Prisoners of War

Good gen into bad gin

On the day in question I had bowed to the sentry at the flagpole and entered the attap-roofed long hut that...

Prisonner of war

The Russians were in such bad state they couldn't walk so we had to go back to the camp to get whatever...

Mr A Hobson (then RAF)

Fighting was very fierce and I fought alongside Dutch, Chinese and native Javanese, trying to turn back the...

Bert Browns Wartime Experiences

February 1942, Singapore surrendered to the Japanese and I and my comrades were taken to Changi Village....

Japanese Prisoner of War

200 RAF men were stranded in the mountains of Garoet, I and three others drove to Garoet in an effort to...

Faith in a POW camp

Following a bout of fever, I was given a job in the hub of the camp, in the hut that served as...

My Unforgettable Christmas 1946

British people were allowed to invite German prisoners to their homes for Christmas. Most of the British...

Everyday Life in Camp

Every time we asked where the parcels were, we were told "domani". When the parcels did come, there...

Three Day Excursion From Dusseldorf To Hannover

Terrys' War (3) - The Journey to Japan

There were many POW's in the dock area, Australians, British, Indonesians and Dutch. The story of this...

After Crete Fell

The Germans were anxious to take Crete as this was the remaining outpost for the Allies in the...

A WAR STORY

However, my active part in that conflict ceased in March 1942 when my second ship was sunk by the heavy...

Cruelty under the sun

We were told to be at the ready to leave Singapore as Jap army coming in huge numbers left Singapore in...

Singapore, 1942

200 RAF men were stranded in the mountains of Garoet, I and three others drove to Garoet in an effort to...

Prisoner of War

There was one incident Dad recalled of a soldier whom the Germans wanted to take away because they...

Prisoner of War

When we went to Thailand we were in Changi Prisoner of War camp. We got captured in Singapore and marched...

Victor in POW camp, Sumatra

While working on the Sumatran rail track, being built daily by prisoners of war under the Japanese and...

Did anyone know or care

After Japan capitulated the Indonesians under Sukarno started their fight against dutch citizens liberated...

The Train

Apart from that, outside this museum there is a train, which was built in Glasgow around 1936. and was one...

Stalag VIII A, Gorlitz, Lower Silesia

We were held for 2 days then, because of my wound, I was taken to Tunis in a German Mk.6 tank when...

The Living Nightmare

Rifleman Sydney Skelton, 19 years old, of "D" Company of the Royal Rifles of Canada had been...

Memories of being a POW in Sonkurai

Towards the end of 1942, the Japanese wanted six thousand men. We were taken back to Singapore railway...

A Guest of the Fuhrer

We were marched in France for four weeks with no known destination, then taken in cattle trucks to Poland...

Exchanged

The other lad wasn't but I really got the advantage because when it came to going to Bari to go on the...

Premonitions

I heard on the radio the Germans were fighting the Poles in the Polish corridor near Posen... It was...

Even in the darkest of times it was possible to find some lighter moments...

A number of the prisoners, my Dad included, were hams at heart and enjoyed creating and staging plays and...