Keep the Candle Burning

The Rising Sun was started by myself a few years back, I do tend to add all new material to it.

This will be the base for The Fepow Story and will be used as a Site Plan. It has a good outline for adding new articles and it can be extended as input increases.

Site Plan

The following is a Site Plan of the contents of The Rising Sun plus important links

To load an article please click on the underlined Topic

• Cause of War by Ron Taylor
• Malaya Command
• Battle Order by Ron Taylor
• Defence Force
• Regiments
• British Battalion Roll by Chye Kooi Loong
• Cambridgeshires in the Far East by David Langton
• Foresters on Singapore by Paul Morrell
• 9th Indian Div. by Brigadier E.W. Goodman
• 137 Field Regiment by J.M. Ramsden
• North
• Gordon Highlanders by Alistair Urquhart
• Royal Army Medical Corps
• 196 Field Ambulance by Clayton Ford
• Alberts Story by Paul Morrell
• Royal Norfolks in the Far East by Ron Taylor
• Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
• The White Flag by Tommy Thompson
• Suffolk Regiment by Darren Norton
• Royal Air Force
• Arthur Scarf VC by Ron Taylor
• Malaya and NEI by Air-Vice Marshal Sir P. Maltby
• Squadron 211 by Don Clark
• Royal Navy
• Force Z. By Vice Admiral Sir G.Layton
• Force Z Survivors
• H.M.S. Exeter - Signalman Wagner
• H.M.S. Exeter - Alf King
• Sinking of Prince of Wales - John MacMillan
• Lost Allied Shipping
• War Ships by Alan Matthews
• War Diary of Sir G. Layton By Paul Morrell
• Troop Movements
• Convoy William Sail 12X by Paul Morrell
• Singapore Convoys by Jan Visser
• Theatres of War by Ron Taylor
• Burma Campaign by Ron Taylor
• China
• North China Marines by John N Potheyrs
• Dutch East Indies by Klemen L.
• Dutch Air Force
• Dutch Submarines
• Hong Kong by Ron Taylor
• Canadian’s in Hong Kong by Terri-Anne
• Hong Kong 1941 by R.E.Hide
• Hong Kong War Diary by Tony
• Malaya and Singapore
• Cause of Attack by Ron Taylor
• Japanese Preparations by Ron Taylor
• British Preparations by Ron Taylor
• Attack on Malaya by Ron Taylor
• Siege of Singapore by Ron Taylor
• Tomforce by Ross Wood
• Pacific Naval Battles
• Escapes
• Singapore
• Deryck and Gladys Le Mare  supplied by Peter H. Le Mare
• Life of Riley by Ted Marriott
• Civilian Internees
• Borneo
• Baldwin - A Borneo Story by Norman Morrison
• Love Sprang From Batu Lintang by Carole Burnett
• Java
• How I Lost My Best Friend by Elizabeth van Kampen
• Japan
• Experiences of Cecil Saunders synopsis by Tim Fogarty
• Singapore
• Civilian Internees in Singapore by Alex Glendinning
• Far East Prisoners of War
• Ambon
• Tom Pledger’s War Diary by Pat Pledger
• French Indo China
• The 12th of September by R.L. Stark
• Haruku
• Arthur Stock by Jan Krancher
• Haruku by Amanda Johnston
• Prisoner Under The Rising Sun by Harold “Bill” Evans
• Hong Kong
• Dairy of James O’Toole transcript by Mike Peaker
• Japan
• Fukuoka - Hell in Five by Jack Symon
• Fukuoka - Prisoner of War Camp By theys Injurd
• Fukuoka #17 by Linda Dahl
• Kobe House - Summer will come again by John Lane
• Java
• Arthur Stock by Jan Krancher
• Java Index, The by Anthea Beckett
• Prisoner Under The Rising Sun by Harold “Bill” Evans
• Korea
• Dick Swarbrick’s War by Dave Swarbrick
• Makassar
• Alf King - Makassar & Japan by Sue Cahill
• Signalman Wagner supplied by Ann and Jesse
• Manila
• Battaan Death March - Frank Hoeffer by Pamela Walton
• Deliverance it has come by John S. Beaber
• New Britain
• Rabaul
• Gunner Alfred William Burgess by June Woods
• New Guinea
• WWII and the islands of New Guinea by Joan & Jenny
• Sandakan
• Borneo Story by Borneo POW Relatives Association of Western Australia Inc
• Sandakan Roll of Honour
• Courage in the Cause of Freedom by Bryan Paul Lai
• Gunner Reginald Roy Harold by Antonie S. Harold
• Prisoner of War Records by Lynette Silver
• Reverend John Thirtheyll Wanless by Ron Taylor
• Sandakan Day Memorial
• Sandakan History - linked to Australians Dep Veteran’s Affairs
• Singapore
• Changi by John Doyle
• Changi Murals by Peter W. Stubbs
• Keeping the Faith
• Mister Sam by Ray Watson
• Sumatra
• From Percy Main to Sumatra via France by Kevin  Snowdon
• John MacMillan’s Diary
• Life and Death on the Railway by George Duffy
• Pakan Baroe - Death Railway by Stella
• Taiwan
• 9th Indian Div. by Brigadier E.W. Goodman
• Brothers in Arms by Maurice Rooney
• Thailand
• 15th February by Billy Biggs
• And to think I Volunteered by Harry Thorpe
• Constructing a Radio by R.G. theylls
• Death Railway by Ron Taylor
• Cpl H.T.W.Ashington by Ron Taylor
• ‘F’ Death Force by Robert Peacock
• Forced Labour Camps by Lilian Sluyter
• Freeing the Demons complied by Mike Nellis
• Good and Bad Times by Arthur john Stagles
• Gunner Maurice Nayler - CBE
• Heel of a Brutal Enemy by Chaplain L. Marsden
• Hell in Five by Jack Symon
• Major Jimmie James by Major Jimmie James
• Mergui Road collated by Ron Taylor
• Price of Freedom by David Pye
• Private 5776807 by Ron Taylor
• Reg Rainer Returns by Reg Rainer
• Signalman Waders Diary by John Jones
• The 12th of September by R.L. Stark
• The White Flag by Tommy Thompson
• Your Gods Stronger by Pte. Frank Percival
• Hellships
• Alistair Urquhart
• Hell Ships by Ron Taylor
• Hell-Ship (Singapore Maru) by A.G. James
• Hell Ships of World War II by Ruth E. Jorgenson
• Arisan Maru by Bill Botheyn
• Junyo Maru by Peter van der Kuil
• Hofuko Maru - Hell in Five by Jack Symon
• Letter to my Grandson by Willen Wanrooy
• Lisbon Maru by Ron Taylor
• List of Hell Ships by Gregory F. Michno
• Oryoku Maru by earthlink.net
• Montevideo Maru by Rod Miller
• Painting the Horror by Ron Taylor
• Religion by Ron Taylor
• Christmas in the Camps by Ron Taylor
• Secret Radio by R.G. theylls
• Transport Home by Ron Taylor
• Japanese Atrocities
• Basic Facts
• Little Known Facts
• Systematic Barbarism by Mary Margaret Totheyy
• War Crimes
• World War II war crimes by National Archives of Australia
• End of Hostilities
• Fepow Rehabilitation Dissertation by Peter Swallowe
• Japanese Singapore Surrender by Major-General Sir Charles Lane
• Japanese Surrender Document by My Far East
• Liberation of Singapore by Guy Howard Bedford
• On Their Way Home by Ron Taylor
• Transport Home by Ron Taylor
• War Criminals by NESA
• Yamashita’s Trial compiled by Dr S D Stein
• Yamashita’s Gold
• Dispatches and Reports - Published by London Gazette
1. Gallant and Distinguished Services
2. Pownall’s Report by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall
3. Battle of the River Plate (Involves HMS Exeter) by Rear Admiral Harwood
4. Far East - Oct. 1940 to Dec. 1941 by Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
5. Hong Kong by Major-General C.M Maltby
6. Operations in Malaya and Singapore by General A.P. Wavell
7. Operations Malaya Command by Leut-General A.E.Percival *
8. Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse By Vice Admiral Sir G.Layton
9. Battle of the Java Sea
10. Malaya and NEI by Air-Vice Marshal Sir Paul Maltby
11. Burma - Dec. 1941 to May 1942 - by General A.P. Wavell
12. Eastern Theatre Based on India Mar-Dec. 1942 by General A.P. Wavell
13. Air Operations in Burma, January-May 1942 by Air Marshal Stevenson
14. India Command - Jan to June 1943 by General A.P. Wavell
15. Indo-Burma Based on India, June to Nov. 1943 - Pub. London Gazette
16. Naval Operations Ramree Island, Jan-Feb 1945 by London Gazette
17. Thailand - Burma Railway by Major Cyril Wild
18. War Diary by Admiral Sir G.Layton
• Far East Roll of Honour by Ron Taylor
• Victoria Cross by Mike Chapman

* Operations Malaya Command is a Dispatch submitted by Leut.-General A.E.Percival. It is a very long document. It is now on in full.

Ron Taylor

Sharing information with others is rewarding in itself, the pieces from the jigsaw begin to fit together and a picture begins to appear. Improve your knowledge and help make the Fepow Story an everlasting memorial to their memory.

Any material  to add to the Fepow Story please send to:

Ron.Taylor@fepow-community.org.uk

and their story will live on.

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