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Those known to have served with 35th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Blinko Alec Mark. Sgt. (d.5th March 1943)
- Boxall Henry. Sgt. (d.5th March 1943)
- Brown Alec James. Gnr. (d.5th March 1943)
- Clarke Edward. Gnr. (d.15th Sep 1945)
- Edmunds Edward P.. Dvr. (d.15th March 1944)
- John William Albert Johnny. L/Bdr. (d.3rd Dec 1942)
- Johnson Bert Richard. Gunner (d.30th Nov 1942)
- Keleher Horace Cecil. Pte.
- Mitchell Roy Warneford. Gnr. (d.5th March 1943)
- Payne Frank William. Gnr. (d.5th Mar 1943)
- Redgrave Harry Leslie. Gnr. (d.5th March 1943)
- Tozer Albert Edward. L/Bdr. (d.23rd Aug 1945)
- Tozer Albert Edward. L/Bdr. (d.23rd August 1945)
- Usher Herbert William. Gnr.
- Weir James. Bmbdr. (d.5th March 1943 )
- Williams William Christopher James. Sgt. (d.1943)
- Wright Frank Hugh. Gnr. (d.4th Dec 1942)
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Gnr. Harry Leslie Redgrave 35th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, HQ Coy. Royal Artillery (d.5th March 1943) Harry Redgrave was the son of William Arthur Redgrave and Annie Redgrave (nee Bilton), husband of Kathleen Mabel Redgrave (nee Hamblen).
Born in 1896, Harry had been a gentlemen's hairdresser in his civilian life, and had served during WW1 in the Territorial Force with the 6th Battalion City of London Rifles. In WW2 he served with the 35th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Harry died 5th of March 1943 aged 46 years and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, he has no known grave.
Harry was connected to the Redgrave family of acting fame through his grandfather Montague Redgrave.
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L/Bdr. William Albert Johnny John 89th Bty. 35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (d.3rd Dec 1942) William John was captured by the Japanese and spent seven months in a POW camp in Tandjong Priok, Batavia, Java, remaining there until October 1942. He was then transported to Japan on the hellships, Yoshida Maru and Singapore Maru, and developed dysentery whilst on board. He arrived in Japan during October 1942, where he was left on board ship. Finally, at the end of November, he was transported to Moji Hospital Camp, where he died on 3rd of December 1942.
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Gnr. Edward Clarke 35th L.A.A. Regiment, 78th Battery Royal Artillery (d.15th Sep 1945) Edward Clarke is my paternal grandfather. He died after three and a half years as a Prisoner of War. He is buried in Jakarta. Sadly, I do not believe that I will ever get to visit his last resting place.
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Bmbdr. James Weir 35 L.A.A. Regiment, 144 Bty. Royal Artillery (d.5th March 1943 ) James Weir is my uncle who was in 144th Battery, 35th L.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. He died as a POW. I would love to know any more history about him in the regiment.
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Gnr. Frank William Payne 35th L.A.A. Regiment, 89th Bty. Royal Artillery (d.5th Mar 1943) Frank Payne was a very brave man, I just wish I could have met him, very little is known about my granddad as my father was evacuated to London when he was 5 years old, unfortunately his mum died when he was 18 months old and his father died as a prisoner of war so my Dad stayed with his foster family and made a life never knowing what had happened to his dad until a few years ago.
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Pte. Horace Cecil Keleher 35th LAA Regiment, 78 Battery Royal Artillery Horace Keleher served with 78th Battery, 35th LAA Regiment.
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Gnr. Alec James Brown 35th Lit.Anti Air.Reg. Royal Artillery (d.5th March 1943) Alec James Brown is a distant relative of mine and discovered his past while working on our Family Tree
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Gnr. Herbert William Usher 35th LAA Regiment, 89th Battery Royal Artillery  Usher photo.jpg) My uncle Bill Usher served in the Royal Artillery 35/89 LAA. I know very little about uncle Bill (my mum's brother) other than what she told me about him.
Bill came home long after the war was over and he was a very sick man both physically and mentally. Mum said he never really spoke about it. But she did tell me he was a prisoner of the Japanese and was tortured by them (had his fingernails pulled out!). She also said that any time he saw a man that looked like he may be Japanese he would go mad. Sadly, Uncle Bill died in 1952 and mum in 1979, so I have no living relatives to give me more information.
He attested in 1940
and embarked from Scotland on the 12th of November 1941
and arrived in Singapore on the 13th of January 1942. Bill was taken prisoner on Java on the 8th of March 1942
He was transported to Singapore on the 11th of September 1943
and his Java Party of 16 was then transported to Japan on the 20th September 1943
They were
used as slave labour in Yamano Coal Mine, Inatsuki-cho, Kaho-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Bill was Liberated from Fukuoka No. 8B Branch Camp on the 21st of September 1945
That is all I know at this stage, as I continue to find information piece by piece.
I will make sure my family learn about the immense sacrifice that was made by the Far East Prisoners of War, who endured such horrors. Not only those who suffered and died, but those who lived and had to endure the memory of their suffering.
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Gunner Bert Richard Johnson 89th Bty. 35th L.A..A. Regt (d.30th Nov 1942) Burt Johnson was born in 1922. He served with 89 Bty., 35 L. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery.
Whilst serving in Singapore, Bert evaded capture 112 days after the British capitulation of The Battle of Singapore from the 8th - 15th of February 1942 due to critically low ammunition and essential supplies. The Battle also known as the Fall of Singapore and was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East". Bert was captured on the 8th of May 1942 along with 28 members of his own unit
Singapore was the major British military base in South-East Asia and was the keystone of British imperial interwar defence planning for South-East Asia as well as the South-West Pacific. The fighting in Singapore lasted seven days although this was preceded by two months of British resistance as Japanese forces advanced down the Malaya peninsula.
Once captured, Bert along with 40,000+ British soldiers were marched to the north-eastern tip of the island where they were initially imprisoned at a military base called Selarang, which was near the village of Changi. Soon after they were then transferred into Changi prison, soldiers were chosen in groups at random to work long periods of hard labour at the dock of Changi loading and offloading cargo and supplies. Eventually the POW numbers at Changi dropped as soldiers were eventually shipped off to Japan to various POW camp destinations.
After his capture by the Japanese on the 8th of May 1942, Bert would have at least spent one month at sea transiting from Singapore to Japan. During this time Bert along with 28 other soldiers from his battalion (89 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. of the Royal Artillery) developed Acute Colitis. Around Late October 1942 Bert along with over 100 other POWs were boarded on one of two transport ships: The Singapore Maru or The Dainichi Maru both destined for the shipping port at the Fukuoka Moji 4-B POW camp, this was built specifically for the weakest and the poorest health soldiers who were captured was then destined to work still work but on lighter duties at both the Moji dock and Moji transport railway. Upon arrival at port they was then identified, processed and incarcerated the same day on the 28th of November 1942. Two days later on the 30th Bert finally succumb to his Acute Colitis illness whilst under Japanese concentration and was pronounced dead by Chief Medical Officer Captain Allan Berkeley and Minoru Yoshida Probational Medical Officer.
Between November 1942 to May 1945 Bert, along with another 301 victims of Fukuoka Moji 4-B from Britain, Australia, Holland and the United States of America were cremated and entombed in a single urn which was buried on the hillside above Hongan-ji temple in Kusunoki-machi, in the city of Moji. After the fall of the camp circa 15th of August 1945 the grave was beautified by the Japanese, by direct order of the Allied Occupation Forces of the city. Their ashes still remain at this location today. (WO311/557)
After the war, the Commonwealth Graves Commission now supervises the Yokohama Cremation Memorial where now all 302 victims from the camp, have remembrance plaques dedicated to their memory.
I have conducted research into my long forgotten uncle to piece together his last months of service, Bert was my Great-uncle through my Grandmother Hilda Harle (nee Johnson) If anyone has any further information regarding Bert R Johnson please could you contact me.
As a further note, if a relative of yours was also in the same battalion and regiment as Bert, I have lots of photos of Fukuoka 4-B Moji on request.
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Sgt. Alec Mark Blinko 35th LAA, 144th Bty. Royal Artillery (d.5th March 1943) Alec Blinko was born in Beaconsfield in 1903. He grew up in Buckinghamshire and in 1923 he enlisted in the Royal Hussars serving for his contracted period until 1939.
In 1927 he was transferred to cavalry of the line due to his regiment going to India for 5/6 years and his time was due up in 1929. I also have Army education certificate dated 8-9th Sept 1927 in Edinburgh where he had a two day exam along with a photo dated 11th September 1927 also in Edinburgh, at a cavalry barracks.
In 1940 at age 37 he re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery Territorials. He died as a prisoner of war.
Alec left two young sons and a wife in High Wycombe and is remembered still by his son George Blinko with great love and sorrow for the Dad who was taken away from him.
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