Singapore

Another Door Part 3: In Beleaguered Singapore

Negotiating Fullerton road and Robinson road and finally Anson road junction we arrived at the mission...

Another Door Part 4: Escape to Sea

The 'Pinna's' high-diving Sandy would stay with the 'Makota' and its passengers, George...

Another Door Part 5: The Road to Palembang

Mossie said that upon leaving Bengkalis, the Resident had added that the airfield at Pekam Baru had had...

From Singapore with thanks

I could hardly go down with my ship because I didn稚 have one, I could not desert my post so,...

Syonanto (Singapore) 1942 - 1945

The only news we were able to get of the war came from the many soldiers taking refuge on our stairs and...

Syonanto 1941 to 1945

Awakened by gun fire I sheltered under our dinning table whilst Japanese bombers rained their bombs down on...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 18 - In Changi, Singapore

Very nearly broken-hearted, I ran into the nearby sergeants’ hut and asked if anyone had seen an...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 08 - The Battle for Singapore Continues

Thus, at a quarter past five, when he was facing what we thought was our front, Sgt. Hanton received a...

The Fall of Singapore - QMs Notes "The Loyals"

But in any campaign the problem of getting the men their rations is usually an easier matter in withdrawal...

A Month of Friday 13s

It looked as if the survivors were shortly going to join the swimmers but fortunately a couple of small...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 21 - A Journey Into The Unknown in Steel Cattle Trucks

Although I cannot remember all I had at that time, I certainly had the following: bucket, a four imperial...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 05 - The Chaos Begins

The Chinese women seemed to carry on with their daily chores right through the battle for Singapore,...

Eric Robinson's Story

Now in Java each little village has its own set of drums so they can pass messages to each other to tell...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 07 - Battle for Singapore

I stayed with the badly wounded Simpkin while Hanton returned over the wire for help, and a few minutes...

Soldier's View of the Fall of Singapore 1941-2

We were also told later that the order for surrender was given because the Japanese had cut off...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 09 - The Fall of Singapore

Singapore had no previously prepared positions for defense against an attack from the mainland of Malaya,...

Million to One Against Chance: Meetings in Capetown and London

Offering to take us on trips in the area, One day two mates and myself were offered a trip to the top...

Coalmining for the Japanese

Our job was to guard the front line in Siam, just waiting for things to happen, which they did, with the...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 06 - Fighting in Singapore

Our C.S.M poor Tommy was hors de combat, and my own officer had left us at the commencement of the action,...

Survivor from the Prince of Wales

HMS Prince of Wales was part of Force Z which was at Kuantan, Malaya when the Force was attacked by...

Flight from the Japanese Invasion of Singapore

Monday 29th December 1941 - Telegram from Mother in Singapore received in Tonbridge to say her and family...

A Global Trek in WW2: POW in the Far East

Already an enthusiastic amateur radio builder, he trained as a wireless operator/air gunner at RAF Cranwell...

My Teenage War Years - from Wembley to Singapore

I was 11 when the war broke out attending Wembley Hill School and often when the registar was call there...

Reality when the Dust Settled

Jap naval units had taken station around the island and sought, indiscriminately the few remaining...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 04 - A Long Way Round

Singapore itself is an island about twenty miles long, separated from the province of the Malayan mainland,...

Army Rugby in Singapore 1945/6

Interservice rugby matches were organised by the Army Rugby Club Secretary in Singapore in 1945/6,...