November 5, 2020
Highnam Holy Innocents memorial to those who were lost
Private Edward Brain 24829 7th Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, formerly 1033, Welsh…
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November 5, 2020
Leonard Patience lost on HMS Jaguar
Memorial Stone set in the South Wall of Highnam Church Stoker 2nd Class Leonard Patience…
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November 5, 2020
Harry William Hyett
Harry William Hyett had his birth registered in Ross, Herefordshire in 1894 to William Edmund…
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September 24, 2020
Liverpool Repatriation
A Plaque honouring prisoners of war who survived captivity in the Far East during World…
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September 24, 2020
COFEPOW – It all began with a diary
Out of the death camps, my fathers book of love. Starved and racked with disease,…
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September 24, 2020
The Railwayman – Winner of the 1996 NCR book award
VJ Heroes We have been remembering some of the horrific stories of those brave…
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August 13, 2020
COFEPOW – Children of the Far Eastern Prisoners of War – Changi Chapel
COFEPOW or Children of Far Eastern Prisoners of War was a group set up in…
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August 13, 2020
John Franks – From Railway of Death to Changi POW Camp
The following account is that of John William Franks, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant who was captured…
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August 13, 2020
John William Franks – Recollections of his time in Burma and Changi
For years I have struggled to understand exactly what happened to us in the jungles…
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August 6, 2020
Colonel Massey Talk – Spring 2021
Proposed talk on Col Massey by Richard Graham. Due to the current Covid issues, we…
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