These are some of the brave men who were ‘forgotten’ amid the celebrations at the end of the Second World War.
While thousands in Britain marked VE (Victory in Europe) Day in May 1945, the conflict continued for another three months in the Far East, where many servicemen received brutal treatment from their Japanese captors.
This picture, above, shows Oxford members of the Far East Prisoners of War organisation at a reunion, possibly at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
We know the names of only two of them – Tommy Bowen, front centre, and Ivo Poulter, right with the walking stick. Can anyone name the others?
As we reported (Oxford Mail, April 11 and May 8), a group called Oxfordshire Children of Far East Prisoners of War is trying to raise awareness of the “forgotten men of the forgotten army”, ahead of the 70th anniversary of VJ (Victory in Japan) Day on August 15.
More than 140,000 Allied troops were taken prisoner in the Far East.
More than 30,000 died and many others were lucky to survive.
Please write to Memory Lane if you can supply any of the four missing names.
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