| Surname: | Lake |
| Initials: | R A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 6142802 |
| Notes: | POW. Singapore Fortress Pro Coy. POW. 19/8/38 enlisted East Surrey Regiment, attached to Singapore Fortress Pro Coy, CMP. 3/8/1948 to discharge. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. born 12/8/20, home address: Mrs M Marks, 101 Chatham Street, Old Kent Road, London SE 17. POW Camps: Changi Goad 15/2/42 to 29/9/42, Thailand 29/2/42 Lt Col James, FMVF, Japan 6/9/44, Capt Wilkie, 2 SSVF. Info from: M.I.9/JAP/ No. 45466A. Info from Japanese POW card: Richard Arthur Lake. Occupation Shop Assistant, born 101 Chatham Street, Lambeth, London, home address: father, Jack Lake, 66 Beatte House, Lambeth, London, mother Mary. He is shown on a roll for No. 25 Camp Fukuoka and a similar list Fukuoka POW Camp, Japan, Branch XXV, Shinkai - Machi, Omuda-Shi, Fukuoka - Kew dated 15/8/1945. Also found in a list for British 4 Group (working party). He is listed in British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 29224, Lake, Richard A, L/Cpl, 6142802, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp FU, Fukuoka, Japan. He is listed on Roll POW sent to Japan from Thailand, 11/1944: Lake, Richard, Arthur, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV42761, old POW No. IV 5833, former camp M-2607, 6142802. He is listed on Roll of Camp 25 & 6: 94, 6142802, L/Cpl, Lake, Richard Arthur, CMP. Casualty List 773, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 East Surrey Regiment List. Casualty List 1229, Malaya, previously reported Missing now reported POW, previous List 773, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 East Surrey Regiment List. Casualty List 1890, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1129, Malaya, shown on 2 East Surrey Regiment List. Richard Arthur Lake. |
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| Imprisonment: | Fukuoka Camp No. 1 JAPAN 🇯🇵 |