de Grey, Richard Patrick 41 Born: 17/03/1900 Knightsbridge Childhood home: Merton

Occupation: Political organiser. JP for 1959. Manager of Merton Estate 1939 Register: Parents: John Augustus de Grey & Elizabeth Henrietta (Grant) Father’s occupation: 7th Baron Walsingham Married: Cynthia Estelle Myring 1925 Postwar town: Died: 05/01/1984 Merton Buried: Regiment: 55 Infantry Brigade

Regimental Number: 97453 Information: Date of capture: 17/02/1942

Date of liberation:

Rank: Captain

PoW camps: Dickerson, Frank Gordon 43 Born: 20 Feb 1914, Childhood home: Market Place Swaffham Occupation: 1939 Gamekeeper. Game dealer. 1939 Register: White Hart Lane A founder member of the Swaffahm and Watton FE- Parents: Frederick Ernest & Gladys (Belham); or Alice (Goff) POW Association. He joined his father in a game— Father’s occupation: Game dealer dealing business before volunteering. He was severe- Married: ly injured in the face in the battles over Singapore and then suffered considerable ill-treatment in a pow Postwar town: Swaffham camp Died: 02/02/1972 Buried: Swaffham Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5780206 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 02/11/1945 Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1

Dodman, Stanley Jack 44 Born: 28 Nov 1915, Childhood home: Stow Bedon Occupation: Relieving officer and registrar 1939 Register: Parents: John Henry Dodman & Rosa Ettridge Father’s occupation: Farmer Married: Mary S. Postwar town: King’s Lynn Died: 1997, King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: RAMC 198th Field Ambulance Army

Regimental Number: 7356461 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 suffered during and after captivity Rank: Sergeant PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand

Doy, Herbert Victor “Chuck” 45 Born: 28/02/1919, Swaffham Childhood home: Occupation: Steel beader (1939) 1939 Register: , Parents: Hilda Doy. Stepfather- George Bell Father’s occupation: Married: 1941, Aberdeenshire—to Margaret Helen Gill Erskine Postwar town: Necton Died: 23 April 1998 Buried: Necton Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5776466 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 suffered during and after captivity Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand

Drew, Lawrence Edward 42 Born: 23/07/1908 Childhood home: Watton Occupation: Bricklayer 1939 Register: Parents: Thomas James & Selina (Beales) (d.1929) Father’s occupation: Postman (son’s probate) aux postman (1911) Married: Postwar town: Died: 16/10/1942 of dysentery (Forces )record. 26/10/1943. Commonwealth War Graves Buried: Thanbyuzayat war cemetery, Burma Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5774091 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 02/09/1945

Rank: Lance Corporal

PoW camps: Malai 1 Eagling, Richard Charles 46 Born: 22/11/1919 Childhood home: Occupation: Baker. Also 1939 1939 Register: Forehoe & Henstead Parents: Herbert & Sarah Elizabeth (Filby) Father’s occupation: Married: ? Hibbert 1940 Postwar town: Died: 04/1973 Norwich Buried: Regiment: Royal Engineers 560th Field Company

Regimental Number: 1922092 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation:

Rank: Sapper

PoW camps: Malai 3 ; Thailand Eggleton, Kenneth Born: 07/08/1916 Childhood home: Castle Acre Occupation: Auxiliary postman (1939) 1939 Register: Castle Acre Parents: William & Hannah Mary Father’s occupation: Farm labourer (1939) Married: Postwar town: Died: 15/02/1942 Killed in action Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5777085 Information: No index card because he died on day of surrender. Date of capture: Reported missing 25/04/1942 Captured and imprisoned in Changi. Date of liberation: Was shot whilst delivering messages. Rank: Private (Moulton scrapbook) PoW camps: Changi Ellis, Arthur Gordon “Rusty” 49 Born: 17/04/1917 or 1916 Childhood home: Occupation: Labourer 1939 Register: Contractor’s labourer? Parents: Benjamin & Mary Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Died: 1998 Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5777166 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 01/09/1945 captivity

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Emms, Harry Charles 47 Born: 06/01/1917 Childhood home: Occupation: Butcher. Butcher’s assistant 1939 1939 Register: Walsingham Parents: Charles Ernest & Maud Minnie (Breeze) Father’s occupation: Farm labourer (1939) Married: 1940 Dorothy M. Mayes Postwar town: Tacolneston Bunwell Died: 09/10/2003 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5773946 Information:

Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 06/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Tokyo 13b Emuss, William George Gordon 48 Born: 17/08/1908 Ipswich Childhood home: Watton Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Herbert John & Frances Mary Father’s occupation: Commercial traveller (1911) Married: Isabel B.T. Lincoln 1934 Woodbridge Postwar town: Watton, Norwich (1964) Died: 08/1989 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775227 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing Then PoW

Date of liberation:

Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant

PoW camps: Firmage, Ernest Edward 50 Born: 22/08/1917 Childhood home: Occupation: Bricklayer’s labourer (1939) 1939 Register: Downham Market Parents: Abraham Henry & Beatrice Emily Father’s occupation: Waggoner on farm (1911)Cowman (1939) Married: May Miriam Hilda Stevens 1974 Downham Market Postwar town: Downham Market Died: 07/1987 Crawley West Sussex Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775559 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 12/09/1945

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Fitt, Frederick Charles 51 Born: 05/01/1913 Childhood home: Watton Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: George William & Edith (Wright) Father’s occupation: Horseman on farm (1939) Married: Postwar town: Watton Died: 1989 Wayland Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5774573 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 02/11/1945

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 Foster, Eric Frederick John 52 Born: 12/01/1917 Childhood home: Attleburgh Occupation: Waiter at a sanatorium (1939) 1939 Register: Mundesley Parents: Frederick Ellis & Lily Maud (Mey) Father’s occupation: Sewage works manager (1939) Married: Eveline I Pegg 1940 Wayland Postwar town: West Winch Died: 05/1998 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Regimental Number: 7372837 FEPOW form Information: on illnesses suffered during Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Missing. Then PoW and after cap- Date of liberation: tivity

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Thailand and Burma (from FEPOW form) Foulger, Clare Joseph 53 Born: 10/09/1919 Henstead Childhood home: Shotesham Occupation: Butcher 1939 Register: Parents: George William & Helen Marian (Little) Father’s occupation: Builder & contractor; undertaker (1939) Married: 1948 Dorothy Grace Balding; Postwar town: Shotesham Died: 02/10/1993 Norwich Buried: Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps 198th Ambulance

Regimental Number: 7365015 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 30/08/1945

Rank: Corporal

PoW camps: Malai ; Thailand Frampton, Leslie George 54 Born: 01/10/1919 Childhood home: Barking, Essex Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Thomas Henry & L.D. Father’s occupation: Married: yes Postwar town: Died: 1994 Kent Buried: Regiment: Royal Artillery. 80th Army Troop

Regimental Number: 1524697 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 01/09/1945 captivity

Rank: Gunner

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Frost, Bertie 55 Born: 02 Aug. 1921 Bertie joined the Territorials as a young Childhood home: man before serving as a full-time soldier. Occupation: Farm labourer 1939 Register:

Parents: Thomas & Edith Frost, Cockley Cley Father’s occupation: Married: 1947 to Gwyneth Whiley Postwar town: Swaffham Died: 19/09/2000 Buried: Regiment: 5th Suffolks Regimental Number: 895338 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 Date of liberation: 12/09/1945 Founder member of Swaffham & Rank: Private Watton FEPOW PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Serangi; FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after captivity. Association. Standard bearer Thailand For many years afterwards he was affected by recurring for many years. bouts of malaria.

Fruen, Frederick John 56 Born: 10 April 1905, Deptford (acc. registration) Childhood home: Occupation: 1939 printer’s warehouseman. Wood machinist 1939 Register: Watford Parents: Charles Benskin Fruen & Matilda Maude (Emberson) Father’s occupation: Wood machinist Married: 1933, Watford, to Nancy Green Postwar town: Swaffham Died: 4 July 2000, King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: Royal Signal Corps Regimental Number: 2594995 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 captivity Rank: Signalman PoW camps: Malai ; Thailand

Garrod, Jack Lewis George 57 Born: 30 July 1917 Childhood home: Occupation: Gamekeeper 1939 Register: Parents: John Garrod & Daisy (Sheate?) Father’s occupation: Farm bailiff Married: 1947, Northampton- to Annie Jones Postwar town: Died: 7 July 2007 Buried: Regiment: 2nd Cambridgeshire Regimental Number: 5833926 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 captivity Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand

George, Bertie 58 Born: 23/11/1919 Childhood home: Hingham Occupation: Labourer (1939) 1939 Register: Hingham Parents: Robert John & Dora (Newton) Father’s occupation: Agricultural labourer (1901) Parish Relief (1939) Married: Kathleen Thompson 1946 Postwar town: Hingham Died: 1997 Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5777000 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 08/09/1945 captivity

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Tokyo Grimes, Frank Williamson 59 Born: 19/08/1918 Childhood home: Pentney Occupation: Sawyer (machinist) 1939 Register: Parents: … & Edith Elsegood Father’s occupation: innkeeper Married: Postwar town: Attleborough Died: 24/11/2006 Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5776196 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 04/09/1945 captivity

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Grimes, Frederick William 60

Born: 24/04/1915 Walsingham Private Ancestry family tree Childhood home: Blakeney Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Christopher John & Mary May (Murrell) Father’s occupation: Baker (1911); Painter & decorator (1939) Married: Postwar town: Died: 21/09/1944. Died at sea Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775179 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation:

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 2 , Walter Horace 61 Born: 30 June 1919 Childhood home: Occupation: Labourer (1939) 1939 Register: Castle Acre Parents: Jonas Arthur Hardingham & Ethel May Amies Father’s occupation: Farm labourer Married: 1945, King’s Lynn - to Muriel Daphne Wright Postwar town: Castle Acre Died: 23 March 2010, King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks Regimental Number: 5777053 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses Date of capture: 15/02/1942 suffered during and after Date of liberation: 04/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Mutsushima

Harrison, Horace Reginald 62 Born: 28/01/1910 or 1909 Long Sutton Childhood home: Wisbech Occupation: concreter 1939 Register: Parents: Percy John & Annie (Sherriff) Father’s occupation: Married: Doris Annie Askham 1927 Postwar town: Died: 1990 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: Royal Engineers 287 Field Company

Regimental Number: 2090359 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 02/11/1945

Rank: Corporal

PoW camps: Malai 3 Harvey, Alan Percy 63 Born: 21/04/1920 Childhood home: Watton Occupation: Printer 1939 Register: Parents: Herbert John & Elsie Elizabeth Father’s occupation: Printer and stationer (1939) Married: Postwar town: Norwich Died: 2002 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775199 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 12/09/1945

Rank: Sergeant

PoW camps: Malai 4 ; Thailand Harvey, Geoffrey Maurice 64

Born: 27/07/1900 Croxton Private Ancestry family tree Childhood home: Thompson Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Leonard & Albena Father’s occupation: Farmer and cattle dealer (1911) Married: Postwar town: Died: 12/1990 Lewes Buried: Regiment: Royal Air Force

Regimental Number: Information: Date of capture:

Date of liberation:

Rank: Flying Officer

PoW camps: Java ; Bandoeng Henery, Leonard Percy 65 Born: 15 March 1920 Childhood home: Swaffham Occupation: Hairdresser (1939) 1939 Register: Swaffham Parents: Sidney Arthur & Agnes (Williamson) Father’s occupation: Farm labourer (1911) General labourer Married: Vera Lee (1946) Postwar town: Swaffham Died: 07/2000 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5778098 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses Date of liberation: 02/09/1945 suffered during and after captivity Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai

Howard, Herbert John Born: 20/04/1920 Childhood home: Castle Acre Occupation: 1939 Register: Parents: Frederick & Mabel (Ward) Father’s occupation: Farm mechanic (Howard’s probate) Married: Postwar town: n/a Died: 21/09/44. At sea Buried: Unknown. Memorial at Kranjo, Singapore Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5778105 Information: Date of capture: 51/02/42 Date of liberation: - Rank: Private PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand

Howe, Leonard Edward 67 Born: 07/12/1917 Childhood home: Occupation: Farmer 1939 Register: Parents: Stanley Francis Charles & Lily Elizabeth (Bennefer) Father’s occupation: Labourer—farmer (1911) Married: Joan M Saunders 1941? Postwar town: Died: 1996 Norwich Buried: Regiment: 4th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5774928 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 30/08/1945

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai ; Thailand Hunt, Frank George 68 Born: 12/10/1913 Childhood home: Tottington Occupation: Warrener (1932); lorry driver (1939) 1939 Register: Parents: Arthur Leonard & Rose (Worby) Father’s occupation: Warrener (1911) Married: Dorothy Maud Ellen Macro 1932 Postwar town: Merton Died: 19/10/2001 Wayland Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5779385 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: ??/02/1945

Rank: Corporal

PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Bilibid Hunt, Victor Arthur 69 Born: 26/06/1920 Childhood home: Pentney Occupation: Farmer. Agricultural labourer 1939 1939 Register: Pentney Parents: John William & Violet (Bullimore) Father’s occupation: Farm labourer (1911) (1939) Married: Postwar town: Narborough Died: 28/04/2004 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: Royal Artillery 125 Army Troops Regt

Regimental Number: 1107476 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 02/11/1945

Rank: Gunner

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Hunter, James Henry 70 Born: 31/12/1914 (baptism record –born 30 dec 1913 Childhood home: Occupation: Carpenter 1939 Register: Parents: Robert Daniel & Minnie Father’s occupation: Labourer (1914) Farm labourer (1939) Married: Phyllis E Moore 1946? Dereham Postwar town: Dereham Died: 1994 Dereham Buried: Regiment: 6th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5779591 (index card has 9594) Information:

Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 02/11/1945 captivity Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 3 Johnson, Harold 71 Born: 27/01/1919 Childhood home: Wisbech; Downham Market Occupation: Farm labourer; horseman on farm (1939) 1939 Register: Salters Lode Parents: Thomas Harry & Lily Maud Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Downham Market Died: 25/11/2002 Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5777474 Information:

Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 12/09/1945 captivity Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai ; Thailand Jupp, Herbert 72 Born: 10/03/1920. Forces War Record has 10/30/20 Childhood home: Southery Occupation: Labourer; agricultural labourer 1939 1939 Register: Southery Parents: Herbert (index card only) & Winifred Gladys Susan Jubb Father’s occupation: Married: Betty Scarth 1949 Postwar town: Downham Market Died: 28/05/2006 Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5779599 Information:

Date of capture: 15/02/1942 FEPOW form on illnesses suffered during and after Date of liberation: 30/08/1945 captivity Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 2 ; Thailand Kidd, Gordon John 73 Born: 03/08/1917 Childhood home: Littleport Occupation: 1939 Register: Littleport (electoral register) Parents: Victor George & Matilda (Clift) Father’s occupation: Married: Joan White 1948 ; Enid M Coward 1968 Both Downham Market Postwar town: Stow Bridge Died: 12/1991 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775568 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 05/09/1945

Rank: Private

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Lake, George Basil Mons 74 Born: 28/03/1915 Docking Childhood home: Brancaster Occupation: Gardener 1939 Register: Parents: ? & Rhoda Lay Father’s occupation: Married: Joan E Daniels 1947? Postwar town: Brancaster Staithe Died: 30/11/1992 King’s Lynn Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5772926 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942

Date of liberation: 30/08/1945

Rank: Lance Corporal

PoW camps: Malai 1 ; Thailand Laws, Willis Leonard 75 Born: 22/08/1917 Childhood home: Downham Market Occupation: Mechanic; garage hand 1939 1939 Register: Hilgay Parents: William & Florence Father’s occupation: Cowman 1911, farmer 1939 Married: Ruby Elizabeth Holman 1939 Downham Market Postwar town: Downham Market Died: 11/07/2003 Downham Market Buried: Regiment: 5th Royal Norfolks

Regimental Number: 5775540 Information: FEPOW form on illnesses suffered Date of capture: 15/02/1942. Missing then PoW during and after Date of liberation: captivity

Rank: Private

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