| Surname: | Miles |
| Initials: | F W |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2655414 |
| Notes: | MPSC. POW. 30/3/44 Died He was born in Somerset and resided in Bath, 14/3/1932 he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards at Bath for 7/5 years, born 30/9/1912, at Tower Weston, Bath, occupation Shoe makers assistant, 11/6/1937 transferred to MPSC. 25/12/41 captured Hong Kong. 25/12/1941 casualty lists 706 to 721, Hong Kong, Missing, S/Sgt. Died from acute pneumonia. No inscription on gravestone. Info from Japanese POW Index Card: POW No. 2536 and 5935, Miles, Frank William, Sgt, No. 2655414, MPSC, father Charles, from Bath, address: Mrs Miles, c/o Queensland government, Tourist Bureau, Brisbane, Australia. 30/3/1944 died from acute pneumonia, cremated. He is listed on British POW held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 34583, Miles, Frank William, Sgt, 2655414, Army, Captured 25/12/1941, died 30/2/1944, camp OS, Osaka, deceased. He is listed on British POW who died of Illness in the Osaka Camp: 9, Sgt, Frank William Miles, 2655414, died 30/3/1944 from acute pneumonia, cremated. Casualty List 718/10, Hong Kong, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 933/23, Hong Kong, previously shown on casualty list 718, date missing 25/12/1941. Casualty List 1098/21, List 933, Hong Kong, POW previously reported Missing, shown as CMP previous List 718, as missing 25/12/1941, rank W/S/Sgt. Casualty List 1761/36, MPSC, previously reported POW in Japanese hands now reported Died. date of death 30/3/1944, previously shown a CMP, Previous list 933 corrected by 1098, Hong Kong. 25/11/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- Mrs. N Miles, 2 Sunny View, Waterloo Road, Aldershot, Hants. Frank William Miles. |
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| Imprisonment: | Osaka No. 6 Dispatched Camp (Amagasaki) JAPAN 🇯🇵 |
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| Date of Death: | March 30, 1944 |
| Company: | MPSC |
| CWGC Link: | 2815791 |
| Cemetery: | YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, JAPAN 🇯🇵 |
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