Title From Shanghai to the Burma railway : the memoirs & letters of Richard Laird, a Japanese prisoner of war / edited by Rory Laird

Published Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword Military, 2020

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Description 1 online resource, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps Contents Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Sources and Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1 Shanghai 1937 to 1939 -- Chapter 2 Singapore and Penang 1939 to 1941 -- Chapter 3 Prisoner of War -- Changi February 1942 to April 1943 -- Plate section -- Chapter 4 Prisoner of War -- 'F' Force and the Burma Railway April to December 1943 -- Chapter 5 Prisoner of War -- Changi and Freedom December 1943 to October 1945 -- Postscript Appendix I Narrative of 'F' Force in Thailand, April -- December 1943 : By Captain Cyril H.D. Wild, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry -- Appendix II Report on Prisoners of War in Thailand May To December 1943 : By Lieutenant Colonel F.J. Dillon, OBE, MC, (AA & QMG 18 DIV.) -- Appendix III Tanbaya Hospital Burma -- Medical Report Aug 1st -- Nov 24th 1943 : By Major Bruce Hunt, AAMC, Commanding Burma Hospital -- Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2020) Subject Laird, Richard Burma-Siam Railroad -- History SUBJECT Burma-Siam Railroad fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Diaries Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Correspondence Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Diaries Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Correspondence World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Burma World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Thailand World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities. Atrocities Prisoners of war Thailand Great Britain Burma Japan Genre/Form Electronic books autobiographies (literary works) Personal narratives Autobiographies Personal narratives Personal correspondence History Diaries Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Personal narratives. Autobiographies. Biographies. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Laird, Rory, editor ISBN 9781526771124 1526771128

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