IN MEMORY OF 58 MIDDLESEX REGT. P.o.W / WHO DIED IN KOBE CAMP JAPAN / NOW BURIED IN YOKOHAMA COMMONWEALTH / WAR CEMETERY (JAPAN), 1993
pen and ink with acrylic, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.2000-04-14-1
Description
IN MEMORY OF 58 MIDDLESEX REGT. P.o.W/ WHO DIED IN KOBE CAMP JAPAN/ NOW BURIED IN YOKOHAMA COMMONWEALTH/ WAR CEMETERY (JAPAN), 1993. Drawing in black Rotring ink, red acrylic and gold paint on poster board, signed and dated lower left ‘PAMELA HARRISON/ 22.5.93’, by Pamela Harrison, 1993; the design is based on the 58 graves at Yokohama, with red poppies, red and black crosses, and a ring of stylised bullets round the edge; the initials and regimental number in the centre of the design relate to Maj Albert Edward Frances (Frank) Waldron. Miss Harrison’s father, Private Edward Harrison died in Kobe camp on 28 October 1942. and is buried in Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery, Japan.
Campaigns
World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945)