Hiroshima 5B - Innoshima

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

Hiroshima 5B - Innoshima

(Earlier Yahata - Mukaijima Branch Camp then Fukuoka 12B)

First Group of British PoWs from Java (Java Party 5F), transported to Singapore in Yoshida Maru, then transported from Singapore to Japan in the Dainichi Maru under leadership of Squadron Leader Eric William "Ricay" Wright . Second Group of PoWs transported from Hong Kong in Tatsuta Maru. PoWs worked in Shipyard.

1942/11/27 camp started as YAHATA Provisional PoW Camp Mukaijma Branch Camp. British POWs from Java arrive.

1943/01/? name changed to Fukuoka PoW Camp, Innoshima Branch Camp

1943/01/23 Hong Kong PoWs arrive with three Americans

1943/03/01 named Fukuoka 12B

1943/0714 control changed to Zentsuji PoW Camp 2B

1943/12/10 Camp Leader Squadron Leader Wright leaves for Zentsuji. Warrant Officer Pritchard takes over as Camp Leader.

1945/03/13 Plane attack kills at least ten Japanese

1945/06/28 docks attacked two POWS wounded.

1945/07/28 American B-29 crew arrive shot down Lt W. Ross, Flt Officer McNeish and medical officer arrive at camp.

1945/07/30 food drop kills five Japanese

1945 September camp liberated

Thanks to:-

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Centre for Research
Wes Injerd
D. Rider
Jim Erickson
Mark Hagen
Meg Parkes
FEPOW Community
COFEPOW Database
PoW Research Network Japan
Plus my understanding wife

Hiroshima 5B - Innoshima Rolls

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Died

Name	Rank	Service/No	Nationality
Ashton, Hill Robert	Lance Corporal	3893	British
Dowding, Fred Charles	Leading Aircraftman	1255254	British
Durk, Wilfrid Brazier	Corporal	805454	British
Gibbs, Ronald Joseph	Aircraftman 1st Class	1228666	British
Gibson, William	Aircraftman 1st Class	995749	British
Lee, John Stirling	Lance Corporal	4667	British
Mackinnon, John Macdougal L.	Lance Corporal	4645	British
Parry, Ivor Glynn	Sergeant	341249	British
Poulson, William Thomas	Sergeant	805342	British
Robinson, Arthur David	Aircraftman 1st Class	1046886	British
Scott, Edward	Corporal	568889	British

Survived

Name	Rank	Service/No	Nationality
Allen, Douglas Geoffrey	Private	2705	British
Bab, JamesWoodrow	Ist Class		American
Bateson, John Henry	Leading Aircraftman	962031	British
Batty, Wilfred	Leading Aircraftman	944068	British
Belcher, Edward Henry Francis	Leading Aircraftman	524620	British
Bellemy, Edward Crown	Sergeant		British
Bilson, William Terry	Sergeant	2355	British
Blount, Walter Henry	Corporal	2318812	British
Blow, William	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1530542	British
Bond, Victor Charles	Private	2099	British
Bonnes, Hedley Allen	Corporal	805490	British
Bray, Robert John	Leading Aircraftman	805456	British
Brede, Edward Arthur	Leading Aircraftman	618009	British
Broadbridge, Norman	Lance Corporal	2239	British
Broadbridge, Reginald Thomas "Reg"	Private	2690	British
Broadis, Clifford George	Sergeant	805357	British
Brophy, David	Aircraftman 1st Class	615939	British
Brown, Arthur James	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1177949	British
Bruce, Hugh Dalrymple	Gunner		British
Butler, Ernest Oswald	Gunner	5036	British
Cameron, William Reid	Leading Aircraftman	994977	British
Cant, Henry William	Leading Aircraftman	1266239	British
Clemo, Freddie J D	Private	4264	British
Collis, Leslie John	Leading Aircraftman	1054308	British
Corkill, Joseph Angus	Leading Aircraftman	973796	British
Cotterell, George	Private		British
Cox, Frederick	Flight Officer	357196	British
Coxhead, Geoffrey S	Gunner	4286	British
Coxhill, Leslie Fred	Private		British
Crawford, Alec Kitchener	Gunner		British
Crocker, George Woodrow	Corporal	1169254	British
Cullen, F	Private	2866	British
Dalgarno, Anthony Forbes	Leading Aircraftman	969857	British
Davies, Geraint G. "Garry"	Sergeant	3209	British
Day, Douglas G. "Ginger"	Private	3411	British
Dixon, Ian Gordon N	Private	4823	British
Dodds, George	Sergeant	4346	British
Dove, James Walter	Lance Corporal	2335489	British
Duffield, Walter	Private	4102	British
Dugdale, Albert Arthur	Aircraftman 1st Class	1277422	British
Dunigan, William	Aircraftman 1st Class	1373431	British
Dunne, B O'Meara	Gunner		British
Eastman, Alfred Leonard	Private	782	British
Everest, Robert John V.	CSM	2054	British
Fabel, Fred Arthur	Warrant Officer 1st Class		British
Fallon, Pat	Private	3283	British
Fieldhouse, Fredd Albert	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1284811	British
Fincher, Edward Charles "Teddy"	CQMS	1878	British
Fisher, Edward Joseph	Private		British
Fisher, John Arthur	Private	4642	British
Fisher, William Diego	Private		British
Fitzhenry, John Ken	Gunner	5189	British
Forrow, Kenneth M. OBE	Private	2587	British
Foster, Thomas H.	Private		British
Fowler, Ernest Allen Woodward	Private	2178	British
Fulton, James	Aircraftman 1st Class	1064120	British
Furnell, John G.	Private		British
Gegg, William Stanley	Signalman	3141	British
Gellman, Boris Abraham	Private		British
Glendinning, Lyall James S.	Lance Corporal	2216	British
Goldburn, George	Private		British
Goldenberg, Alan Ezra	Private	5245	British
Hailstone, Brian	Private		British
Haines, Herbert James	Aircraftman 1st Class	646599	British
Hall, Robert Frederick	Leading Aircraftman	805483	British
Halsall, Harold	Private	4687	British
Hamilton, Douglas Haig	Signalman	3304	British
Handforth, Fred	Corporal	805505	British
Harper, Robert William	Corporal	949544	British
Harris, Hyman C	Leading Aircraftman	1005967	British
Hawkins, Ronald Albert	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1235181	British
Henderson, Philip Filon	Aircraftman 1st Class	1055531	British
Hirst, William Henry G.	Lance Corporal	1359	British
Hitchcock, Henry William	Aircraftman 1st Class	1277698	British
Hodson, Albert	Corporal	805351	British
Holland, Frank	A F Sgt	343626	British
Hornby, Jack	Signalman	2352071	British
Hornsby, Cyril Joseph	Leading Aircraftman	912367	British
Hudson, Arthur	Corporal	805455	British
Hurst, Bernard	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1057221	British
Ient, Albert Victor	Sergeant	6653403	British
Izatt, Duncan Boag Jr	Private	3654	British
Jackson, George	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1112337	British
Jackson, William Thomas	Aircraftman 1st Class	650097	British
Jardine, William Stevenson	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1011990	British
Jones, Cyril Ralph	Corporal	805065	British
Keen, Kenneth Lynn	Private		British
Kees, Herbert Otto	Private		British
Kelly, Charles Terence Russell	Warrant Officer	1154274	British
Kempton, John	Private	3152	British
Kennedy, Tom	Corporal	2570888	British
Kim, Nicholas	Private		British
King James Joseph O	Signlman	5524	British
King, Thomas Henry W	Gunner	2953	British
Kinght, Humphrey G.U.	Gunner	4725	British
Knox, Douglas Haig	Gunner	3880	British
Knox, William Thomas	Corporal	2373	British
Lamb, William Graham	Lance Corporal		British
Lapsley, Anthony Wifred	Gunner	4521	British
Lapsley, Ferdinand M	Gunner	4522	British
Lapsley, Robert Henry A	Gunner	2838	British
Le Patourel, Charles Barry	Signalman	4727	British
Le Tissier, Peter James	Lance Corporal	3757	British
Linnane, Jack Douglas	Aircraftman 2nd Class	553916	British
Lloyd, Edward James	Corporal	624142	British
Longbottom, Irvine	Sgt Instr		British
Love, David	Aircraftman 1st Class	994544	British
Lowe, William	Private	4408	British
Lynch, Alfred	Leading Aircraftman	978913	British
MacDonald, Archibald	Signalman	2355279	British
Macintyre, James Lachlan	Private		British
Mackenzie, Norman H	Gunner	4684	British
Macnair, Donald	Sgt Instr		British
Maguire, William Henry	Corporal	1169929	British
Mancell, Harold J	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1240482	British
Manson, Charles Joseph	Private	3655	British
Martland, Leslie	Private		British
Mathias, Edgar George	Lance Corporal		British
Matthews, Clifford N	Private		British
Matthews, Eric Neville	Private	4253	British
McColgan, Daniel	Sergeant	2816	British
McDermott, William Daniel	Leading Aircraftman	510785	British
McDonald, John W	Private		British
McKenna, David	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1077263	British
McKenzie, Robert Adams	Leading Aircraftman	1121170	British
Melhuish, Albert Edward	Leading Aircraftman	936167	British
Millington, Leslie Charles	Sergeant	2103	British
Mitchell, James George	Private		British
Mogford, Edward M. "Dai"	Corporal		British
Moseley, John	Aircraftman 1st Class	1024661	British
Moulstone, Cyril	Leading Aircraftman	965405	British
Musker, Leslie	Private	3142	British
Parkinson, Percy Oswald	Aircraftman 1st Class	1094682	British
Parsons, David Orchard	Private	3234	British
Paterson, George Wright	Private	3870	British
Perry, Frank	Civilian		American
Philtrip, Charles Eric	Leading Aircraftman	572786	British
Pincott, Douglas	Aircraftman 1st Class	1019053	British
Price, John	Flight Sergeant	805044	British
Pritchard, Tom	Leading Aircraftman	962032	British
Pritcherd, Harold Alfred	Warrant Officer	364908	British
Pryse, Ronald	Corporal	567783	British
Pullen, William P	Private		British
Radford, Thomas Henry	Leading Aircraftman	1202288	British
Rangeley, Dennis	Leading Aircraftman	805452	British
Ravenscroft, Edward	Sergeant	805343	British
Read, Arthur Edward	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1211584	British
Read, Joe	Private	4635	British
Richards, John Alfred	Leading Aircraftman	1179806	British
Ridge, John	Leading Aircraftman	1026030	British
Ringe, Donald Frank	Corporal	1305484	British
Rose, Burton Philip	Aircraftman 1st Class	1112935	British
Ross, George Ronald	Gunner		British
Rowe, Albert William	Sergeant	5243	British
Salter, Cedric Lawrence	Sergeant	3305	British
Seaton, Albert Edward	Aircraftman 1st Class	1107946	British
Sharp, Ronald	Aircraftman 1st Class	1143281	British
Sheer, John Alfred	Aircraftman 1st Class	619590	British
Sherriff, George H.	Sergeant	2948	British
Smart, Clifford George	Leading Aircraftman	805484	British
Smith, Derek Edwin "Ted"	Corporal	815233	British
Smith, Raymond Walter	Private		British
Spink, George William Charles	Aircraftman 1st Class	631974	British
Squires, Frederick Arthur	Leading Aircraftman	909044	British
Strang, Ian MacFarlane Duff	Aircraftman 1st Class	1100038	British
Sunburk, William Herbert	Aircraftman 1st Class	1276782	British
Syder, Ernest Edward	Aircraftman 1st Class	575594	British
Sykes, Leonard	CQMS	3321	British
Tandy, Edward J. "Tully"	Gunner	4797	British
Taudien, Charles Hugo	Private	4564	British
Thomas, Robert William	Corporal	651056	British
Thompson, G.	Sergeant	805441	British
Timmins, Desmond Harry	Leading Aircraftman	805513	British
Tinson, Arthur Cecil	Private		British
Vassie, George Alfred	Leading Aircraftman	542615	British
Wade, Harold Anderton	Aircraftman 1st Class	1120333	British
Warrington, Leonard	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1067404	British
Watson, Dennis	Aircraftman 1st Class	576548	British
White, Victor Harold	CSM	1759	British
Wilkerson, Melvin C	Seaman		American
Williams, Ernest Hillas	Sergeant	4376	British
Wilson, William Murray	Private		British
Wood, James	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1158010	British
Wood, Walter John	Leading Aircraftman	611883	British
Wright, Norman William George	Corporal	625861	British

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