POW Singapore


Son of Elizabeth Uttley

Husband of Edna Uttley 22 Gullet LaneKirby Muxloe

John Arthur Unwin B 28.9.19LoughboroughD

HMS ThracianRN

Taken POW Hong Kong

Liberated Shamshuipo Hong Kong

Son of Walter and Kate Wortley

115 Leicester RoadShepshed

VWalter Vann B 3.8.19

BlabyD 1998 Market HarbororoughAged 78


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Hiroshima

Butchers assistant

Son of William and Amy Vann

38 Welford RoadWigston

Herbert Vials B 17.3.16Market HarboroughD Market Harborough 1979Aged 62


Taken POW Singapore


Builders labourer Son of Frederick and Florence Vials

2 Naseby RoadClipston

Leslie Vickers B 8.12.19Mkt Bosworth DistD 1992LeicesterAged 72


Taken POW Singapore


Coal Miner Son of Herbert Vickers

Husband of ?? 7 Merrylees CottagesDesford

Vernon Raymond Vogl (e)

B 6.10.19HinckleyD 1956


Driver Son of John and Lena Vogle

52 Sapcote RoadHinckley

WatfordAged 37 Taken POW

Singapore

LiberatedTaiwan

W

Arthur Thomas Wade

B 11.4.19LeicesterD 2001


Spraying and wrapping at rubber works

Son of Edward and Anne Wade

114 Asfordby StreetLeicester

LeicesterAged 82 Taken POW

25.12.41Hong Kong

Liberated Osaka

Thomas William Wadsworth


242 SqdnRAF


Liberated Pakanbaroe Sumatra

Shop assistant Son of Henry and Elizabeth Wadsworth

Husband of Emma Wadsworth

44 Swannington RoadLeicester.

Jack Norman Wagstaff


Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Changi Hospital

Clerk Son of John Thomas Percy and Florence Wagstaff

65 Wyngate DriveLeicester

Norman Wagstaff B 21.1.21Leicester

RAF


Liberated Pakanbaroe Sumatra

Joiners apprentice

Son of Herbert Harry and Nellie Wagstaff

9 Caldecote RaodBraunstonLeicester

Albert Edward B 21.8.1902 REME Son of Edward and

Alexander Wales B LeicesterD 14.4.45 aged 43Bur Jakarta


Cause of death Malaria and Beri Beri

Florence Wales

Husband of Doris Wales 41 Wanlip AvenueBirstall

Charles Alfred Walker

B 30.8.14SwanningtonD

RAMC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kranji Hospital Singapore

Mental Health Nurse

Son of Charles William and Gertrude Walker

Rose CottageSwannington

Edmund John Walker

B 8.12.16LeicesterD 12.8.45D Mergui Road campAged 29Bur Kanchanaburi

18 Div HQRA

Taken POW Singapore

Cause of death Rickets and beri beri

Died three days before the war ended.

Commercial Traveller

Son of Archibald Walter and Kathleen Constance Walker

Husband of Kathleen Mary Walker

26 Westcotes DriveLeicester

43 Leicester RoadOadby

James Roland Walker

B 24.3.20LeicesterD 18.9.44Singapore Memorial

RAF


Died in the sinking of the Junyo Maru Hellship along with 48 other British men, mostly RAF personnel

Woolen merchants clerk

Son of Joseph and Sarah Walker

18 Milford RoadLeicester

Alec Henry Wallace B 22.10.06LeicesterD 4.6.43Aged 36Bur Thanbyuzyat

18th Recces Corps

Taken POW Singapore


Librarian Son of Henry and Rose Wallace

GreengateAshby RoadMelbourne

Alexander Ward B 19.1.20HinckleyD 1979HinckleyAged 59


Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery Trimmer Son of Bert and Jenny Ward

27 Canning StreetHinckley

Charles Reginald Ward

B 1.2.14Market HarboroughD 1988CorbyAged 74

Signals

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nagoya Japan

Son of Ernest Ward The HillMarket Harborough

Kenneth William Ward

B 5.8.18CoalvilleD 2000LeicesterAged 82

6th HAA RegimentRA

Taken POW Java

Liberated Motoyama Japan.

Son of William and Lottie Ward

Husband of Phyllis Ward306 Thornby WardNew SwanningtonLeics

Walter Ward B 27.12.10LeicesterD 1980LeicesterAged 69

211 SqdnRAF


Liberated JapanOsaka district

Motor transport driver

Son of John and Ann Ward

Husband of Mrs Hilda Ward

40 Olphin StreetLeicester

4 Belgrave RoadLeicester

Cyril Warner B 5.6.15B LiecesterD 2003LeicesterAged 88


Taken POW Singapore

Printers Labourer Son of Arthur Ernest and Julia Warner

Husband of Elizabeth Warner

6 Gower StreetLeicester

192 Little Brunswick StreetLeicester

Liberated Jinsen Korea

William Warner B 11.2.20HinckleyD 2007CoalvilleAged 87

RAF

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Thailand

Sewing machine mechanic

Son of James and Annie Warner

AlmedaDe Montfort RoadHinckley

Bennie Poyner Warren

B 12.8.21BlabyD 1993Earl ShiltonAged 71

RAF


LiberatedSingapore

Motor Mechanic Son of Archibald Charles and Hilda Grace Warren

20 Edward AveBraunstone

Reuben Weightman

B 26.2.15Earl ShiltonD 11.10.43Aged 28BurThanbyuzyat

1 Ind HAARA

Taken POW 17.3.42Padang


Hosiery Son of Reuben and Maud Weightman

Husband of Hilda Mary Weightman

Thurlaston

5 Avenue SouthEarl Shilton

Macdonald Wesley B 21.9.13BlabyD 1980DoverAged 66

3rd Anti Aircraft RegimentRA


Liberated Moulmein Burma

112 Station RoadWigston Magna

Thomas Henry West


560th Field Company Royal Engineers

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Ubon

Carpenter and Joiner

Son of Charles H and Beatrice A West

Husband of Elsie West

182 Cavendish RoadLeicester

28 Macauley StreetLeicester

Eric Charles Weston

B 12.3.15LeicesterD 1999West SurreyAged 83

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore


Hosiery warehouseman

Son of Albert Ernest and Mary Barbara Weston

100 Valence RoadLeicester

Joseph Whatley B 10.10.12LeicesterD 1985



Son of Thomas and Ada Whatley

NorthantsAged 72

Taken POW Singapore


Husband of Rose A Whatley

17 Howard RoadClarendon ParkLeicester

John Arthur Wheeler

B 23.10.16WarringtonD 1977Warrington aged 60


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhom Nayak Thailand

Solicitor Son of Oliver and Dorothy Wheeler

WoodlandsKnighton RiseLeicester

Ronald Anthony Wheeler


East Surrey Regiment

Taken POW Singapore


Son of William and Phyllis Wheeler

38 St Nicholas Circle

8 Mere RoadLeicester

Raymond Whiston B 19.8.20LeicesterD. 1979LeicesterAged 58

35th LAARA

Taken POW Java


Artificial silk trimmer

Son of John and Annie Whiston

The YewsThurcaston RoadLeicester

5 Agar StreetLeicester

Ronald Alfred Whitby

B 31.7.20LeicesterD 2005WarksAged 85

RAF

Taken POW8.3.42Tasikmalaya Java

Liberated Pakonbaroe Sumatra

Architectural draughtsman

Son Harold Alfred and Florence Whitby

1 Great Arler RoadKnightonLeicester

Georgina White B 1885D 1945Changi PrisonAged 60

Civilian interneeInterned after the Fall of Singapore.Wife of Archdeacon Graham White of Singapore. He also died in Changi Prison 1945 aged 60

Daughter of George Henry and Agnes Ann Miller

Shirley78 Holmefield RoadLeicester

John Ernest Whittaker

B 20.1.19Leicester

East Surrey Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated KanburiThailand

Hosiery Orderman

Son of John and Edith Whittaker

34 Craddock RoadLeicester

Joseph H Wileman B 1.5.15Asby de la Zouch


Miner Son of Henry and Sarah Hannah Wileman

137 Leicester RoadMeasham


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Taiwan

Robert/Bob Williamson

B 23.2.13ThurmastonD 1954LeicesterAged 41

R E

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Taiwan?

Welder Son of Robert and Violet Williamson

22 Reading StreetThurmaston

Douglas Haigh Wilson

B 8.11.18LutterworthD 1998NorthamptonAged 79


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Kanburi / Kanchanaburi Thailand

Bricklayer Son of George and Alice Mary Wilson

14 Leicester RoadLutterworth

Bertram Winder B 8.9.18LeicesterD 1986CoalvilleAged 67

RAF


Bench fitter electrical

Son of George and Susannah Winder

38 Milligan RoadLeicester


Dennis Winn B 5.2.02LeicesterD 1998SalisburyAged 91

RASC

Taken POW Singapore


Boot and Shoe Operative

Husband of Margery Violet Winn

Rose CottageTaylor StreetLeicester

Walter Winslow B 16.4.19LeicesterD 12.12.41Aged 22MalayaSingapore Memorial

155th

(Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field RegimentRA

Walter was a talented cricketer and had a try out for Leicestershire CC. His nephew, born the year after Walter was killed, still has his cricket bat

Wholesale newspaper deliveries

Son of Samuel Titus and Florence Elizabeth Winslow

2 Alice StreetLeicester

Charles Ronald Wood

B 23.6.21Leicester

16th Defence Regiment

Shoemaker Son of Edward and Elizabeth Wood

1 Erskine StreetLeicester

D 1991LeicsAged 70

RA

Taken POW Singapore


Francis Henry Wood

B 2.1.13GrobyD 1982LutonAged 75


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated 226 Kilo Camp Thailand

Son of John and Ada Wood

Groby

Phillip Clifford Blakesly Wood

B 15.2.09HinckleyD 14.8.43Aged 32Singapore Memorial

135 Field Regiment RA

Taken POW Singapore

Listed died Kinsayiok

Son of Hugh M G and Ethel M Wood

Husband of Joyce Woods

8 London RoadHinckley

BoscombeHants

Thomas William Wood

B 25.9.11D 1983

Ist Cambridgeshire

Son of William and Anne Palphramand

4 Jubilee AvenueBroughton Astley

LeicesterAged 71

Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Indo China

Raymond Albert Woodcock


Royal Signals Regiment

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Taihoku Taiwan

Railway Clerk Son of Albert and Florence Woodcock

47 Collingham RoadLeicester

David Woodrow B 16.3.20LeicesterD 1999WallingfordAged 79

16/21 Regt RA


Liberated Motoyama Japan

Son of Sydney Melson Woodrow

Foston HouseFostonLeices

Frederick Bernard Woolmer

B 3.11.1Market Harborough distD 2012Wigston


Taken POW Singapore

Hosiery Machine Operative

Son of Frederick and Florrie Jean Woolmer

Husband of Gladys S Woolmer

Kibworth

12 Healey StreetSouth Wigston

Aged 93 Liberated Changi

Arthur Worthington B 12.11.18HinckleyD 1989HinckleyAged 69


Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Officers Camp Bangkok.

Textile Machinist Son of Thomas and Gertrude Worthington

38 Derby RoadHinckley

Ernest Wragg B 13.12.22IbstockD 18.3.45Aged 24Singapore Memorial

RAF


Place of death Sandokan.Likely died on the death marches

Miner Son of Ernest and Mary Wragg

Woodbine Cottages12 Ravenstone RoadIbstock

Harold Clifford Wright

B 5.10.16LeicesterD 2015Hopton?Aged 98

RAOC

Taken POW Singapore

Liberated Nakhon NyokThailand

Clicker shoe trade

Son of Alice Wright

Husband of Ellen Wright


Thomas William Wright

B 31.12.14 Hong Kong Signal Coy

Taken POW Hong Kong


Survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.

Son of Thomas and Florence Wright

41 Lytton RoadLeicester

41 Southampton StreetLeicester

Walter Wykes B 21.5.19MountsorrelD 1999BarnstapleMassUSA


Taken POW Singapore


Shoe Hand Son of Francis and Edith Wykes

38 Boundary RoadMountsorrel

Y

Samuel Cecil Yeomans

B 1876MeashamD 1949Durban SAAged 73

Malay States Volunteer Rifles WW1

Taken POW in SingaporeInterned Changi and Sime Road

Superintendent Carey United Rubber Estates Ltd

Journalist

Husband of Helen Yeomans

Father of Hilda

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