Tokyo 16B-Kanose

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

Tokyo 16B - Kanose

(Earlier known as Tokyo 16D)

PoWs worked in the Carbide mill owned by Showa Denko Co. a manufacturer of carbon rods.

1944 15th April the camp was established as Tokyo 16D

1944 16th April 100 POWs were transferred from Tokyo 2D Mitsushima (later known at 12B). Therse included 50 Americans. The British PoWs had arrived in Japan in late November 1942. The American Pows arrived on the Nagato Maru.

1944 12th June Dr Liang who was a on the SS Nankin arrived at the camp with medical orderlies from Shinagawa hospital.

1944 29th June the second group of 103 British PoWs arrive under Captain Janis. These all had worked on the Thailand-Burma Railway.

1945 28th January American Captain Donald W. Robinson, MC, is transferred to the camp.

1945 5th June 90 Hollanders are transferred from Tokyo 2B Kawasaki.

1945 9th June there was a fire incident in the carbide mill, when the roof collapsed under the weight of snow as three men were pulling a wagon of carbide, they were heavily splashed and fell into the snow. The water reacted with the carbide causing even worse burns - and they died from injuries soon after.

1945 August The camp was renamed Tokyo 16B

1945 September the camp was 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

Tokyo 16B - Kanose Rolls

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Died

Name	Rank	Service/No	Nationality
Buchan, John Ford	Gunner		British
Compton, Arthur Frank	Bombardier		British
Crowdell, Oliver	Gunner		British
Foster, John	Gunner		British

Survived

Name	Rank	Service/No	Nationality
Aitken-Quack, Harold	Private		British
Allen, William	Private		British
Askew, Arthur James	Private		British
Bacon, Edward Frederick	Sergeant		British
Baker, Frank	Private		British
Baker, James Gordon	Private		British
Baker, Ronald Bernard Hartley	Lance Bombardier		British
Balmforth, Herbert	Signalman		British
Barnard, Kenneth Arthur	Private		British
Barry, James	Aircraftman First Class		British
Beament, Ronald Alec	Private		British
Bedder, George Harold Charles	Private		British
Bennington, Silvester Jack	Private		British
Boon, Walter Sidney	Private		British
Botting, James John Arthur	Corporal		British
Brand, Ernest Henry	Driver		British
Brenchley, Harry	Gunner		British
Brocklehurst, Frank	Private		British
Brown, Victor Percy	Gunner		British
Brown, William Henry	Gunner		British
Bush, Charles James	Private		British
Byford, Francis Howard	Corporal		British
Cason, Frederick Towns	Private		British
Chalmers, James Calder	Aircraftman First Class		British
Chambers, Frederick James	Private		British
Chater, Leslie Hilton	Flt Lt		British
Collins, Edwin Ernest	Lance Bombardier		British
Collins, Eric Terence Charles	Aircraftman First Class		British
Collison, Frederick	Private		British
Connell, Walter	Gunner		British
Cooper, Harry	Gunner		British
Cowell, Bert Alfred	Gunner		British
Cranston, Raymond Charles	Lance Corporal		British
Davis, Arthur William	Sergeant		British
Davis, Frederick	Private		British
Dedman, Henry Victor	Private		British
Desert, George A.	Gunner		British
Dickerson, Charles James	Private		British
Dixon, Philip Frederick	Lance Corporal		British
Doolan, Michael J.A.	Gunner		British
Driver, Jonas Walter	Private		British
Duffy, James	Leading Aircraftman		British
Dulling, Stewart Mervyn	Private		British
Eaton, William Henry	Corporal		British
Facey, Albert	Lance Corporal		British
Fell, Ronald	Private		British
Filby [Falby?], Derek Furgnal John	Private		British
Findlay, William James	Leading Aircraftman		British
Flindall, Eric George	Gunner		British
Flower, Albert Edward	Private		British
Flynn, Hugh	Corporal		British
Foskett, Desmond	Leading Aircraftman		British
Franklin, Norman	Private		British
Friend, Basil Lloyd	Private		British
Giddens, Samual Richard	Private		British
Gilbert, William Leonard	Corporal		British
Grant, Alexander Dow	Sergeant		British
Hale, Stanley Bertram	Private		British
Hand, Douglas	Private		British
Hart, Harry	Corporal		British
Head, Arthur Mairice	Corporal		British
Hemmings, Reginald	Corporal		British
Hicks, Albert Henry	Private		British
Hill, Frederick	Corporal		British
Hill, Robert Frank	Private		British
Hindle, Alfred John Philip	Private		British
Hirst, Percy Raymond	Private		British
Hodds, Stanley Jack	Colour Sergeant		British
Howe, Richard B.	Corporal		British
Ingle, Harry Russell	Sergeant		British
James, Archie	Corporal		British
Jannis, Morris	Captain		British
Jarvis, Arthur Robert	Corporal		British
Kerridge, Wellesley Frank	Private		British
Kidd, Wilfred Harry	Lance Corporal		British
Kitchener, Ernest "Cliff"	Private		British
Knight, Arthur Leslie	Private		British
Laing, John Joseph	Ship Surgeon		British
Lane, James Lawrence	Corporal		British
Lewis, Victor	Private		British
Llewellyn, Idris George	Corporal		British
Longman, Robert Ernest	Private		British
Martin, William Robert	Lance Corporal		British
McDonald, Harold	Corporal		British
McLauchlan, Charles	Gunner		British
Merry, Alec Cecil	Private		British
Metcalf, Alfred	Private		British
Miller, Walter William	Corporal		British
Milligan, Alexander	Aircraftman First Class		British
Mills, John	Gunner		British
Murphy, Patrick	Private		British
Murray, Gerald	Gunner		British
Neithercott, Peter Harry Roger	Private		British
Overend, Albert	Private		British
Pardon, Arthur Frank	Private		British
Parker, George Ralph	Corporal		British
Parker, Sidney Henry	Lance Corporal		British
Passey, Walter John	Private		British
Pedder, Edward James	Gunner		British
Peet, Harold	Private		British
Penn, Stanley Freer	Private		British
Perry, Richard	Flight Sergeant		British
Phillips, Charles Harry	Lance Corporal		British
Postle, Charles Edward	Lance Corporal		British
Powell, John William	Private		British
Preston, Leslie Byard	Corporal		British
Quays, Gerald Anthony	Aircraftman Second Class		British
Quennell, William J.H.	Lance Bombardier		British
Rainer, Arthur Reginald (Reg)	Private	5826866	British
Ramsey, Thomas Charles	Sergeant		British
Ramshaw, Albert	Private		British
Reed, Albert Howard	Gunner		British
Reynolds, Thomas Charles	Aircraftman First Class		British
Robbins, Alfred	Private		British
Robinson, James Edward Cammell	Captain		British
Rogers, Harold Geoffrey	Corporal		British
Rolfe, Arthur William	Private		British
Rose, William Cyril	Sergeant		British
Ruoff, Harold Freeman	Private		British
Sadler, Sidney James	Lance Corporal		British
Savage, John Muir	Private		British
Sawer, Charles	Private		British
Sawyer, Edward George James	LSergeant		British
Simmonds, Osmond Henry	Corporal		British
Simms, Ronald Charles	Private		British
Skeet, Charles Edward	Private		British
Smith, Frank Lionel	Corporal		British
Southerington, Herbert	Private		British
Spatchett, Ronals Sidney	Private		British
Speller, William Peter	Lance Bombardier		British
Stanton, Leonard George	Private		British
Stokoe, Harry Henry	Gunner		British
Taylor, Edward William	Sergeant		British
Telford, John Edward	Gunner		British
Thacker, Albert Victor	Private		British
Thurlow, Edward Joseph	Private		British
Train, Herbert	Aircraftman First Class		British
Turner, Arthur	Private		British
Turner, Harold Sidney	Lance Corporal		British
Wainwright, Bert	Private		British
Wake, Edward Herbert	Private		British
Wallace, Jack Walter	Private		British
Wallace, Leslie Frank	Private		British
Waller, Arthur James Sidney	Private		British
Warner, Walter Ernest	Private		British
Waterman, Reginald Francis	Lance Corporal		British
Watson, Vernon	Private		British
Whale, John James	Sergeant		British
Whitley, Richard Harold	1st Sergeant		British
Wilby, Stanley Alexander	Private		British
Wilkinson, Henry	Private		British
Wilson, Ronald Derick	Private		British
Wooll, Cyril Walter	Corporal		British

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