Niko, One of the best overall accounts of the horror's of captivity under the Japanese is "The Railway Man" by Eric Lomax. Derek.
Ah, Found one! Survivors' Report: The sinking of the Tamahoku Maru
Greg, I read about the Ice Box & Ice /cream reference in "Never Forget, Nor Forgive" by George Cooper. I'll have a dig through my books for...
Every mention I've read in accounts by FEPOW's of a glass rod was when they were checking for blood in the mens faeces.
Not heard of "Sapper Row" I'm afraid. I have read of secret radios being called "The Ice Box" and therefore the news from them being called "Ice...
For anyone interested in Hess and his peculiar story, the book "The Loneliest Man in the World" by former American Spandau guard Eugene K. Bird is...
A guy appeared on the BBC program The Antiques Roadshow today. He had the gun sight from Rudolph Hess's plane that crashed on his journey to...
If you ever revisit Charlilavin here's the info on him from the COFEPOW's research project You can apply for his Liberation Questionnaire that he...
When I was a bairn my granny and grandad had a horde of "Warlord" or "Victor" annuals for us to read when visiting. My favourite was the strip...
Hello Olgadp, Looking at his CWGC entry he died on the 29th of November 1943. CWGC :: Casualty Details Using that date and looking at the list...
