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de Grey, Richard Patrick 41 Born: 17/03/1900 Knightsbridge Childhood home: Merton Occupation: Political organiser. JP for Norfolk 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, Swaffham 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, Stow Bedon 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: Necton, 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: Wymondham Occupation: Baker. Also 1939 1939 Register: Forehoe & Henstead Parents: Herbert & Sarah Elizabeth (Filby) Father’s occupation: Married: ? Hibbert 1940 Norwich 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: Rocklands Occupation: Labourer 1939 Register: Contractor’s labourer? Parents: Benjamin & Mary Father’s occupation: Married: Postwar town: Attleborough 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: Downham Market 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; Dereham 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: Cockley Cley 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: Great Cressingham Occupation: Gamekeeper 1939 Register: Parents: John Garrod & Daisy (Sheate?) Father’s occupation: Farm bailiff Married: 1947, Northampton- to Annie Jones Postwar town: Saham Toney Died: 7 July 2007 Buried: Regiment: 2nd Cambridgeshire Regimental Number: 5833926 Information: Date of capture: 15/02/1942