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COFEPOW's Latest News

Keep up to date with all of COFEPOW's latest news. See details below.

FEPOW Memorial stone unveiled in Leicester

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August 16, 2021
Article on the ITV website
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Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society 14th FEPOW Day

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August 9, 2021
Event to be held at Spot Theatre in Taiwan
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BAFEPOW August 2021 News Sheet

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August 9, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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BAFEPOW July 2021 News Sheet

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July 14, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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Taiwan POW Society newsletter "Never Forgotten"

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June 30, 2021
Spring-Summer 2021
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News From Borneo

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June 14, 2021
Websites: www.lynettesilver.com & www.sandakandeathmarch.com
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BAFEPOW June 2021 News Sheet

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June 8, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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FEPOW Gallery

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June 7, 2021
Update on the FEPOW Gallery
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Lee Nash seeks Dad’s RAF Officers’ photo

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June 1, 2021
Private Harold Nash
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Author seeking family members of POWs

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May 28, 2021
Book will be published by major history publisher in 2022.
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Thailand-Burma Railway Centre Donations

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May 25, 2021
Making Donations easy and inexpensive
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BAFEPOW May 2021 News Sheet

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May 17, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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Online Reopening of Changi Chapel and Musuem

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May 15, 2021
Tuesday 18th May - 9am UK time
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Nagasaki Memorial Foundation

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May 6, 2021
Zoom meeting
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Bob Hucklesby Donation Link

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May 5, 2021
Prostate Cancer Charity Link
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Plymouth Remembers - VJ Day 75th + 1

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May 1, 2021
Minster Church of St. Andrew Plymouth
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Nagasaki Memorial Foundation April 2021 Newsletter

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April 28, 2021
For more information visit http://fukuoka14b.org
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BAFEPOW April 2021 News Sheet

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April 19, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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HRH Prince Philip

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April 12, 2021
The country has lost an extraordinary person.
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Sir John Baird Anecdote

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April 8, 2021
Sir John Baird Anecdote - Mary Harris
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'The Short Straw' - Stephen Mockridge

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March 30, 2021
Several booklets to give away FOC to COFEPOW members.
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Archive footage search for a documentary series

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March 24, 2021
A French production company AGAT films is looking for archives
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Mrs. Joan H. G. Gillan

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March 24, 2021
COFEPOW Trustees would like to offer their sincere condolences
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MVG Newsletter & Borneo Graveyard Article

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March 24, 2021
Borneo graveyard article
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Wymondham Church Memorial Service Update

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March 24, 2021
UPDATE
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BAFEPOW March 2021 News Sheet

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March 10, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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HMS Exeter/Macassar Reunion - Virtual Service

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February 24, 2021
Facebook Live Stream
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Rebuilding Gurkha homes - a heartfelt plea for donations

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February 19, 2021
Plans for sturdy brick-built replacement homes for Nepal Gurkhas
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FEPOW church to live-stream memorial service

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February 19, 2021
Our Lady and Saint Thomas of Canterbury in Wymondham
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BAFEPOW February 2021 News Sheet

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February 11, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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WWII Graves Memorial Stone

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January 21, 2021
An update from the Sarawak Tourism Federation
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Nagasaki Memorial Foundation Jan 2021 Newsletter

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January 20, 2021
For more information visit http://fukuoka14b.org
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BAFEPOW January 2021 News Sheet

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January 11, 2021
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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RFHG Weekly Blog Series

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December 17, 2020
Running a weekly blog series from mid-January
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Fall - Winter 2020 POW Society newsletter "Never Forgotten"

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December 17, 2020
http://www.powtaiwan.org/
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BAFEPOW December 2020 News Sheet

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December 7, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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Tribute to Ron Bridge

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November 29, 2020
Sadly we report the death of Ronald William ‘Ron’ Bridge MBE AFC FRAeS FRIN
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The Wirral Globe is currently running a reader competition

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November 29, 2020
Two prize winners picked at random on 2 December
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www.fepow75.org.uk

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November 29, 2020
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Repatriation of Far East Prisoners of War 1945-46
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RFHG Conference for June 2021 has been cancelled

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November 23, 2020
Researching FEPOW History Group
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Repatriation Remembrance in Southampton

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November 19, 2020
Water Tuttlebee's final report
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The story of a Prisoner of War survivor from Shepton Mallet

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November 16, 2020
Back in time
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Lanarkshire Yeomanry Group Newsletter

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November 10, 2020
Remembrance Sunday 2020 in Lanarkshire
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Remembrance Sunday in Herefordshire

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November 9, 2020
Special thanks to Kerry Bird
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Remembrance Service Norfolk

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November 9, 2020
Sunday 25th October 2020
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Remembrance at the NMA

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November 9, 2020
Sharon Morris-Mee at the NMA
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Field of Remembrance Plot

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November 9, 2020
Thank you Pauline Simpson
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Donations of Artefacts

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November 7, 2020
An update on donations of artefacts
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BAFEPOW November 2020 News Sheet

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November 7, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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COFEPOW Scotland November

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November 5, 2020
Occasional Newsletter No. 6
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Burma Railway Stories

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November 4, 2020
Seeking information
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Notice for Remembrance Sunday from the NMA

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October 30, 2020
Remembrance Sunday information
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Doorstep Silence on Remembrance Sunday

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October 19, 2020
Please share this great idea
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BAFEPOW October 2020 News Sheet

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October 19, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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VJ Day Gallery of Heroes

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October 14, 2020
1000 photos by November
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FEPOW 75th Anniversary Virtual Commemoration Update

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October 5, 2020
New website for a virtual commemoration
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Marian Lowe Donation

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September 24, 2020
Huge thanks to Marian for her donation!
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COFEPOW Scotland

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September 15, 2020
Occasional Newsletter No. 4
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Batu Lintang POW campsite celebrates 75 years of liberation

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September 11, 2020
The Batu Lintang Prisoners of War (POW) campsite
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BAFEPOW September 2020 News Sheet

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September 10, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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VJ75 – Leicestershire Prisoners of War in the Far East 1941 - 45

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September 7, 2020
Opens at Newarke Houses on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day
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VJ Day 75 Service, Easthill Park, Portslade

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September 7, 2020
War Memorial in Easthill Park, Portslade
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CWGC VJ Day Commemorations

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September 7, 2020
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery & Chungkai War Cemetery
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The Nagasaki Monument Foundation Update

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September 2, 2020
Story by Rob Schouten and Ruud van Kraaij.
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Burma Railway Exhibition in Cumbria

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September 2, 2020
Calling all members in Cumbria
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Loving dad kept prisoner of war camp horror secret from his family

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August 21, 2020
His daughter has spoken of her pride in what her dad went through for his country
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VJ 75 at Rocks by Rail, Cottesmore

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August 21, 2020
VJ 75 commemoration at the Museum at Cottesmore
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Captivity: Revisting the River Kwai (video)

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August 21, 2020
Sally Grumbridge talks about her father's experiences
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RBL Online Messages for VJ Day Poppy Posies

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August 20, 2020
Uncover the untold stories
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Re-launch of Captive Memories, Far East POW website

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August 20, 2020
http://www.captivememories.org.uk/
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Poignant VJ day event held in Chichester

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August 18, 2020
Relatives of Far Eastern Prisoners of War were among those who gathered
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VJDay75 Virtual Service of Remembrance

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August 16, 2020
Legion Scotland
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VJ Day Memories - Jenny Martin

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August 16, 2020
BFBS Scotland
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VJ75 - BBC One Morning Programme

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August 14, 2020
The Nation Remembers
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VJ Day 75th Anniversary Service from Leicester Cathedral

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August 13, 2020
15/08/2020 at 5pm, Leicester Cathedral will broadcast a Service of Commemoration
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VJ75 Programme - BBC One

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August 12, 2020
8:30pm Saturday 15th August
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VJ75 - Poppy Messages

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August 10, 2020
Submit your message by an online form
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FEPOW Building Closed - 11.08.2020 until 15.08.2020

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August 6, 2020
Tuesday 11 August until 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 15 August
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VJ75 BBC Progamme - Descendants of Commonwealth FEPOWs

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July 31, 2020
Calling all descendants of Commonwealth FEPOWs
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The Foundation Monument Nagasaki

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July 31, 2020
looking for relatives of the prisoners of War of camp Fukuoka 14b
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Notice from the Trustees National Event for VJ75

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July 28, 2020
VJ75 NMA Update
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Proposed Memorial To The Victims of the Lisbon Maru

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July 15, 2020
Work is underway on a project to build a memorial
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BAFEPOW July 2020 News Sheet

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July 15, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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Vic Pugh, has died at the age of 98

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June 26, 2020
One of Shropshire's last survivors
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VJ75 BBC Progamme

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June 22, 2020
Calling all FEPOWs, COFEPOWs and beyond.
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Brian Burnie's Walk Around Britain

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June 22, 2020
Open invitation to all FEPOW's
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BAFEPOW June 2020 News Sheet

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June 16, 2020
Important news from the BAFEPOW Committee
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Memories of the end of captivity and liberation

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June 16, 2020
RFHG FEPOW Blog Series
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N.F.F.W.R.A VJ75 Event Postponed

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June 5, 2020
St Martin-in-the-Fields event postponed
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Name a new locomotive after Dr Bill Frankland

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May 29, 2020
Nominate Dr Bill Frankland
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Postponment of VJ75 Events - Press Release

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April 26, 2020
VJ75 events Postponed until 2021
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Birmingham Association of Far East Prisoners' of War (BAFEPOW)

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March 30, 2020
A COVID-19 message from our friends at BAFEPOW
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Captive Artists, the unseen artwork of British Far East prisoners of war

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March 23, 2020
By Meg Parkes, Geoff Gill & Jenny Wood
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The Secret Art of Survival Exhibition - Cancelled

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March 23, 2020
University of Liverpool closed the Victoria Gallery & Museum
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William Brown - 103 years old!

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March 23, 2020
What an incredible man
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In Their Footsteps

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October 8, 2019
Tours to Sandakan, Malaysia Borneo
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Eden Camp invites COFEPOW

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July 20, 2019
Eden Camp invites COFEPOW representatives to mark VJ Day in August
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Reginald Smith Re-dedication

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June 8, 2019
Reginald Smith is having a memorial stone re-dedicated
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Ken Pett's Funeral

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April 26, 2019
Ken Pett's Funeral
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NEW Merchandise Idea

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March 5, 2019
'The FEPOW Frame'
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