My thanks to Ian Bix for supplying the information on his father Cyril’s game of Test cricket at Changi against the Australians, not a well known three-match Ashes series but one to remember.
Month: March 2020
The Friendship
For the last few days I have put together in the ‘Far Eastern Heroes’ the story of Mickey Myles and Bill Spooner. With the kind permission of Tony Banham, using excerpts from his book ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’
‘The Friendship’
Frederick William Catchpole
Added a page in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section for Frederick:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/c/html/catchpole-frederick-william.htm
Information
Andrew Brown
Andrew Snow – Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Convoy William Sail 12X
Royal Norfolks in the Far East
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
KEW Files:- WO 345/9, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2234, WO 361/2176, WO 361/2233, WO 367/2, WO 392/23, WO 361/1946,
Jacob Elliott Hull
A page has been added for Jacob in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/h/html/hull-jacob-elliott.htm
Information
Sandie Sanderson –
Glenda Godfrey
Andrew Snow
Alan Hilton
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1526, WO 361/2053, WO 392/24, WO 345/27, WO 361/2172, WO 361/1955, WO 361/1520, WO 361/2235, WO 361/2069, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1623, WO 361/2185,
Malcolm John Williamson
Added a page for Malcolm in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/w/html/williamson-malcolm-john.htm
Information
Rachel Brown – Granddaughter
Janice Skilton
Liberation Questionnaire
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transport
Thailand – Burma Railway
Andrew Snow – Thailand Burma Railway Centre
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 345/56, WO 361/1955, WO 392/26, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2196,
Percy Wilfred Bix
Added a page in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site memorial’ section for Percy:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/B/html/bix-percy-wilfred.htm
Cyril Beatty Bix
Added more photos.
Private 5776807
Completely re-wrote pages as windows updates are changing layout.
Cyril Beatty Bix
Added more information and England test squad detail:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/b/html/bix-cyril-beatty.htm
Herbert William Usher
Added a page for Herbert in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/u/html/usher-herbert-william.htm
Information
Life of Riley – Far Eastern Heroes
Japanese Transports
Affidavit:- Roy Broadway Watson
Roger Mansell – Fukuoka 8B
Repatriation Transport List
KEW Files:- WO 345/53, WO 361/2009, WO 361/1254, WO 392/26, WO 361/2064, WO 361/2188,