The British stronghold of Singapore fell to the Japanese in February 1942 and many British and Allied personnel were taken prisoner. At the Cottesmore Railway Museum a remembrance service was held today that marked the prisoners’ release from the many camps that held them in the Far East.
The Railway Museum at Cottesmore held an act of remembrance this morning at its Singapore Locomotive, to remember the release of Far Eastern prisoners of war, from prison camps throughout Japanese controlled territory.
Over 80,000 Allied personnel were taken prisoner when Singapore fell in 1942, one in four of them did not return. The 255 service personnel who gave their lives in the Falklands Conflict of 1982 were also remembered on the 40th anniversary of the war, along with many others who were killed in active service around the world.
White orchids were laid at the locomotive’s footplate. The Sheriff of Rutland, soldiers from Kendrew Barracks and representatives from the Australian High Commission were there along with authors of PoW books.
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