Japanese POW

[morvanchris]

i am looking for any information regarding;
leonard william peck
ser no; t/181061  royal army service corps, attached to royal army medical corps

death 10/12/1943 in a camp working on the burma railway, not sure which camp?
he is buried in Kanchanburi war cemetary.
any information would be fantastic! i am his grandson and apart from the above, i have no
information or photos.
where can i apply for his war/military record?
where can i find information on life in these camps?

thanks a million in advance!

[Wendi]

Hi morvanchris and a Warm Welcome to Rootschat 

His next of kin can obtain his service record via this link

http://www.rootschat.com/links/014s/

and there maybe information regarding him at The National Archives, he may have filled in a Liberation questionnaire for example.

TNA have a research guide for PoWs here

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0499/

Wendi 

[mmm45]

Welcome to Rootschat

http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/

Hope this link works...it may give you info.Yes you can apply for his service record if you google Veterans agency it should give you the site to apply to.

Good luck in your quest it will prove fascinating and also harrowing at times.

Ady

[morvanchris]

thanks for the welcome and help, this is a fantastic forum, its heart warming to see the efforts people are going too to find these people who we all owe a huge debt to!

they should never be forgotten or "lost".

thanks again

also i now live in france in the morvan, west of dijon, and i know there are a few cemetaries here
that have british war graves(particularly the SAS originals who were aiding the marquis) i am willing to research/photograph any in my area for free, where should i post a thread to that effect

[liverpool annie]

Hi morvanchris and welcome !

The War Graves Photographic Project might have a photograph of his grave available for a donation

http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=902113

Good Luck !

Annie 

[liverpool annie]

Hi Chris !

The graves of those who died during the construction and maintenance of the Burma-Siam railway (except for the Americans - whose remains were repatriated) were transferred from camp burial grounds and isolated sites along the railway into three cemeteries at Chungkai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar ...... so your Leonard could have died anywhere along the track !

http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/asia_thailand_war%20graves.htm

I don't know if you've seen this site already but this will give you some ideas of what happened !

http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/asia_thailand1.html

Annie

[Wendi]

i now live in france in the morvan, west of dijon, and i know there are a few cemetaries here that have british war graves(particularly the SAS originals who were aiding the marquis) i am willing to research/photograph any in my area for free, where should i post a thread to that effect

On the Armed Forces General board would seem appropriate Chris, also check out the link liverpool annie gave I'm sure they'd be interested in another volunteer, a couple of Rootschatters already are!

Wendi  

[themonsstar]

I have this for your G/F in my Jap PoW records


T/181061
L/Cpl
RASC
Peck. W.L.
198 Field Amb
Died at Kamburi*, Thailand
10th Dec 1943
He died from Dysentery
Grave ? Cem No 3

* This could be Kanburi, which is know Kanchnaburi were his grave is:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2233620

[morvanchris]

thanks in bucketfulls!!!

the information is great, the link to the field ambulance makes sence as my father can remeber my grandmother saying something along those lines.

is there a way of finding out where they were operating at that time?(the 198)




will post the message there, thanks wendi


liverpool annie, themonsstar  and mmm45, many thanks guys!