Osaka Castle
In 2000, Carol Cooper was contacted by an email from a Japanese person who was making a documentary concerning Prisoners of War in Japanese Camps. The reason behind this film was the discovery of a number of ID tags of British soldiers underneath Osaka Castle which the Japanese had used as Military Headquarters during WWII
There were 106 ID tags and the names and other details, such as Unit, date of death etc, correspond with some of those men buried in Yokohama War Cemetery.
COFEPOW do not have the ID tags or have any knowledge of their current whereabouts.
Details of the Prisoners for whom ID tags were found are listed below.
ASHTON HILL Robert Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps L/Cpl
BALL Ernest Walter 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
BARDEN Alfred Ernest 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
BARNETT Ernest Alfred REME Craftsman
BATE Joseph RASC Attached RA Driver
BEECH Reginald Edwin 95 Bty 48 LAA RA Gunner
BIRD James Patrick 95 Bty 48 LAA RA Gunner
BIRTWISTLE Robert 2nd Bn The Loyal Regt (North Lancashire) L/Cpl
BOARDMAN Clifford RAF (VR) LAC
BRIGHTWELL Frederick Charles Guy RAF (VR) FO
BURTON William George 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
BUTTERWORTH James 242 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
CAMPBELL Ernest RAF Sgt
CANE Richard Oliver 95 Bty 48 LAA RA Bombardier
CHRISTIAN Arthur 3rd The Kings Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps Trooper
CLARKE Frederick William 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
CLARK William Arthur 144 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Sgt
COOK Sidney William 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Sgt
COPE Kenneth Frank RAF (VR) 100 Squadron AC
CUTBUSH Harold William 78 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Major
DANIELS Edward RAF (VR) AC
DAVIES Arthur Reginald RAF (VR) AC
DAVIS Laurence Arthur 242 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
DEADMAN Tom RASC Driver
DOUGLAS Gilbert Georgeson 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
DOWDING Fred Charles RAF (VR) 605 Squadron LAC
DUFF Daniel James Stewart RAF (VR) Cpl
DURK Wilfrid Brazier RAF (Aux AF) Cpl
EAST William Godwin 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Sgt
EPTON John William Herbert 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
FIELD Frank Eric 15 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
FLEMING William Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Private
FROST William John 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
FRYER Leonard Edward RAF (VR) 100 Squadron AC
GIBBS Ronald Joseph G RAF (VR) AC
GIBSON William RAF (VR) AC
GINMAN Harry Thomas 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
GOODRUM Horace Ambrose 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
GREAVES Wilfred RAF (VR) AC
GRIMSEY Charles Nathan 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
HALEY Harold Edward RAF (VR) AC
HARRIS Henry John 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
HARVEY Thomas Henry 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
HAYKIN Norman HQ 9 HAA Regt RA L/Bmbdr
HIGGINBOTHAM James Edward RAF (VR) AC
HILES William Richard 15 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
HOLDEN James 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
HOLMES Cyril 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
HOWARD Leslie Frederick 2nd Bn The Cambridgeshire Regiment Private
JONES Brynley James 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
JORDAN George 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Bombardier
KENT George Harry HQ 6 HAA Regt RA Sgt
KENWRIGHT James RAF (Aux AF) LAC
KIDD Charles Frederick 239 Bty 77 HAA Regt RA Bombardier
LAMBERT Frederick George 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA L/Sgt
LAMBOURNE William Ernest 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
LEE Charles William 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
LEE John Stirling Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Corporal
LEWIS William Thomas HQ 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
LIPMAN Nathan 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
LOMAS Walter 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
MACDONALD James Alfred William 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Bombardier
MACKINNON John Macdougal Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Corporal
MARSHALL Gavin 21 LAA Regt RA Gunner
MEIKLE William 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
MILLS William James 49 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
MORRISON Charles Watson 241 Bty 77 HAA Regt RA Gunner
MOSES Robert RAF (VR) LAC
OWEN Leonard William Austin 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
PAGE William Frederick 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
PARKER Harold Theophilus RAF Sgt
PARRY Ivor Glynn RAF 605 Squadron Sgt
PARSONS Frederick George 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Gunner
PATTERSON Thomas 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
PENMAN John 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
PIGG John Thomas 78 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA L/Bombardier
POOLE Jack 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
POULSON William Thomas RAF (Aux AF) Sgt
PRICE Eric Cyril RAF (VR) LAC
PRINCE William John RAF (VR) AC
RICHARDSON William Harold 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
ROBERTS Rufus John 3rd The King's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps Trooper
ROBINSON Arthur David RAF (VR) AC
RUSSELL Charles Bruce RAF (VR) LAC
SCOTT Edward RAF Vorporal
SLEE John Robert 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
SMITH John Charles RAF AC
STANLEY Arthur Ernest Jesse 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
STRATFORD Albert Charles RAF (VR) AC
TAYLOR Ralph Ambrose 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Bombardier
THOMAS Idris Royal Navy - HMS Sultan Able Seaman
THOMAS Tudor Samuel HQ 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
TRICE Edward Charles 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA L/Sgt
TROUT Richard RAOC Private
WITTS Samuel 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA Gunner
WOOD Charles Harold RAF LAC
WYKES Raymond Walter 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA Bombardier
YATEMAN John Frederick Owen RAF (VR) LAC
YATES Albert Henry 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA Gunner
MARTIN SIETSTRA US ARMY (?) 3064 QM.GR.CO Quartermaster
CARMEN DOTTY US ARMY (?)
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