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T/175572
Lance Corporal
Herbert Charles Foord
1916/06/18 - Born Eastbourne, Sussex
Son of William Charles and Julia Ellen (nee Edwards) Foord
Younger Brother to Cecil (b. 1905), Julian Ellen (b. 1907), Dorothy (b. 1910), Arthur James (b. 1912) and Frank (b. 1914)
Herbert’s Occupation, Driver
1937 October - Herbert married Marjorie E. Stevens in Hailsham, Sussex, when he was 21 years old.
1940/03/08 - Enlisted
Next of kin - Parents, William Charles and Julia Ellen Foord
Royal Army Service Corps
16 Mobile Bath Unit
53 Brigade
18th Division
Service
1941/10/30 - Sailed from Liverpool with Convoy CT.5 sailing for Halifax
1941/11/08 - Reached Halifax
1941/11/08 - Transferred to USS Mount Vernon
Along with:-
135 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
(+ Section of RC of Signals, Light Aid Det., R.A.O.C.)
287 Field Company, R.E.
53 Bde. Group Company, R.A.S.C.
198 Field Ambulance
2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment
5th Royal Norfolk Regiment
6th Royal Norfolk Regiment
Above Photo supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Aircraft
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Ships Front Line Top to Bottom
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Ships Back Line Top to Bottom
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
1941/11/23 2000 hrs - Crossed Equator
Captain Donald B. Beary (USS Mount Vernon)
After a brief visit to Trinidad to refuel, Cape Town was reached on December 9th only to find the Japanese had entered the war by attacking Pearl Harbour and Malaya.
Shore leave was granted in Cape Town before sailing on the 13th December for Bombay only to be then ordered on the 23rd to sail for Mombassa and then Singapore.
The Mount Vernon was escorted by the H.M.S. Emerald and reached Singapore Harbour at 13:15 on January 13th 1942.
1942/02/15 - Singapore fell to the Japanese
1942/03/10 - WO 417/39, Casualty List No.767. Reported ‘Missing’
1944/02/22 - WO417/71, Casualty List No. 1375. Previously reported Missing on Casualty List No. 767. Now reported ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore between 20:30-20:45
PoW No. II 1988
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/01 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Party ‘Q’, train 8
26th Train to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. D.R. Thomas, 5 Beds and Hearts
Was attached to Group 4 06 (L) Work Battalion
New PoW No. II 16801
Thailand Camps:-
1942/11/11 - Tha Sao, 125km from Nong Pladuk
Commander Lt-Col. A.E. Knights, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Japanese Commandant Capt. Suki
1944/07/10 - Konkoita, 262km from Nong Pladuk
Commander Lt-Col. McKellar, RA
Work involved Railway Maintenance and woodcutting
1944/10 - The lines were joined near Konkoita
1945/01/09 - Nakhon Pathom Hospital, 15km South of Nong Pladuk
Commander Lt-Col. Coates, RAAMC
New PoW No. II 6686
1945/09/04 - Liberated Nakhon Pathom Hospital
Liberation Questionnaire
1945/09/24 - WO417/96_2, Casualty List No. 1866. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1195 (Corrected by Casualty List No. 1375) as Prisoner of War now not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
Repatriation
Flown to Rangoon from Bangkok
1945/09/20 - Sailed from Rangoon, Burma in the MS Boissevain
1945/09/22 - Colombo
Via Suez (Port Said)
1945/10/12 - Arrived at Liverpool
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
1946 - Marjorie passed away at Morland Hall (Gauvain Hospital) Alton, Hampshire, at the age of 29.
1947/06/25 - Herbert married Dorothy Eva Castle in Eastbourne, Sussex.
They were blessed with son Graham.
Died
Aged 85
2001
At Eastbourne, Sussex.
Information
Graham Foord - Son
Glenda Godfrey
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Convoy William Sail 12X
Thailand-Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 345/18, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2196, WO 392/24,
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