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Keijo Prisoner of War Camp
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Those known to have been held in or employed at Keijo Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Want to know more about Keijo Prisoner of War Camp? There are:-1 items tagged Keijo Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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Bmbdr. Walter Usher 122nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery Walter Usher served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and 122nd Field Regiment, RA.
He was imprisoned at Changi on the 15th of February 1942 and left Changi, Singapore, on 16th of August 1942, sailing two days later on the Fukai Maru, this was a shipment always designed as a propaganda sailing. It was known as Japan party B.
The Commander of the Korean Army, General Seishiro Itagaki, requested 2,000 white prisoners of war to be sent to Korea. The purpose of this draft of prisoners was to "stamp out respect and admiration by the Korean people for Britain and America", while at the same time "establishing in them a strong faith" in a Japanese victory in the war.
The prisoners on the Fukai Maru were split across two camps. He went onto Keijo Camp.
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William L. Beaumont William L Beaumont was an officer in the POW camp at Keijo.
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Bmbdr. Walter Usher 122nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery Walter Usher served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and 122nd Field Regiment, RA.
He was imprisoned at Changi on the 15th of February 1942 and left Changi, Singapore, on 16th of August 1942, sailing two days later on the Fukai Maru, this was a shipment always designed as a propaganda sailing. It was known as Japan party B.
The Commander of the Korean Army, General Seishiro Itagaki, requested 2,000 white prisoners of war to be sent to Korea. The purpose of this draft of prisoners was to "stamp out respect and admiration by the Korean people for Britain and America", while at the same time "establishing in them a strong faith" in a Japanese victory in the war.
The prisoners on the Fukai Maru were split across two camps. He went onto Keijo Camp.
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William L. Beaumont William L Beaumont was an officer in the POW camp at Keijo.
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