To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Gunner (Driver)

Harry Brown

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1920/05/10 - Born Norton, Hertfordshire

Son of William Henry and Alice Brown

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1932 - Harry at his sister Nellie’s marriage to Herbert Larman.

Harry went to school at Norton Road Council School, Letchworth

1941/03/05 - Married Elsie Joan Armitage at at the Free Church, Letchworth Hertfordshire.

(Elsie was born 1919/04/11)

 

Next of kin - Wife: Elsie, 62 Gernon Road, Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Royal Artillery

135th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment

 

Service

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Harry pictured with mates back left

Sobieski

1941/10/31 - The 135th Field Regiment sailed from Gourock in the Polish Free State vessel, ‘M,V. Sobieski’ and joined Convoy CT.5 (18th Division) off the Irish Coast

Also on board were the 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment as part of the 18th Division.

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1941/11/08 - Transferred to USS Mount Vernon with 53 Infantry  Brigade

1941/11/10 - Sailed from Halifax in Convoy William Sail 12X

1941/11/18 - Arrived Port Spain, Trinidad

1941/11/20 -  Sailed for Cape Town

1941/12/08 - Japan entered the war and invades Malaya

1941/12/09 - Arrived Cape Town

1941/12/13 - Sailed for Mombassa, Kenya

 1941/12/25 Arrived Mombassa, Kenya

1941/12/29 - Mount Vernon left Kenya for Singapore in Convoy DM.1

1942/01/04 - Mount Vernon anchored at Addu Atool  in the Maldive Islands, mail going ashore and taking on water. The next morning at 0900hrs, Convoy DM.1 got under way escorted by HMS Emerald , Exeter and Jumna.

1942/01/13 - At 1315hrs Mount Vernon docked at the Navy Yard, Singapore

 

1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese

 

1943/08/23 - WO 417/65, Casualty List No. 1219. Previously posted Missing now reported ‘Prisoner of War’.

 

Japanese PoW

1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore

Changi Camp

PoW No. M-1185

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1942/10/22 - Transported overland to Thailand with Sime Road Party, train 4

16th train to Thailand

Work Group 1

New PoW No. 2279

 

1944/09/15 - Transported back to Singapore

River Valley Camp

 

1945/02/02 - Transported oversea  in the Haruyasa Maru to Saigon, French Indo China. USS Paminito attacked convoy but the Haruyasa Maru not hit.

Party contained PoWs from Java Party 25, PoWs from Thailand, plus Javanese Romusha.

Party consisted of:- British 1168 - Australians 200 - Dutch 723

New PoW No. 40322

The Japanese wanted a runway built at Da Lat and 120 PoWs, including Harry, left by train.

Da Lat was a pre-war summer resort but the train did not make it that far as it was attacked by the Allies. Of the 120 only 27 survived the attack. The 27 were returned to Saigon as they were all walking wounded. Harry died in the train attack.

File of the dead which included Harry

Buried Son Mong, French Indo China

After the war Harry’s body was re-interred in a Commonwealth War Cemetery

 

Died

Age 24

1945/04/09

 

1946/01/26 - WO417/101, Casualty List No.1970. Previously shown on Casualty List No.1219 as Prisoner of War - Malaya. ‘Killed in Action’. Date of Death 1945/04/09.

 

Loved Ones

Son of William Henry and Alice Eliza Brown, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Husband of Elsie Joan Brown, of Letchworth

 

Memorial

Kranji

25. D. 9.

Brown-Harry-923527-Kranji War Cemetery

Kranji War Cemetery

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU”

 

Post War

1958/02/26 - Wife Elsie died of congenital heart disease with deficiency of heart muscle

 

Information

Liam Cornes

Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre

Glenda Godfrey

Mike Heather

Japanese Transports

Thailand-Burma Railway

Private 5776807 - Thailand-Burma Railway to Saigon

Commonwealth War Grave Commission

KEW Files:- WO 361/1185, WO 392/23, WO 361/2005, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1623, WO 361/2165, WO 361/1296, WO 361/2184,

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