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851110
Bombardier
Thomas Albert Williams
1917/11/12 - Born Cheshire
Son of Thomas and Alice Williams
Family moved to Eglwys Cross, Tybroughton, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Occupation Regular Soldier
1935/11/13 - Enlisted
Above - Royal Artillery Attestations 1935
Next of kin:- Parents. T & A Williams, Eglwys Cross, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Royal Artillery
16 Defence Regiment
Fixed Defences, Southern Area, Singapore
1942/05/04 - WO 417/42, Casualty List No. 814. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/06/25 - WO 417/62, Casualty List No 1170. Previously posted on Casualty List No 814 as Missing now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/02/17 - Changi Camp
PoW No, IV 2754
1942/05/03 - Haverlock Road Camp
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/12 - Transported overland to Thailand from River Valley Camp, Train 4
9th train to Thailand with 650 PoWs
Group 4 (05) D Work Battalion
New PoW No. IV 17135
Thailand Camps:-
Tha Sao
1942/10/23 - Wang Pho
Commander Col. Lilley, Sherwood Foresters
1943/03/15 - Kanchanaburi Base Hospital April (Dysentery)
1943/10/02 - Back to Tha Sao
1944/09/15 - Tha Muang
1944/11/1944 - On Tha Muang Roll
1945/03/09 - Nakhon Nayok.
1945/08/1945 - on Nakhon Nayok Roll
Commander RMS Stimpson
1945/09/04 - Liberated
Liberation Questionnaire
1945/09/04 - WO392/26, Service Number 581110 on original source crossed out and changed to 851110. Now ‘No longer a Prisoner of War’.
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Defence Medal
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
1946 - Married Eileen Mary Taylor
They were blessed with four children
Alice, Dorothy, Tom and Rosemary
(Alice being the oldest, born 1949)
Died
18th May 1961
Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales
Information
Alice Williamson - Daughter
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
British Far East PoW Roll
Jzpanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 392/26, WO 345/56, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2188,
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