Surname:	Sparkes
Initials:	H.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	3963577
Notes:	CMP. POW. 11 Indian Div Pro Unit. Enlisted in the Welch Regiment, attached to 11 Indian Div Pro Unit, CMP. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Info from Japanese POW card index: Haydn Sparkes, born 12/4/1920 at 8 Crown Row, Maesteg, South Wales, address: 8 Crown Row, Maesteg, occupation assistant collier, mother Dinah. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 47383, Sparkes, Haydn, L/Cpl, 3963577, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp FO, Formosa. He is listed on Taiwan POW Camp Roll, 1/11/1944: Sparkes, Haydn, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. VI 1185, previous camp M7207, 3963577, 14/11/17. He is listed on Parties Transferred Overseas & Overland from Singapore, 1942: 3963577, L/Cpl, Sparkes, 11 Indian Div Pro Unit. Casualty List 764, Malaya Missing, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 Welch Regiment List. Casualty List 1100, Previously reported Missing now reported POW, attached 9 Indian Div Pro Unit, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1864, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1100, Malaya, shown on 2 Welch Regiment List. Haydn Sparkes.