Month: April 2020

More information added to Basil’s page and photos.

My thanks to Penny Grant:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/a/html/aldwell-basil-willington.htm

Added a page for Geoffrey in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/g/html/gripper-geoffrey-frank.htm

Information
Ro Madgett – Granddaughter
Japanese Transport
Thailand to Burma Railway
KEW Files:- WO 392/24, WO 345/22, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2185, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2060,

Added a page for Basil in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/a/html/aldwell-basil-willington.htm

Information
Penny Grant
Story of Louis Zamperini – ‘Unbroken’ by Laura Hillenbrand
Roger Mansell – Center for Research
Life in Imprisonment
KEW Files:- WO 361/1970, WO 392/23, WO 345/1,

Information from Andrew Snow Added to three pages in the Roll of Honour

Added a page for William in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/m/html/martin-william-charles.htm

Information
Michele Porter – Granddaughter
Andrew Snow – Thailand Burma Railway Center
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1504, WO 392/25, WO 361/2062, WO 361/2070, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1504, WO 361/2234, WO 361/2178, WO 367/3, WO 361/1947,

Added a page for David in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/k/html/kelly-david-gray.htm

Information
Alexander Methven
Japanese Transport
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1526, WO 361/2172, WO 361/2053, WO 392/25, WO 345/29, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2061, WO 361/2186,

Added a page for George in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/g/html/gerrard-george.htm

Information
Ian E. Scott – Nephew
Japanese Transport
Thailand – Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 392/24, WO 345/20, WO 361/1947, WO 361/2060, WO 367/2, WO 361/2234, WO 361/2201, WO 361/2025, WO 417/40,

Added a page for Ronald in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/s/html/short-ronald-lewis.htm

Information
Andy Kendall
Andrew Snow
Martyn Fryer
Thailand – Burma Railway
Japanese Transports
Center for Research – Roger Mansell
KEW Files:- WO 392/26, WO 345/47, WO 367/3, WO 361/734, WO 361/734, WO 361/2005, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2064, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2178, WO 361/1742, WO 361/1983,

The newspaper cutting sent to me by Ian Bix, I have now added into the Far Eastern Heroes.

Maurice was a very good friend, miss his phone chats.:-

https://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/Kinkaseki_Reunion

A page has been added in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section for Frank:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/b/html/buttifant-frank-isaac.htm

Information
Ian Bix
Japanese Transport
‘Never Forgotten’ – Taiwan PoWs
Liberation Questionnaire – COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 345/8, WO 392/23, WO 361/1968, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2189, WO 361/1475, WO 361/2058,