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165583
Captain
Philip Edward Briggs
1916/06/27 - Born Stockport, Cheshire
Son of Frederick and Melinda Briggs
Royal Army Service Corps
54 Infantry Brigade Group
Service
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool for Halifax in Convoy CT.5.
1941/11/08 - At Halifax transferred to American liners
1941/11/10 - Left Halifax with Convoy William Sail 12X, destination unknown, believed to be Middle East.
Above Photo of Convoy William Sail 12X supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Front Line Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Back Row Top To Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
(USS Orizaba Ap-24 also sailed with Convoy though not pictured in photo)
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war by bombing Pearl Harbour and invading Malaya
18th Division diverted from Middle East and sent to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
PoW No. 23573
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/18/06 - Transported overland to Thailand in June Mainland Party
Commander Major R.S. Sykes, R.A.S.C. (18th Division)
New PoW No. 175
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
Information
Paddy Briggs
KEW:- WO 345/6, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2196, WO 392/23, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2068,
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