To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Private

Robert Ross

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Born 1917/09/30 to Samuel and Mina Ross, Lanark, Scotland.

Royal  Scots

2nd Battalion

 

Service

Hong Kong - ‘B’ Company

 

Japanese PoW

1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong

1942/08/06 - Red Cross letter below

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Japanese Index Card - Side 1

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Japanese Index Card - Side 2

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1942/09/03 - Boarded Ship (Name unknown)

Many of the men in this draft would not sign the ‘No Escape’ document

In Command Captain Caesar Otway (Royal Engineers)

 1942/09/04 - Sailed with 618 PoWs

1942/09/15 - Arrived Japan

PoW Number 97

Tokyo Main Camp - Omori

1945/08/21 - Liberated

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.''

 

 

 

Keeping The Candle Burning

 

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In Memory FEPOW Family Loved Ones
Designed and Maintained by Ron Taylor.

 

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