tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post458835677868065675..comments2024-03-29T00:43:01.355-07:00Comments on Military History: Vera Murrell - Olympic Games Swimmer and Prisoner of WarPhilip Cracknellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-55290271017192746282024-03-18T16:37:41.601-07:002024-03-18T16:37:41.601-07:00Thanks for your message. Geoffrey Coxhead arrived ...Thanks for your message. Geoffrey Coxhead arrived in Hong Kong in 1940 and was a teacher at Kings College (later moving to Central British School - later renamed KGV). He served in No 2 Battery HKVDC at Stanley. He was imprisoned at Sham Shui Po Camp and Inoshima in Japan. He kept a diary and made sketches in camp. He was married to Joan. In the miliary POW camps he would have had a horrid time with starvation rations, slave labour, illness and brutality.Philip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-86073073114511219312024-03-16T14:37:28.388-07:002024-03-16T14:37:28.388-07:00Thank you for the story. One of the POWs Mr. Coxhe...Thank you for the story. One of the POWs Mr. Coxhead was my Principal at KC in the 60s. Haricot 微豆https://www.blogger.com/profile/13735177985545566818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-89002689104392218662017-12-23T14:36:03.476-08:002017-12-23T14:36:03.476-08:00Fascinating piece, Phil. Very interesting.Fascinating piece, Phil. Very interesting.Megalodonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410634803458807415noreply@blogger.com