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Captain and Quartermaster
Edward Charles Frederick Benford
1899/05/12 - Born Aldershot
Son of Edward Charles and Ellen Benford
Royal Artillery
3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. 5975
Japanese Index card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/26 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Party ‘W’
Group 4
Under Lt.-Col. R. McL. More, R.A., 2 H.A.A K.S.P.A
New PoW No. 120
Nakam Patom Hospital
Died
1944/04/24
Cause of Death - Amoebic Dysentery
Nakam Patom Hospital
Buried Grave A7
Nakam Patom Cemetery
After the war the War Graves exhumed Richard’s body and buried him at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
Loved Ones
Son of Edward and Ellen Catherine Benford; husband of Ruth Margaret Benford, of Welling, Kent
Memorial
8. A. 46.
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 392/23, WO 361/1529, WO 345/4, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1521, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1531, WO 361/1519, WO 361/2235, WO 361/1403, WO 361/2184
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