- Contributed by听
- magpiebear
- People in story:听
- Raymond Bartley
- Location of story:听
- France Singapore Borneo
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A3265724
- Contributed on:听
- 12 November 2004
My uncle Raymond enlisted into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1938 stating that he was 19 years old when in fact he was only 16 years old. He was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force in May 1940 but did not return untill a month after the main evacuation from Dunkirk at the end of June . My farther told me he was part of an sabotage group known as Colonel Perrymans rifles ? ( Has anyone any information about this group of men ).
He was then transfered to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 2nd batalion and shipped out to Singapore in August 1940. Where he fought the Japs untill taken prisoner of war in Febuary 1942.Taken by hell ship to Borneo mistreated and died on a death march from Sandakan P O W camp in January 1945 . I have met one or two of his fellow comrades who told me what a fine lad he was, so i regret to say that i hate the Japanese for depriveing me from known some one who along with my mum and dad is always in my thoughts.
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