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First Name : Uncle John 
Comment : Your site has certainly taken a remarkable leap forward! I'll be coming back here quite a few times to finish reading it all! What a tour-de-force to have collected so many details! And the marches too! Congratulations seem so inadequate. What a memorial 

First Name : Ron 
URL : http://www.ean.co.uk/Bygones/History/html/britain_at_war.htm 
Comment : These men who were FEPOW's are heroes, and should be remembered as such. My father was captured in Singapore and worked on the Death Railway. Great site, to remember by. Member of COFEPOW - www.cofepow.org.uk 

First Name : Steve Douglas 
URL : www.mllp.demon.co.uk 
Comment : A fitting memorial built with obvious love, admiration and respect. I will link from my site to yours. 

First Name : Philip (Phil) 
URL : philed@globetrotter.qc.ca 
Comment : Great page. I was your father's "D" Coy clerk from Newfoundland to Obelisk Hill. Would like to connect to swap tales. Phil 

First Name : Carol 
URL : cahadley@home.com 
Comment : Well done ... I have read what is there so far. My Dad was with A company of the Grenadiers and has recently started talking of his experiences. To see it in print is even more profound. 

First Name : E29987 Robert Barter 
Comment : I knew your dad very well, served under him from July 28, 1940 - till we were separated after the battle of Hong Kong. 

First Name : Mitzi Ross 
URL : sandeman@home.com 
Comment : My Dad is Lancelot Ross, who you mention on page 20. He is up here visiting me in Ottawa (from Gaspe), and I heard about your web page from 2 other Veterans who also knew your Dad: Phil Dodderidge and Bob Barter. I have printed it all out and just gave it 

First Name : Adam J. Haslett  
Comment : A fantastic commemoration of this poignant period of Canadian History. You are to be congratulated. My great-uncle, Howard Haslett, a Canadian in the British Army was captured at Singapore. He died in captivity in April 1943. I will be re-visiting your si 

First Name : JOYCE  
Comment : My father and many of his friends were also in the Battle of Hong Kong. They were from the Magdalen Islands which everyone fails to mention. There were 16 brave men who went from here with only 5 returning. A big loss for such a small population of only 3 

First Name : Daniel  
Comment : great site but 1 note. japan attacked Hong Kong 6 hours after thay attacked Pearl Harbour keep up the good work!!! 

First Name : Barb  
Comment : Ron, This story was great and it really makes one think of what should not have happened,but did. I`m going to forward this on to my cousins in Canada and hoping they will contact you. I will also write them myself. I know Canadian film companies make 

First Name : Rosemary 
Comment : My Dad was a POW - Edward J. Curtis It's only in the last so many years, that their stories are coming to light. A sad tale it is. 

First Name : Richard 
URL : www.hamstat.demon.co.uk 
Comment : Exelent Ron, I will put a link on my site www.hamstat.demon.co.uk which covers the role of the 2nd MTB Flotilla in Hong Kong 1941. mailto:REHide@burgess-hill.co.uk 

First Name : Pamela 
Comment : What a great job you've done. My dad is a HK Vet - It was an incredibly moving experience for our family to visit HK with him in December. It's wonderful that more people are taking an interest in this tragedy - it must not be forgotten. 

First Name : Keith Andrews 
URL : scubaka@yahoo.co.uk 
Comment : Your research and detail would make your father proud, and I am also very impressed. If you can try to obtain a copy of After The Battle magazine, issue 46. This covers the fall of Hong Kong and may be of interest. All I have of my fathers service is a fe 

First Name : jean-françois bernard 
Comment : it's very good for your web site in your sheet. 

First Name : Leslie 
URL : lesbowie@renc.igs.net 
Comment : I was a baby in 1945 in Hong Kong when, with my mother, I was interned in Stanley Camp, the camp detainment camp for civilians. Three years and eighteen months later, we were liberated. While we did not suffer to the extreme degree the military people did 

First Name : Leslie 
URL : lesbowie@renc.igs.net 
Comment : Just a footnote to what I entered earlier: Serjeant William Parkin, my mother's young husband as of October 8, 1941, was one of those killed at St Stephen's College (hospital). Les Bowie 

First Name : Curtis J. Phillips 
Comment : My late mother lost both of her brothers John and Henry Kelso on the same day during the battle..Winnipeg Grenadiers. They kept their spirit alive with a giving spirit to all veterans and war causes..... 

First Name : Tim Wilson 
URL : jilljed@one.net.au 
Comment : My Father and Grandfather were both captured xmas day 1941 and spent the rest of the war in camp Stanley H.K. My Father Brendan Wilson served with the H.K.Royal Volenteer Defence Corp. Great site I'll drop back as I'm trying to compile info on the HKRVDC. 

First Name : Andy 
URL : http://www.oocities.org/techbloke 
Comment : A wonderful site about an overlooked part of WWII. You've done a great job of bringing attention to these men and women who have been 'forgotten', yet gave so much. Your dad would be proud!! I am placing a link on my site to yours. good job Ron! 

First Name : PTE Peter de Vries 1NSH(N) 
Comment : My Grand Father, SGT Lorne MacNab died in Hong Kong fighting the Japanese. Thanks you for making this site, I'm glad to see it. Lest We Forget. 

 

First Name : PTE Peter de Vries 
Comment : Hello again. If anyone has any stories about my Grandfather SGT. Lorne MacNab, I would deeply appreciate hearing them, for my family really knows nothing about his time in the military. You can reach me at rsm_kes_cc254@hotmail.com Thanks. 

First Name : fred nystrom 
URL : fredn@specialplaces.com 
Comment : My grandfather was captured when Hong Kong fell. He was an American Merchant marine captain. When captured, he was in his 70's. He survived Samshuipo (sp?) and died shortly after returning home to Seattle at the end of the war. I have some momentos from h 

First Name : Ted Thomas 
URL : ethomas@nbnet.nb.ca 
Comment : My uncles, Oscar and Louis Robertson fought in Hong Kong. Oscar was KIA while Louis endured the 44 months of hell. I couldnt stop reading til was done the site. Well done! 

First Name : Ann 
URL : blumanb@hotmail.com 
Comment : Am looking for info about my father Fred Thelner ,private Middlesex Reg't. Captured at Hong Kong. Great site ,well done. 

First Name : Ann 
URL : blumanb@hotmail.com 
Comment : Looking for info re: Fred Thelner ,Private Middlesex Reg't. Nicknamed "Ginger" Worked at Ti-ak airport.Imprisoned at S camp (?) Liberated from Toyama Anybody remember this camp? Thank You. 

First Name : Rick Rowen 
URL : rowenrick@hotmail.com 
Comment : My Dad was captured at St. Stephen,s Hosp.Dec 25 1941 .He passed away Feb.13 2001 

First Name : Al Ogrodnik` 
URL : Ogrodnik@nortelnetworks.com 
Comment : This is absolutely fantastic, congratulations on capturing the stories and images in such a vivid way. You should be very proud of your work, I'm sure your Dad is! 

First Name : Raymond A Smith 
URL : scotstownboy@aol.com 
Comment : Congratulations for a job well done I was with C Co. 

First Name : bigrab 
Comment : my father's uncle Robert Henderson was killed in action in HongKong 25th december 1941. he was killed at the wong noi choi gap. He was a sailor on HMS Thercian and part of a group of three ships sent to HongKong to remove bullion to Singapore, his ship de 

First Name : Bob 
Comment : a needless tragedy 

First Name : Derrill Henderson 
URL : derrill@hkvca.ca 
Comment : I am the son of Cpl. Stewart Henderson, Headquarters Coy, RRC He along with Rfm Wilbur Lester and Ampi (Finlander) made a cello for your dad while in prision camp. Dad often spoke of your Dad. 

First Name : harreson 
URL : www.harreson.com 
Comment : I was a cpl with the a company of the royal rifles of canada from 1958 to 1961 until I joined the regular force.thank you very much to your dad and the regiment.It was such a shame that the regiment was disbanded,but what else did you expect from a man wh

First Name : Jim 
URL : 1insp@home.com 
Comment : Very Impressive ! I wish my parents were still alive to view the fine work done here. My parents were from Sillery, P.Q. Many of their friends and relatives were losted at Hong Kong. I still remember my mother crying while watching the Legion's TV 

First Name : Doug 
URL : cochlearist@yahoo.com 
Comment : My father was taken prisoner in Hong Kong and later died on the Lisbon Maru. Sites like yours help relatives gain information and remember. Thanks 

First Name : Phil 
URL : philed@globetrotter.net 
Comment : Ron Your web page continues to improve. You are to be congratulated on the many hours you have obviously spent and the dedication to your father's memory you have put into this project. Many thanks. 

First Name : melissa brandle 
Comment : I dont really have alot to say except that my soon to be husband is in the canadian army in garrison and i just want to say how proud i am to be a part of all the great things that the millitary is in and does. Thank-You 

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