Algar, William George 7 Born: 20/10/1920 Derbyshire Childhood home: Attleborough Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: W & E Father’s occupation: Married: Margaret O’Dodds 1951 Wayland? Postwar town: Watton Died: 11/2004 Wayland Buried: Regiment: Royal Engineers, 288th Field Company
Regimental Number: 2077829 Information:
Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 suffered during and after No index card captivity Rank: Driver
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Allard, Thomas James 8
Born: 16 October 1919, Swaffham Childhood home: Campingland, Swaffham Occupation: Hairdresser 1939 Register:
Parents: Thomas Albert Allard & Rosa Frances Brown Father’s occupation: Married: Joan Patrick 1963 Swaffham Postwar town: Swaffham
Died: 25 March 2008 Treasurer of from 1950 until 1999 Buried: Swaffham Regiment: 5th Suffolk
Regimental Number: 5829673
Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 12/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Allen, William 9 Born: 09/12/1907 Childhood home: Wicklewood Occupation: Contractor public works General labourer (1939. ARP for NCC 1939 Register: Wicklewood Parents: (Allen) Father’s occupation: Married: Ella M Pettit 1931 Forehoe Postwar town: Wicklewood Died: 01/1989 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5782063 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 06/09/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 3, 2787 Amies, Albert Edward 10 Born: 09/01/1914 Childhood home: Little Dunham Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Albert & Hannah (possible Riches) Father’s occupation: Possible blacksmith’s striker (1911) Married: Postwar town: Died: 04/1977 Luton Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5771750 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 02/09/1945
Rank: Sergeant
PoW camps: Malai 1 : Thailand Amys, John William 11 Born: 21/11/1919. Ancestry has William John Childhood home: Saham Toney Occupation: labourer 1939 Register:
Parents: Charles & Ruth (Amys). Ancestry Family tree has Alfred J. P. Carter. Alfred and Amy Ruth married in 1930.
Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: 21/09/1944 Died at sea whilst PoW Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5774188
Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation:
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1, 642 Asker, Stanley Clifford 12 Born: 15/04/1921 Childhood home: East Dereham Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Leslie Royal and Alice Eleanor or Elizabeth (Skipper) Father’s occupation: Engineering works (1939) Married: Postwar town: Died: 28/10/1943 whilst PoW Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Tha 2 Thailand Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774826 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation:
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Thailand Audley, Percy Robert 13 Born: 25/10/1919 East Dereham Private photos Ancestry family Childhood home: East Dereham tree Occupation: Railway clerk. Also 1939 1939 Register: Cambridge Parents: Robert William & Dorothy Lucy (Smith) Father’s occupation: Hotel Porter (1911) Postman Dereham 1912 Married: Gladys Irene Symonds 1941, Cambridge. Venice M Collins 1962, Leicester Postwar town: Cambridge. Wigmore Died: 04/09/1968 Wigmore Buried: 09/09/1968 Cambridge Regiment: 4th Suffolks
Regimental Number: 6020087 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 02/11/1945
Rank: Lance Corporal
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Backlog, George William 14 Born: 25/02/1919 Bury St. Edmunds Private Ancestry family tree Childhood home: Garboldisham Occupation: Farm labourer Farm worker (1939) 1939 Register: Garboldisham Parents: William & Florence Mary (probate) Father’s occupation: Coal merchant (1939) Married: Postwar town: Garboldisham Died: 03/2003 Bury St Edmunds Buried: Regiment: Royal Engineers 18th Division
Regimental Number: 2003400 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing. The PoW
Date of liberation:
Rank: Driver in charge
PoW camps: Bales, Frederick William 15 Born: 24/03/1919 Private Ancestry family tree Childhood home: Hingham Occupation: Farm, labourer (1939) 1939 Register: Deopham Parents: Frederick & Lily (Thurston) Father’s occupation: Farmer (1939) Married: Postwar town: Died: 01/1985 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5773577 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 04/09/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Barnes, Edward Alexander 16 Born: 13 October 1914 Childhood home: Ash Close Swaffham Occupation: Cook 1939 Register: Louth Air Armament School RAF Manby Parents: Herbert Edward & Rosa Drake Father’s occupation: Tailor Married: Postwar town: Died: Swaffham, 1986 Buried: Regiment: Royal Air Force
Regimental Number: 1166865
Information: Father was in Norfolk Regiment in World War 1. Date of capture: 08/03/1942 Date of liberation: 02/11/1945 Rank: Corporal PoW camps: Haroekoe ; Malai 1
Barrett, Ernest 17 Born: 02/01/1917 Childhood home: Hingham Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Emma (Barrett) Father’s occupation: Married: yes Postwar town: Scole? Died: 10/1976 Wayland Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5772669 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 30/08/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Bateson, Albert 18 Born: 03/03/1913 Childhood home: London, West Ham Occupation: Builder’s labourer 1939 1939 Register: Grimston
Parents: Alfred & Eliabeth (Richwood) Father’s occupation: Labourer (1911)
Married: Marjorie Elizabeth Todd 1941 Postwar town: Necton Died: 21/02/1986 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5778188 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 30/08/1945
Rank: Sergeant
PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Thailand Beckett, William Frederick 19 Born: 02/08/1917 Loddon Childhood home: Loddon Occupation: Gardener 1939 Register: Wife in Loddon Parents: Frederick William & Alice Father’s occupation: Engine driver (1911) Married: Gladys K Edmunds 1938 Loddon Postwar town: Watton Died: Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5775200 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 30/08/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Bloomfield, Horace George 20 Born: 08/02/1916 Childhood home: East Harling Occupation: Carpenter 1939 Register: Parents: Samuel George & Ellen (Ella Frost) Father’s occupation: Royal Engineers Married: Doris E Leist 1946 Wayland Postwar town: Attleborough Died: 16/10/2001 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5771776 Information: FEPOW form on Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing then PoW illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: captivity Rank: Lance Corporal
PoW camps: Brinded, John 21 Born: 22/06/1920 Childhood home: Wattisfield Private Ancestry family tree Occupation: Cook 1939 Register:
Parents: Albert & May D.(Dingle) Father’s occupation: Motor bus conductor (1911) Married: Postwar town: Kenninghall Died: 04/2002 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 2nd Cambridgeshire
Regimental Number: 5827251 Information:
Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 02/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Thailand Brown, Leonard Harold 22 Born: 28/07/1920 Childhood home: Southery Private Ancestry family tree Occupation: Lorry driver’s mate, 1939 Register: Parents: John & Adelaide Father’s occupation: Downham Market’s first town mayor Married: Emma Myrtle Boughen 1940 Postwar town: Downham Market Died: Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774802 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 19/09/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Fukuoka 3b Buckley, Gordon Charles 23 Born: 19.01.1919. King’s Lynn Childhood home: Pentney Occupation: Waiter RAF Station (1939); farm labourer 1939 Register: Pentney Parents: William Henry & Annie Maria Edwards Father’s occupation: 1939 General labourer Married: 1946. Esther Doreen Bull Postwar town: Pentney Died: 7 May 2004 Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5776680 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 captivity Rank: Sergeant PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand
Bullett, Cyril William 24 Born: 22/01/1911 Childhood home: Stowmarket Occupation: labourer 1939 Register: Parents: Frederick William & Susannah Elizabeth (Wright) Father’s occupation: baker Married: Dorothy K Pritchard 1940 Acle Postwar town: Watton Died: 07/12/1967 Watton Buried: Regiment: 5th Suffolks
Regimental Number: 5828255 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 12/09/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Bussey, Howard 25 Born: 24 Feb 1920 Childhood home: Cockley Cley Occupation: Driver mechanic 1939 Register: Parents: Henry William & Bessie Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5773129 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 02/09/1945 Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Missing 15/02/42. Casualty list 20/04/42. PoW 15/05/43
Buttolph, John William 26 Born: 09/08/1919 Childhood home: Occupation: clerk 1939 Register: Parents: George Henry & Georgina (Clarke) Father’s occupation: Carter Married: Postwar town: Cromer Died: 06/01/2012 Holt Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774298 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation:
Rank: Lance Corporal
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Cartwright, Leonard Thomas 27 Born: 27 May 1916 or /18, Swaffham Childhood home: Swaffham Occupation: Regular soldier 1939 Register: Parents: Harold Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: n/a Died: 12/09/1943 Buried: Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand Regiment: Royal Engineers; 35 Fortress Coy Regimental Number: 1871923 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: n/a Rank: Sapper PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Thailand
Cater (Cator), Stanley Robert 28 Born: 09/09/1921 Childhood home: Occupation: Farm worker 1939 Register: Parents: Robert & Rose Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774191 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 30/08/1945
Rank: Corporal
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Cator, Frederick 29 Born: 01/07/1904 Childhood home: Ashill Gardener Occupation: Several Frederick Cators in Ashill. 1939 Register: but not with the same birthdate. 1911 he is with his uncle Parents: Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: ? & E Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774709 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 29/08/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Thailand Chamberlain, Kenneth 30 Born: 1 Feb 1913, Swaffham Childhood home: Swaffham Occupation: 1939 roadstone quarrier; labourer 1939 Register: Queen’s Street Swaffham Parents: William & Ellen (Jarrett) Father’s occupation: Farm labourer Married: Postwar town: Died: 1985 Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5778164 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 02/11/1945 Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1
Chapman, Albert James 31 Born: 24/09/1912 Childhood home: Caston Occupation: Agricultural labourer (1939) 1939 Register: Downham Market area Parents: Clifford & Mabel (Drake) Father’s occupation: Blacksmith 1911 and 1939 Married: Marjorie Banham 1940 Postwar town: Watton Died: 1988 Buried: Regiment: Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: 2075865 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 12/09/1945
Rank: Driver
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Chapman, Gerald Victor 32 Born: 01/10/1921 Childhood home: Pulham St Mary Occupation: Tractor driver 1939 Register: Parents: Victor & Alice Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: 30/10/2010 Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774529 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 05/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Chilvers, Alan Jack 33 Born: 11/11/1920 Hartismere Childhood home: Occupation: cowman 1939 Register: Parents: Thomas Albert & Jane Elizabeth (Fulcher) Father’s occupation: Horseman (1911) Married: Kathleen M Skoyles 1941 Hartismere Postwar town: Watton Died: May 1993 Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5774232 Information: FEPOW form Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing and then PoW on illnesses suffered during Date of liberation: and after cap- Rank: Private tivity
PoW camps: Chinnery, Alwyn Douglas 34 Born: 01/07/1916 Childhood home: Wimbotsham Occupation: Grocer. Grocer’s shop assistant 1939 1939 Register: Wimbotsham Parents: Walter & Mary (Chapman) Father’s occupation: Roadman (1939) Married: Edna M Molineux 1947 Postwar town: Wimbotsham Died: 2006 Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5777079 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing then PoW
Date of liberation:
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Coman, Thomas George 35 Born: 03/09/1913 Childhood home: Old Buckenham Occupation: Labourer 1939 Register: Cider factory hand (1939) Parents: Thomas & Ellen May (Aldous) Father’s occupation: Farm labourer Married: Postwar town: Died: 28/10/1992 Old Buckenham Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5778959 Information:
Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 03/08/1945 captivity Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 3 ; Thailand Cook, Gordon 36 Born: 02 June 1918 Swaffham Childhood home: 3 York Terrace, Swaffham Occupation: Farm labourer 1939 Register: Parents: Frederick Father’s occupation: Married: 1939, Grace M. Grove? Postwar town: Died: 1997, Fakenham? Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5774728 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 02/11/1945 Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Thailand
Cooper, Ernest Edwin 37 Born: 25/01/1911 Childhood home: Diss Occupation: Aircraft fitter. Also 1939 1939 Register: Slough Parents: Samuel Cooper (Gosling) & May Father’s occupation: Iron foundry labourer Married: Gladys B. Lake 1935 Swaffham Postwar town: Swaffham Died: 04/1955 Wayland Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks. 1939 Reserves Norfolk
Regimental Number: 5770690 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 04/09/1945
Rank: Lance Corporal
PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Thailand Cooper, Jack Andrew 38 Born: 25 Nov 1917, Tottenham, London Childhood home: Tottenham, London Occupation: General labourer. Gunner 1939 Register: Saham Toney, Duck Farm worker Parents: Albert Cooper & Cesillia Father’s occupation: Married: 1938, Edmonton, London to Sylvia M. (Pye?) Postwar town: Saham Toney Died: 15 Aug 2005 Buried: Regiment: Royal Navy. HMS Wellpark Regimental Number: P/JX261367 Information: FEPOW form on Date of capture: 10/05/1942 South Atlantic Ocean illnesses suf- Date of liberation: 06/09/1945 fered during and Rank: Able Seaman after captivity PoW camps: Makassar ; Tokyo 6b
Cross, Frederick William John 39 Born: 27/10/1919 Docking Childhood home: Dersingham Occupation: Driver 1939 Register: Parents: Frederick & Jessie (Thompson) Father’s occupation: General labourer 1939 Married: Postwar town: Died: 08/1996 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks
Regimental Number: 5772882 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942
Date of liberation: 05/09/1945
Rank: Private
PoW camps: Malai 3 ; Thailand Cruikshank, William Douglas 40 Born: 11/05/1919 Amongst list of members (Bradenham) 2000 Childhood home: Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: ? & Lilian Father’s occupation: Married: yes Postwar town: Bradenham Died: 1988 Bradford Buried: Regiment: 5th Beds and Herts Regimental Number: 5950708 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand