Witton-William-John-Graham

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Private

William John Graham Witton

1920/01/14 - Born West Ham, London

Son of William John and Ethal Georgina (nee Davis) Witton

(Father’s occupation Club Steward, Custom House Constwork)

Brother to Phyllis (b.1912) and Doreen (b.1918)

William’s occupation Costing Clerk (Engineering First)

1940/10/17 - Enlisted

Next of kin - Parents, W J & E G Witton, 6a West Avenue, London, E17

Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

14th Section

Service

Transported to Singapore

1941/12/08 - Japan enters the war by attacking Pearl Harbour and Malaya

1942/03/31 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 785. Reported ‘Missing’.

1944/07/29 - WO417/79, Casualty List No. 1511. Previously shown missing on Casualty List No. 785, 15/02/1942. Now reported prisoner of war in Japanese hands (Thailand).

Japanese PoW

1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore Island

Changi Camp

PoW NO M-638

Japanese Index Card - Side One

Japanese Index Card - Side Two

1942/10/25 - Transported overland to Thailand with Letter Party ‘X’, train 1

19th Train to Thailand

Commander Lt-Col. C.E. Morrison, 1st Leicester Regiment

New PoW No. II 3043

Work Group 2

1944/05/17 - Transported to Singapore

1944/08/28 - Transported oversea to Osaka 4B - Tanagawa, Japan

New PoW No. II 45580

1945/05/15 - Transferred to Tokyo 7D - Omi, Japan

William is on the 194 British roll arriving at Tokyo 7B

(Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture)

1945/08/ - renamed Tokyo 13B

1945/08/15 on Tokyo 13B roll

Liberation Questionnaire

Transferred at Sakuragicho Station (Yokohama) to English Army Lieutenant Abbott.

1945/09/10 - 20 PoWs were lost in Transit Flight MACR 14973

1945/10/04 - WO417/97-2, Casualty List No. 1875. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1511 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.