From Shanghai to the Burma Railway: The Memoirs and Letters of Richard Laird, A Japanese Prisoner of War - Hardcover

Laird, Rory

9781526771117: From Shanghai to the Burma Railway: The Memoirs and Letters of Richard Laird, A Japanese Prisoner of War

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ISBN 13 9781526771117
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Richard Laird's previously unpublished record of his wartime experience as a Japanese prisoner of war ranks among the most graphic of this shocking and deservedly popular genre. Captured after fighting in the Malayan Campaign he was incarcerated in Changi before being drafted as slave labour with F' Force on the notorious Burma Railway. He was one of only 400 out of 1600 to survive Songkurai No 2 Camp, despite disease and terrible hardship. His moving memoir begins with a rare description of ex-patriate life in 1930's Shanghai with the Sino-Japanese war raging around the European cantonments. An additional dimension to his story is the developing relationship between the author and Bobbie Coupar Patrick to whom he became engaged shortly before the fall of Singapore. Bobbie's letters graphically described her dramatic escape to Australia and work for Force 136. They were reunited in Colombo, Ceylon and their son has been instrumental in compiling this exceptional record. Three appendices round off this superb book including the official report on the hardships and losses suffered by F' Force. AUTHOR: Born in 1911, Richard Laird was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. In 1937 he was sent by the Sun Insurance Company to Shanghai. Two years later he moved to Singapore and was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps. His wartime experiences in Singapore and on the Burma Railway are described in this memoir. Reunited with his fiance Bobbie Coupar Patrick in Ceylon in 1945, the couple married in London in 1946 before returning to Singapore. Later they lived in the Thames Valley for many years. Richard died in 2008. 32 b/w illustrations A superb example of the ever-popular Japanese POW genre. First hand and contemporaneous account of survival on the notorious Burma Railway. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781526771117

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