| Surname: | Pinchbeck |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2654478 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. Formerly Coldstream Guards, transferred to CMP. 2/12/46 discharged. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers. Home address: 459 Weelsby Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. 2/12/46 Discharged. Info from Japanese POW index card: Walter Pinchbeck, 14/5/1908 born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, address: Marjorie Pinchbeck,459 Weelsby Street, Grimsby. occupation Milkman, father Isaac, mother Fanny. He is listed on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 39979, Pinchbeck, Walter, Army, L/Cpl, new POW no. 8619, old POW No. i/5070, 2654478, 24/9/18. Casualty List 793/20, Malaya, missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1155/13, Malaya, previously posted missing now reported POW, previous List 793, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1908/8, POW. previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1155 corrected by List 1168, Malaya. Medal card not found. Walter Pinchbeck. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |