Jack Radford

Captured when Singapore fell and the Allied forces surrended. Held in a camp in Thailand, so probably was working on the Death Railway.
The 1st battalion had been based in India but with the threat of the Japanese Imperial Army was proposing towards Malaya the battalion was moved to Penang in February 1941. In May 1941 they were deployed to Sungei Patani and on the 7th December 941, when the Japanese army invaded Malaya they were based at Jitra..
On the night of 10/11th December they were engaged by the Japanese forces and from then until the Fall of Singapore on the 15th February 1942 and the surrender of the Allied forces they were engaged in continual action against the Japanese. On the 20th December due to the heavy casualties the regiment was amalgamated with the 2nd East Surrey Regiment as they nolonger had enough men to form a battalion. They fought at Jitra, Kampar, Bata-Pa Hat and Gurun Road.

Royalleicesterregiment.org.com
Enlisted 14/3/1938. Was serving as of 1/9/1939. Served in the Malayan Campaign and died as a prisoner of war 19/7/1943 aged 24. He is thought to have had maleria.
Remembered on the Singapore Memorial Column 66.

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