The Adam Park Project

The ongoing excavations at Adam Park received some good coverage in the Singapore Straits Times today. Well done Jon Cooper

70th anniversary of Operation Jaywick - 26th September 2013

Some images from the moving 70th anniversary service for Operation Jaywick at the Kranji war memorial hosted by the amazing team at the Changi Museum

Felix Roussel

Tricia Gosling writes...read your site with much interest re the evacuations from Singapore.   I'd like to see my mother's and my names added to the list of passengers on the FELIX ROUSSEL,  8th Feb?  My mothers name was Hetty Giles (aged 19), my name is Patricia Giles (now Gosling).  I was 3 months at the time.   My father did not survive internment.

Old Changi Hospital

While visiting the Changi Sailing club last week I walked past the now derelict former Changi Hospital. A lot of history in those walls....

Some amazing footage on the Battle for Singapore from this old documentary

Keppel Harbour

While running along Keppel Harbour on the weekend outside Vivo City I was encouraged to see a new plaque telling the story of the raids on Keppel Harbour by operation Jaywick and also a write up about the evacuation ships including mention of the Vyner Brooke. Very encouraging to see this history being preserved.

BBC Documentary - The Great Betrayal

Came across this interesting documentary on UTube..."This landmark film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the know how to take out Pearl Harbor and capture Singapore in the World War 2. For 19 years before the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the Japanese, British officers were spying for Japan. Worse still, the Japanese had infiltrated the very heart of the British establishment - through a mole who was a peer of the realm known to Churchill himself.This is a very rare documentary on the fall of Singapore in WW2 by BBC Two broadcasted in Northern Ireland only."

Some fascinating footage - 1942 The Taking of Singapore - Japanese Footage Only -

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Battle for Bukit Timah by Jon Cooper

Research on Arthur John Jones RAF

Christine Fisher writes..."I have just come across your blog regarding "Research on Arthur John Jones RAF - can anyone help?"

My father servied in the RAF as a leading aircraft man in Singapore from 1941 to 1942 when he sailed from Singapore days before the fall. He sailed to Sumatra / Java then on to India to Ambala. He was in 100sqd, the 36sqd then No 4 AACU at RAF Tengah.

He mentioned being in  convoy of 3 ships, the ship in front of the convoy was sunk, as was the one at the back, my fathers ship was originally intended to sail to Australia, but the Captain turned it around and headed for India.

Could it be possible they served at the same base, sailed out on the same ships?

His name was Harry Pollitt

Happy to share what details I have if you can give any more details.