| Surname: | Castor |
| Initials: | B K |
| Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Army Number: | 107540 |
| Notes: | DPM Malaya Command. Captured 15/2/1942 Singapore. Changi 15/2/1942 to release. From 110A Banbury Road, Oxford. Changi 15/2/1942 to Release 1945. Enlisted 11/11/1939. MI9/Jap/No 10023A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Brian Kenneth Castor, born 21/10/1889 at Mahaia, British Guiana, address: Mrs B K Castor, c/o Westminster Bank, Leyton, London E16. occupation Secretary. Father Christian Francis, mother May. POW No. 179 new, i/100 old. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is named on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese occupied territory: 8455, Castor, Brian K, Lt/Col. no record (107540), Captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya. Casualty List 781 (Officers), Malaya, Missing, General List 107540, 15/2/1942. Casualty List (Officers) 1019, General List, previously reported Missing now reported POW, previous List 781, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1893 (Officers), General List, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1019, Malaya. Brian Kenneth Castor. Extract from the Manchester Evening News, 24/4/42 CRICKETER MISSING. Lt Col B K Castor, Corps of Military Police a former secretary of the Essex County Cricket Club, is reported missing in Singapore. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 37671 Page: 3921 Aug. 1, 1946) |
| Citation: | Malaya 1942. |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 37720 Page: 4576 Sept. 12, 1946) |
| Citation: | For Distinguished Service whilst a POW in the Far East. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |