During WW2 the Germans treated their British prisoners of war (POWs) quite well but those held by Japan were treated appallingly. Japan had not signed and ignored the Geneva Convention and denied any access to the Red Cross. 37% of those in Japanese POW camps died. Perhaps the worst conditions were suffered by those forced to build the Burma-Thailand railway.
The sculptor, Fred Kormis, was held as a prisoner of war in Siberia during WW1.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Prisoners of War
Designed by architect Chris Roche. The railway sleepers and track, symbolic o...
West Hampstead Live has a quote from Kormis explaining that each of the first...
Our photo shows one of the wood blocks and also a short piece of railway trac...
Roger Robinson's pictures shows him at the planting ceremony, 14 August 2005....
Vicereine of India and director of emergency relief services. Born Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley at 32 Bruton Street. A leading member of London society, she married Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1922....
Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Borneo, India
Members of the Royal Air Force who died by the actions of their captors whilst prisoners of war in Sandakan - Ranau, N. Borneo, 1943 - 45.
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...
Sculptor. He has also designed a number of British coins. John William Mills was born on 4 March 1933 in Balham, the elder of the two children of William Samuel Mills (1902-1943) and Lily Maud Pa...
Landscape designer to the Metropolitan Board of Works. He wrote 'Parks, Open Spaces and Thoroughfares of London' (1869). Was the first Superintendent of Alexandra Palace Park, and was also bailiff ...
Suffragette. Born Manchester, daughter of Emmeline, her eldest child and her favourite. Moved to America in 1939 and died in California.
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
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