my father war records

[dustybaby]

thank you again. will do that.
wish i could return the favour.
wishing all the very best in your own research.
dustybaby x

[Arthur68]

Hi.
   The National Archives has Records of Prisoners captured by the Japanese, and they hold 50,000 Index Cards in WO345 which
the Japanese compiled. The Personal details are in English, but the other information is in Japanese.
All of these Records are available to view in the Archive reading rooms at Kew. In my experience I found it much easier to pay them to research & send the Documents. Prison of War information will show on Military Records.

[narnie TL]

I agree with all that has been said. One thing to take into account is, sometimes men would be separated from their reg. and attatched to an other . Like some one said he could have been a regular. My granddad lied about his age when he joined up. He was only 14. if that helps

[mlrfn448]

My Uncle was a Jap POW, in Java and then Changi jail in singapore.
In his case, he had kept all his war time papers, many of which were deposited at the Imperial War Museum (IWM), after his death.
When I contact the IWM a few years ago, then sent me photocopies of everything they had free of charge. This included his medical record, weight, etc, so I was able to find out quite a bit about his time there.
The point being that the IWM may also be a place to contact.
Cheers!

[John67]

Hi my grandfather also called James Hammond and was from Barrhead.

He married his first wife Janet McPhail on the 27th of May 1918 and I believe they had two sons called James and John.I know he lived with them in Barrhead until 1930.

He married my gran on 8th October 1955 and lived at 161 Ferguslie Park Avenue and they had five children Janet born 1937, my dad Robert Hammond born 1938, David born 1942, Margaret born 1944 and Elizabeth born 1945.

Do you know if there is any connection.