Originally Posted by
cappy
same here my uncle of whom my brother was named after was taken at singapore .....northumberland fusilier.....after getting back from dunkirk ......he was home in oct 45 i month after his father died ....i have a small card saying i am well from the camp injapanese hands ,,,his bestmate from whitley bay died there.....my uncle stayed at my grans who was in such a state during his capture ...if she saw the telegram boy coming up the street she shut the curtains thinking perhaps it was a message to say he had passed those were hard times ......he was 8 stone when he got back .....cappy .....any way a lot better times now ....