Title
Richard James Wilkin
Date
1940s
Description
Richard Wilkin, born 12 May 1917, was the son of Thomas & Ellen Wilkin. In 1939 the Wilkin family was living at 2 Railway Terrace, New Road in Reepham. Richard served in the Far East with the Royal Norfolk Regiment and was captured in Singapore in February 1942, taken prisoner & worked on the Burma Railway. He died on 17 June 1943 & was buried in the Kanchanaburi Cemetery in Thailand, not far from Bangkok.
Information from:- WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945 British Prisoners of War Held in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory
Archive Box contains details of Brian Hardiment's contact with Royal Norfolk Reg. Museum in 1997
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Information from:- WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945 British Prisoners of War Held in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory
Archive Box contains details of Brian Hardiment's contact with Royal Norfolk Reg. Museum in 1997
+ B&W enlargement