Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Harrison
Initials:   T.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7688560
Notes:   CMP. POW. 12/9/43 Died. He was born and resided in Leeds. 15/2/42 captured Singapore. Inscription on grave panel: Free from all sorrows, free from pain, in Gods's safe keeping until we meet again, Elsie. Cutts Papers, died from ulcers and dysentery. Info from Japanese POW index card: Thomas Harrison, born 19/3/1910, at 9 Hilloughoy Place, Leeds, Home address: Mrs Elsie Eileen Harrison, 62 Rose Avenue, Horsforth, Leeds. Father Thomas, mother Mary Jane. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 22424, Harrison, Thomas, L/Cpl, 7688560, Army, captured 15/2/1942, died 12/9/1943, camp MA, Malaya (Thailand), Deceased. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp List, 1/11/1944: Harrison, Thomas, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. V 5360, old POW No. i/3267, 7688560, 12/9/18. He is listed on the Death Register Thailand Burma Railway Camps, Force "F" & Force "H": 79A, 7688560, Harrison T, L/Cpl, Provost Corps, died 12/9/1943 from dysentery and ulcers, grave E6, Tamarkand Village, Thailand, force "H". Casualty List 767, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 945, POW previously reported missing, previously shown on List 767 as missing 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1148, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing on List 767, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1913, previously reported POW now reported Died, 12/9/1943, previous List 945 corrected by 1148, Malaya. Thomas Harrison.

POW Details:
Camp: Thailand     THAILAND
Notes:
Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 12th September 1943
Company: SINGAPORE FORTRESS
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY   THAILAND
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