Pictures of POWs

Tent rigged on fantail of USS Brister for the very sick POWs -- it was too hot below deck








Most of the POWs in the above two pictures were British POWs.  All of these men had been POWs for 3 1/2 years and were captured when Singapore fell.








POWs relaxing on deck.









British POWs Henry Eldrett of Kingsbury, London, England and Allen W. Edrich of Nr. Norwich, Norfolk, England reading newspapers to catch up on world events.








My Dad identified these British POWs in his diary (in no particular order) as William H. Rawlingson of Yorkshire, England, Philip D. Anderson of Bedfordshire, England and Lawrence A. Charlesworth of London, England.








These British POWs were identified by my Dad (in no particular order) as:  Henry Eldrett of Kingsbury, London, England, Allen W. Edrich of Nr. Norwich, Norfolk, England, , Ronald W. Sleet of London, England, Douglas P. Dutton of Suffolk, England, Richard H. Bristow of Cheshire, England, Dennis H. Tooley of Bedfordshire, England, Robert Jackson of North Wales, Peter Farrell of County Louth, Ireland, Arthur South of London, England and Charles E. Ruth of Belfast, Ireland


Update:  My thanks to Peter Farrell's family for identifying him in this photo.  He's in the front row, first person on the left.







British POWs identifed (in no particular order) as:  Charles E. Ruth of Belfast Ireland, Arthur South of London England, George W. Bailey of Yorkshire, England and Harry G. Anderson of Kincardineshire, Scotland

Update:  My thanks to the daughter of Harry G. Anderson for identifying him in this photo.  He is the first person on the right.








The man in the center is American POW Carlton Hill of Lexington, Oklahoma.  (The men on either side are members of the crew.)  Carlton Hill was a Bataan Death March survivor.  My research has shown that Carlton was a Corporal in the U.S. Army, 31st Infantry Regiment, G Company.  He was transported from the Philippines in Aug. 1942 on the Nagara Maru, then transferred to the Otaru Maru, ending up in the Taihoku POW camp in Taiwan until rescued at the end of the war.  Twenty-nine of the regiment's members earned the Distinguished Service Cross and one was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but the entire chain of command died in captivity before the medal recommendation could be formally submitted. Roughly half of the 1600 members of the 31st Infantry who surrendered at Bataan perished while prisoners of the Japanese.
















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