To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Acting Lance Bombardier

Frederick Seymour Lindley

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1921/01/10 - Born Gardbridge, Fifeshire, Scotland

Son of David Spence and Mabel Lilium Lindley

Occupation Hotel Owner

Royal Artillery

155 Field Regiment

11th Division

 

Japanese PoW

1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore

PoW No. M-7984

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1942/10/25 - Transported oversea in England Maru with ‘Z’ Force to Thailand

With 1100 PoWs

Commander Lt-Col. E.W.F. Jephson, RA 5th Field HQ

1943/11/14 - Arrived Keelung, Thailand after three week journey

 New PoW No. IV 1884

Frederick and 499 other PoWs taken to Kinkaseki - Camp 1

Worked in Copper Mine

1945/03 - Transferred to Taihoku Camp - Camp 6

 

Died

Age 24

1945/05/16

Cause of Death Malnutritional Oedema Terminal - Dysentery

Plus Beriberi & Acute Enteritis

Died at No. 4 Camp, Taihoku, Taiwan

Buried Taihoku

 

Memorial

Sai Wan War Cemetery

VI. F. 5.

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

 

Information

Japanese Transport

Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Never Forgotten - Taiwan PoW Camps

KEW:- WO 392/25, WO 361/1475, WO 361/1475/2, WO 361/1475, WO 361/1216, WO 361/1582, WO 345/1, WO 361/1968, WO 361/2061, WO 361/2186,

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