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....
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.
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
The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. It became a 'Royal' Borough on ...
Politician. Born Edwin Duncan Sandys at the Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset. He entered parliament in 1935, the same year that he married Diana, the daughter of Winston Churchill. He served in ...
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map Newfoundland, explored around Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and made the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. K...
Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand
Military and political leader. Born at Ajaccio, Corsica. He trained as an officer in France and achieved prominence under the first French Republic. He led successful campaigns against the first an...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France
Spenser to the left; Bacon to the right. The frieze announces proudly 'Islington Central Library'. Above the keystone of the porch the da...
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