Month: June 2020

Updated page in ‘Hell Ships’ with breakdown of who sailed from Singapore in the Miyu Maru, after being transported from Java. Later transferred to Tamahoko Maru at Taiwan, after the Miyu Maru was damaged in Typhoon after leaving the Philippines:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Hell_Ships/Tamahoko_Maru/

Updated data base for the sinking of the Tamahoko Maru and uploaded all th new information into the Roll of Honour, ‘Hell Ship’ pages:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Hell_Ships/Tamahoko_Maru

There are still discrepancies as to how many sailed in the Miyu Maru, but this is as close as I could get it.

Added information to George’s page in the Roll of Honour, ‘Site Memorial’ section:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/h/html/housego-george-thomas.htm

Information
Java Index
Hell Ships
KEW Files:- WO 361/1742, WO 361/1742, WO 361/1742, WO 345/26, WO 361/2009, WO 361/1254, WO 392/24, WO 361/2220

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

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/d/html/davies-benjamin-owen.htm

No information found except what Marilyn sent me.

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

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/w/html/whittall-john-joseph-frederick.htm

Information
Mary King – Daughter
Japanese Transports
Thailand – Burma Railway
Hell Ships
Roger Mansell – Sendai 9B
KEW Files:- WO 345/55, WO 367/3, WO 361/2005, WO 361/2070, WO 361/2065, WO 361/2188, WO 361/1983, WO 361/1742, WO 361/734, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1970,

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

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/o/html/owen-john-robert.htm

Information
Arwel Owen – Son
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transport
Thailand-Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire – Supplied by Arwel Owen
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/39, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2062,

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

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/a/html/andre-james-richard-glencoe.htm

Information
Jonathan Moffatt
KEW Files:- WO 361/2044, WO 361/2017, WO 345/1, WO 361/1946,

Adjusted and added camps:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/s/html/scurr-henry.htm

I added ‘The Friendship of Mickey and Spooner’ near the beginning of Lockdown into the Far Eastern Heroes.

Tony Banham sent me Bill Spooner’s article ‘Mickey Myles Had Many Faces’ but with the increase in families asking to add to the Roll of Honour, it got put to one side until I had more time.

I made that time today and enjoyed adding and reading it.

I hope you all will to, the centre piece of the story is the their friendship and surviving the Lisbon Maru sinking.

https://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/The_Friendship/index.htm

My sincere thanks to Tony Banham

Added sick records to Alfred’ page in Roll of Honour:-

https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/w/html/wakely-alfred-charles.htm