In the hands of the Japanese – An account of ‘B’ Squadron, 3rd Hussars
Immediately after the capitulation the British and Australian troops stayed in their units beside the roads.
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Immediately after the capitulation the British and Australian troops stayed in their units beside the roads.
Captain J.M. Bentley-Taylor, M.C. of the 3rd The King’s Own Hussars kept a meticulous diary of his time commanding ‘B’ Squadron when they were prisoners of war of the Japanese in Java.
Edward Ryan fled his home in Ireland during the troubles of the 1920s across the Irish Sea to England where he joined the British Army as a boy recruit at the age of 14.