prisoner of war names

[Lou Barron]

thank you for the list of mn guys who buried in kranji donald macdonaldif my memory serves me ithink don died in the last stages of the war i had the good fortune to visit kranji after my wife and was on our way back to nz after being in the uk in1993and we stayed in singapore for a few days it had sure had changed we went to kranji it is very well laid out we had no trouble finding the graves of these people we also went to changi jail but i was pleased to get back to nz

[DeepSea]

Sadly Donald MacDonald died in the British General Hospital in Singapore from Beri Beri, most likely brought on by the starvation endured during captivity.

[Lou Barron]

hi deep sea i knew donald as we where together that is the guys off the gloucester castle the last six months in changi would have to be the worst part of it malnutrition and we suffered skin complaints from ringworm and other ones one that we nearly all had was the drying up and cracking of the scrotum and it was very painful at times we use to call it changi balls and hygiene not heard of but we survived

[Lou Barron]

i would dearly love to visit liverpool i have been thinking about it but my healh is not the best and it would be to long a trip now and it as got very exspensive to fly now but as long as i have the laptop to keep in contact i will be happy with that

[Hugh]

Hello Charles,

Been doing some housekeeping on my files and note from your first post #1 the name Lofty Cooper. I don't know if this is the same man but as he was aboard your ship and a PoW you may recall him.
The last three columns show the date of arrival in Manila, the date of repatriation and the repatriating ship's name. In this case the ss JOSEPH DYCKMAN.


Regards
Hugh

[Captain Kong]

If I win the Lottery Lou I will sail you back to Liverpool, with Peggy of course.
All the best to the family,
I visited the Kranji war cemetery while I was in Singapore, a very quiet but beautiful place now. May they all rest in peace there. I saw a sad one, wernt they all?, it was a grave of an 18 year old Red Cross girl from England, Killed by the Japanese.
Cheers
Brian

[Lou Barron]

Hi Hugh yes inthink that was Lofty alright he was with us nSingapore and a relly good guy i suppose he as crossed the bar now

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Hi Brian I do hope you win the lottery very kind thoughts for to fly us Liverpool i am still got it in the back of my mind ..Peggy says i should go i can afford to go but i do not like leaving Peg as she is not in the best of health just now

[Keith at Tregenna]

Possibly via a lap top and skype or similar, could include: Charles Louis Barron etc.

"I would dearly love to visit liverpool I have been thinking about it but my health is not the best and it would be to long a trip now and it as got very exspensive to fly now but as long as I have the laptop to keep in contact I will be happy with that CLB".

LINK: http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/m...-meetup-2.html

K.

[John Pruden]

any member can have my SKYPE adress i use it all the time PM me for it{no heavy breathers}JP

[Captain Kong]

Hi Brian I do hope you win the lottery very kind thoughts for to fly us Liverpool i am still got it in the back of my mind ..Peggy says i should go i can afford to go but i do not like leaving Peg as she is not in the best of health just now , Lou.
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Hi Lou ,
I said I would SAIL you back to Liverpool not Fly. then Peggy could be in comfort. I havent won the Lottery yet, but I am working on it.
Please give my regards to Peg, and I hope she improves.
All the Best
Brian.