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In The Shadow Of The Bridge

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In the Shadow of the Bridge

Alan Elliott-tn

By

Alan Elliott

This Story is the Property of Richard Elliott and is not ‘Public Domain’. The contents are not to be copied or used without permision.

 

CONTENTS

Preface 

 

Preface

 

 

 

To Singapore 

I

To Singapore

 

 

 

Prisoner of War 

II

Prisoner of War

 

 

 

The Bridge on the River Kwai 

III

The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

 

 

Bangpong 

IV

Bangpong

 

 

 

To the End of the Road 

V

To the End of the Road

 

 

 

Captain Shosaku Kameyama 

VI

Captain Shosaku Kameyama

 

 

 

Yoshihiko Futamatsu 

VII

Yoshihiko Futamatsu

 

 

 

Postscript 

 

Postscript

 

 

 

Bibllography 

 

Biblography

 

 

 

 

Acknowledgements

Many people helped me in the preparation of this book, especially the late Louis Allen to whom it is dedicated. Most of the others 'are mentioned in the text. The names are real with the permission of the persons concerned where it is likely to matter. There is one exception, to which I draw attention, in case the use of the real name might be embarrassing to him or his family.

I have drawn upon many books and articles on the subject of prisoners of war in the Far East. The chief among them are listed in the Bibliography. The sources of quotations on the following pages are specifically acknowledged:

Hugh V. Clarke, A Life for Every Sleeper, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1986

Gilchrist, Sir Andrew, Malaya 1941: The Fall of a Fighting Empire, London, Robert Hale, 1992

Allen, Louis, Burma, The Longest War, London, Dent 1983

British History of lhe Second World War, Vol. 111, HMSO, London, 1958-69

van der Post, Laurens, The Night of the New Moon, London, Chatto & Windus, 1971

Hardie, Dr R. The Burma-Siam Railway: The Secret Diary of Dr Robert Hardie 1942-1945,

London, Imperial War Museum, 1983

 

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[In The Sadow Of The Bridge] [Preface] [To Singapore] [Prisoner of War] [The Bridge on the River Kwai] [Banpong] [To the End of the Road] [Captain Shosaku Kamryama] [Yoshihiko Futamatsu] [Postscript] [Biblography]

 

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