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Burma Railway
« on: Friday 29 August 08 00:37 BST (UK) »
Hello, I am seeking details on my uncles experiences during WW2...

Reginald Mutton joined the army in 1939 (4th Battalion Royal Norfolk) using a false age to get in, he made corporal and was taken prisoner in Singapore and almost died on the Burma Railway, he came home at the end of the war in late August 1945 after spending all that time under the Japanese.

Are there any websites dedicated to the WW2 Burma Railway where Reginald might be mentioned ? Pictures, memorials etc

Regards
Phil
Norfolk:
MUTTON, AMIES, AMISS, BLOOM, BODDY, BRISTER, CURTIS, EDRIDGE, EWLES, GOODSON, HALL, HARDINGHAM, HEWITT, HIGH, JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, LINCOLN, LUBBOCK, MALLETT, NEWSTEAD, POSTLE, RUMBOLD, TUBBY, WYAND

Birmingham:
WILSON, TAYLOR

Germany:
WOLF, FIEDLER


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Re: Burma Railway
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 August 08 22:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Phil,

if you go to www.fepow-community.org.uk you will find various posts with regards to the 4th Bt Royal Norfolk regiment. The 4th bt were a TA battalion and they were mobilised on 1st September 1942, embarking from Liverpool they arrived in Singapore (via Halifax Ca. and also South Africa -Durban I think) on 29th January 1942 only to be captured on the 15th Feb. On the link that I have given, you should be able to post on the fepow community message board any enquiry with regards to your uncle and also his regiment.

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Re: Burma Railway
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 11 January 14 20:56 GMT (UK) »
hi

my grandad also joined 4th btln norfolk reg was took on train to various camps and changi prison
and burma railway then escape was in the jungle i wonde if  new each other im looking everywhere for information havent found 1 photo yet either :( jo

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Re: Burma Railway
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 15 August 20 13:17 BST (UK) »
I believe the man your asking about is my grandad

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Re: Burma Railway
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 08 May 21 22:59 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Muttonemm on Saturday 15 August 20 13:17 BST (UK)
I believe the man your asking about is my grandad

Muttonemm who was your grandfather, where from?
Norfolk:
MUTTON, AMIES, AMISS, BLOOM, BODDY, BRISTER, CURTIS, EDRIDGE, EWLES, GOODSON, HALL, HARDINGHAM, HEWITT, HIGH, JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, LINCOLN, LUBBOCK, MALLETT, NEWSTEAD, POSTLE, RUMBOLD, TUBBY, WYAND

Birmingham:
WILSON, TAYLOR

Germany:
WOLF, FIEDLER


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Re: Burma Railway
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 09 May 21 07:48 BST (UK) »
Mr grandad was Reginald mutton wife Gwen from gt  Yarmouth gorleston / Bradwell
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