I ENCLOSE a photograph of a group of Far East prisoners of war from Oxford, ready to board a coach to the Festival Hall in London for a reunion in the early 1950s.
They include Bill Long and his wife Gladys, Les Long (no relation to Bill) and his wife Evelyn, and Tommy and Mrs Bowen.
Les Long was Pc53 in the Oxford City Police force and, with his wife, later ran the Marlborough Arms in St Thomas’s and The White Hart in Old Marston.
Can anyone name others in the picture?
As your readers will have seen in the Oxford Mail, our organisation, Children of Far East Prisoners of War (COFEPOW) is running an awareness campaign in the run-up to VJ (Victory in Japan) Day on August 15.
If you are a relative of a Far East prisoner-of-war and would like to find out more about COFEPOW, email me at ic.fergusson@btinternet.com
IAN FERGUSSON
Marston Road
Oxford
THE Kidlington branch of the Royal British Legion, in conjunction with St Mary’s Church, is holding a short service to mark VJ (Victory in Japan) Day on Saturday, August 15.
It will take place at the war memorial outside the church in Church Street, Kidlington, at midday. Everyone is welcome to attend.
STAN WHITE
President, Kidlington Royal British Legion
Cherwell Avenue
Kidlington
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