Hamill, Thomas. Private. 3054391. Royal Scots
Private Hamill died during the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
Private Hamill died during the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
Heather, Charles K. Corporal. 6200185. Middlesex Regiment Corporal Heather was imprisoned at Shanghai due to being too sick to travel. In 1945 he was reportedly hospitalised, whilst still in Shanghai, due to serious illness. He then appears to have been moved to the Military Internment Camp in Peking and then possibly transferred to Shanghai/St Luke’s Hospital, and subsequently released to Allied custody in May 1945. [Wedding Photograph: November 1945] |
Hickenbottom [Morley], Dennis J. Bandsman. 3054454. Royal Scots
Bandsman Morley was held at Osaka 2b POW Camp (Kobe House). After the camp was bombed on 6 June 1945, he was held at Maruyama until 19 June 1945, and then transferred to Nagoya 10b POW Camp, where he remained until liberation. He had enlisted, and served under, the surname Hickenbottom. Dennis Morley, who was believed to be the last living survivor of the Lisbon Maru massacre, died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 101. |
Ireson, William V. Lance Sergeant. 1873170. Royal Engineers
Lance Sergeant Ireson was liberated from Osaka 2b POW Camp.
[William Ireson (slightly to the front) at his wedding in 1947. Some of the guests are also former POWs.]
Lance Sergeant Ireson was liberated from Osaka 2b POW Camp.
[William Ireson (slightly to the front) at his wedding in 1947. Some of the guests are also former POWs.]