Singapore 1942

I have set up this site to support my research related to the events and personal stories concerning the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Specifically my interest relates to the evacuation of civilians and military personnel from Keppel harbour where most of the evacuation ships left from in the last days before Singapore capitulated to the Japanese. http://www.twitter.com/singapore1942 You can contact me on davidahope@gmail.com

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Final salute to former Far East prisoner of war Bill - Local News - Northumberland Gazette

Final salute to former Far East prisoner of war Bill Brown RIP - Northumberland Gazette
The four surviving members of the former Norham and District Far East Prisoners Of War club have been treated to a belated Christmas lunch by Brian Burnie, the former owner of Doxford Hall.  Mr Burnie held the lunch at the Tankerville Arms in Wooler after pre-Christmas plans for the lunch were thwarted by the winter weather. The four veterans were all members of the Royal Northumberland Fusilliers and were members of the FEPOW branch that was started in 1950 and disbanded in 2009. All the men were captured in Singapore and seen with Brian Burnie (centre) are, from left, Fusillier Syd Brewis from Longhoughton who was held for a year in Japan, Fusilier Jack Metcalfe from Alnwick who was held in Thailand for three and a half years, Lance Corporal Bill Brown from Wooler who was also in Thailand for three and a half years and Captain Henry McCreath from Berwick who was held for three and a half years in Thailand. The group expressed their thanks to Mr Burnie for holding the lunch and hoped that they would be able
David Hope at 23:52
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