Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Willoughby
Initials:   R.W.H.
Rank:   Captain
Army No.:  52121
Notes:   Provost Officer. Hong Kong Pro Coy. Middlesex Regiment. POW. APM HQ China Command Hong Kong. Captured 25/12/41, Hong Kong. POW Camps: BM4 Hong Kong 26/12/41, Lt Col Shackleton, Shamshuipo Honk Kong 12/2/42 Maj Gen Maltby, Argyll Street Hong Kong 18/4/42 Maj Gen Maltby, Camp N Shamshuipo 12/4/44, Lt Col White. Info from: M.I.9/JAP/No.21607A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Richard William Henry Willoughby, born 30/10/1910 at Painswick, Gloucestershire, address: Mrs B Willoughby, C/O Westminster Bank, Warminster, Wiltshire, wife Blanche. He is listed on POW Camp List location not known: Willoughby, Richard William Henry, Army, Capt, POW No.28, 52121. Casualty List 715 (Officers), Hong Kong, Missing, 1 Middlesex Regiment, Willoughby, Lt, RWH, 52121, 15/12/1941. Casualty List 859 (Officers), now POW previously reported Missing on List 715, 25/12/1941, Willoughby, Lt, RWH, 52121. Casualty List 1877 (Officers), previously reported POW not now POW, Middlesex Regiment, Willoughby, Lt, RWH, 52121, previous List 809 Hong Kong. Richard William Henry Willoughby.

POW Details:
Camp: Shampshuipo     HONG KONG
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