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Taff Gillingham

@Taff_Gillingham

6 months ago

All set for our #HuttedHistories talk tonight. #FEPOWs #18thDivision

Taff Gillingham

@Taff_Gillingham

6 months ago

A quick reminder that our April #HuttedHistories talk is this coming Wednesday, 22nd April, at 7.30pm. It’s my turn to be the speaker so I will be talking about… ‘A Very Different War - Suffolk Soldiers in the Far East’ It is now over 80 years since VJ Day and the Second World War will soon have slipped from living memory. Many of the campaigns and battles of 1939-45 are firmly etched into the national conscious, but the story of the war in the Far East, and in particular the disastrous campaign in Malaya, are not so well known. The suffering of those who were captured at Singapore in February 1942, and the cruelty endured by them in captivity, should be much more widely known. Many servicemen, servicewomen and civilians were captured after the Fall of Singapore, but East Anglia suffered disproportionately so it is appropriate that the story is told through a Suffolk perspective. With anecdotes and artefacts from many of the Far East Prisoners of War that he knew, Taff tells their stories and reminds us why we must not forget. Many local people will have relatives who served with the 4th or 5th Suffolks, 1st or 2nd Cambridgeshires or the other units of the 18th Division. Do come along and share your stories. For more details and tickets: https://t.co/jjdnQ71Ke3

Taff_Gillingham's tweet photo. A quick reminder that our April #HuttedHistories talk is this coming Wednesday, 22nd April, at 7.30pm.

It’s my turn to be the speaker so I will be talking about…

‘A Very Different War - Suffolk Soldiers in the Far East’

It is now over 80 years since VJ Day and the Second World War will soon have slipped from living memory.

Many of the campaigns and battles of 1939-45 are firmly etched into the national conscious, but the story of the war in the Far East, and in particular the disastrous campaign in Malaya, are not so well known.

The suffering of those who were captured at Singapore in February 1942, and the cruelty endured by them in captivity, should be much more widely known.

Many servicemen, servicewomen and civilians were captured after the Fall of Singapore, but East Anglia suffered disproportionately so it is appropriate that the story is told through a Suffolk perspective.

With anecdotes and artefacts from many of the Far East Prisoners of War that he knew, Taff tells their stories and reminds us why we must not forget.

Many local people will have relatives who served with the 4th or 5th Suffolks, 1st or 2nd Cambridgeshires or the other units of the 18th Division. Do come along and share your stories.

For more details and tickets:

https://t.co/jjdnQ71Ke3

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SCOTLAND FEPOW TRUST

@ScotFEPOWtrust

over 1 year ago

Join us as we approach the final weeks leading to #vjday80 to learn our loved ones stories #veterans #burmacampaign #singapore #fepows #pacificwar #ww2 #WW2 #military

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SCOTLAND FEPOW TRUST

@ScotFEPOWtrust

over 1 year ago

Remembering all those fallen who did not make it home from the Pacific Theatre #fepows #vjday #vj80 #veday #vedayanniversaru #ww2

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SCOTLAND FEPOW TRUST

@ScotFEPOWtrust

almost 2 years ago

#LestWeForget #rememberanceday #rememberace #argyllandsutherlandhighlanders #fepows #pow #japan #japanese #burma #Malaysia #singapore #vj #vjday #vjday80 #scotland

ScotFEPOWtrust's tweet photo. #LestWeForget #rememberanceday #rememberace #argyllandsutherlandhighlanders #fepows #pow #japan #japanese #burma #Malaysia #singapore #vj #vjday #vjday80 #scotland https://t.co/ocTDske1ji

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SCOTLAND FEPOW TRUST

@ScotFEPOWtrust

almost 2 years ago

#Remembrance #RemembranceDay #Veteran #ww2 #militaryhistory #fepows #pow #POW #lestweforget #forgotten #rbli #remembrancesunday #pacificwar

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SCOTLAND FEPOW TRUST

@ScotFEPOWtrust

about 2 years ago

Don't scroll past without listening to Alistair Urquhart Gordon Highlanders Speaking of his time as a far east prisoner of war #Remembrance #remembranceday #fepow #fepows #ww2 #WW2 #America #bagpipes #BreakingNews #burma #brotherhood #CommunitySupport #Courage #Heroes #highlander #Hiroshima #Hiroshima_Atomic_Bomb_Day #japanese #Japan #neverforget #poppy

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Suffolk Regt Friends @Sk_Rgt_Friends

over 2 years ago

Remembering all the Suffolk Regiment, and Cambridgeshire Regiment #FEPOWs 82 years after the Fall of Singapore. ‘Stabilis’

Taff Gillingham

@Taff_Gillingham

over 2 years ago

Every year on 15th February I spare a thought for all of those fellas of 4th & 5th Suffolks, and 1st & 2nd Cambs, I knew who were captured at Singapore on this day in 1942. It still surprises me that they could still be so cheerful after the appalling treatment they all suffered.