John Thomas Tidey

Born: 4 February 1918

Rank, regiment: Pvt 1st Btn Cambridgeshire Regt, 18th Div

Captured: Bukit Timah, Singapore

Camps: Changi Padang, Thailand No.2 group, Chungkai, Wampo, Takanun, Singapore, hellship Osaka Maru to Japan, Osaka, Amagasaki copper factory

Repatriated: USS Sanctuary to Okinawa, Liberty ship to San Francisco, across Canada to New York RMS Queen Mary to Southampton

Interviewed: Harpenden, January 2008