memoir, autobiographical, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.2001-07-1175-1
Description
Typescript transcript autobiographical memoir, nd. A narrative derived from notes and diaries kept by William Henry Poulter, 1909-1973, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, describing his capture by the Japanese at the surrender of Hong Kong, Dec 1940, his escape from the Lisbon Maru, a ship torpedoed on 1 Oct 1942, his life as a prisoner of war at Kobe, Japan and his repatriation to England in Oct 1945. Associated with prisoners of war, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945)
Events
Hong Kong, Fall of, 1941 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945), Lisbon Maru, Sinking of, 1942 (World War Two, War at Sea 1939-1945)
Associated collection
