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COFEPOW is a registered charity, number 1074474. Reproduction of the COFEPOW Album Pages without the express consent of COFEPOW, or reproduction of all or any of the information contained herein without the express consent of the family of the FEPOW concerned, is prohibited. For further information, contact www.cofepow.org.uk TAYLOR James Cyril Name: James Cyril Taylor Born: 24 November 1918 Rank: Private Service Number: 5830941 Regiment: 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died: 23 August 1943 Wartime experience: Joe, as he was known, was called up for service on 18 October 1939. The training and deployment of the 5 th Suffolks is described in great detail in Ken Bailey’s War Memoirs which can be read on the COFEPOW site. After basic training around Britain Joe, together with the 5 th Suffolks, sailed for the Middle East in late October 1941 but were re-routed to Singapore after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. They landed in Singapore on 29 January 1942 and after just 18 days of action they were captured by the Japanese after the surrender on 15 February. Following interment in Changi prison, they were transported to Thailand to work on the notorious Thai/Burma railway. Sadly, Joe died of vitamin deficiency and general debility on 23 August 1943. He is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. He left a widow Sylvia and a son Brian who was born in 1940.
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COFEPOW is a registered charity, number 1074474. Reproduction of the COFEPOW Album Pages without the express consent of COFEPOW, or reproduction of all or any of the information contained herein without the express consent of the family of the FEPOW concerned, is prohibited. For further information, contact www.cofepow.org.uk
TAYLOR James Cyril
Name: James Cyril Taylor
Born: 24 November 1918
Rank: Private
Service Number: 5830941
Regiment: 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Died: 23 August 1943
Wartime experience: Joe, as he was known, was called up for service on 18 October 1939. The training and deployment of the 5th Suffolks is described in great detail in Ken Bailey’s War Memoirs which can be read on the COFEPOW site.
After basic training around Britain Joe, together with the 5th Suffolks, sailed for the Middle East in late October 1941 but were re-routed to Singapore after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. They landed in Singapore on 29 January 1942 and after just 18 days of action they were captured by the Japanese after the surrender on 15 February.
Following interment in Changi prison, they were transported to Thailand to work on the notorious Thai/Burma railway.
Sadly, Joe died of vitamin deficiency and general debility on 23 August 1943. He is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.
He left a widow Sylvia and a son Brian who was born in 1940.
COFEPOW is a registered charity, number 1074474. Reproduction of the COFEPOW Album Pages without the express consent of COFEPOW, or reproduction of all or any of the information contained herein without the express consent of the family of the FEPOW concerned, is prohibited. For further information, contact www.cofepow.org.uk
Above: The above photograph shows Joe (bottom row, 2nd from right) with some of his colleagues from the 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
