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Killed in Action
118 Field Regiment
Royal Artillery
History
Compiled by Ron Taylor
Into Captivity Singapore
15th February 1942 - 15th August 1945
On the long march to Changi, information on Japanese atrocities were surfacing and as some of the 118 Field Regiment had been taken to the Alexandra Hospital where although it was a Red Cross Hospital, on the 14th the Japanese troops went on the rampage, bayoneting the patients in their beds, even killing doctors and patients in an operation theatre.
Alexandra Hospital
The killing did not end till the next morning, 15th February. It was believed that over 300 had died in the Japanese attack. Thoughts went out to the injured 118 Field Regiment who had been taken there. The gunners did not know what to expect under the Japanese as prisoners.
After arriving at Changi, they were allocated accommodation in the 18th Division sector, with not a Japanese guard in site.
After a week the British food which was salvaged by the camp began to run out, so the men were put on rations. Fear of disease was a major problem for the medical staff, so orders were given that all water was to be boiled before drinking. By the end of month dysentery was breaking out as the sanitary conditions were poor and signs of Beri Beri were seen.
The Japanese with so many prisoners at their disposal, started using the PoWs as slave labour in Singapore City, clearing it up from the after affects of the Battle of Singapore. Then in May rumours were being turned into reality when PoWs were being transported to farther away destinations. Many of the 118 Field being to be entrained to Thailand on the 24th June with the promise of more food and better accommodation, this group was part of the June Mainland Parties.
Death Roll
Singapore PoWs
15th February 1942 - 15th August 1945
Please click on the  next to each date below to extend information
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Died
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Name
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Service/No
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1942/03/23
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Thompson, Victor John
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909987
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1942/04/28
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Crew, William Charles
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910692
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1942/05/25
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Richards, Alfred James
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1103375
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1942/06/04
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Spurling, Robert William Edward
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915620
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1942/06/09
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Robins, Sidney Francis
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914205
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1942/06/20
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Broome, Donald Peter
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1085908
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1942/06/21
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Howitt, Wilfred
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911268
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1942/07/23
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Martin, Francis Bernard
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908525
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1942/07/24
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Hobbis, Charles Victor
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947558
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1942/08/01-1942/08/31
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Garton, Charles Maurice
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908484
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1942/09/06
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Meadows, Ernest George
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910649
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1942/10/12
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Crewe, George Haydn
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3960229
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1942/11/29
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Salmon, Ronald Charlwood
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914832
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1943/05/13
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Sadler, William
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1115702
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1943/07/11
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Willshire, John Ralph
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758495
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1943/08/29
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Harrison, William Walter
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103603
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1945/04/09
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Mitchell, Thomas James
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1101527
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