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This is Alf’s Story
‘The Volunteer’
By
Sergeant Alf Waterhouse
Compiled and written by Ronnie and Gillian Taylor
Historical Documents help us understand what our loved ones faced in their life time. Alf was born in Blackpool, 11th November 1907, the son of Fred and Sarah Waterhouse. Alf writes with a wicked sense of humour, this helped him face three and a half years of captivity as a Far East Prisoner of War (FEPOW). Before this in 1937, when war seemed imminent, newspapers and radio were calling for people to take up Air Raid Precautions, Alf took on this responsibility as Fireman 93. This is the beginning of Alf’s story.
 Fireman 93
Enlisting and Training
Sailing to War (September 22nd 1941)
Japanese Attack (December 8th 1941)
Singapore Under Siege (January 1942 - February 1942)
Into the Bag (February 1942)
Railway of Death (June 1942- June 1944)
Back to Singapore (July 1944 - 2nd February 1945)
French Indo China (February 2nd 1945-August 18th 1945)
Liberation (August 18th - October 22nd 1945)
Blackpool at Last
My sincere thanks to Jon Wright for supplying the 150 page document and to my wife Gillian for typing it out for me to edit, compile and write the pages for the Far Eastern Heroes website..
Acknowledgements
Jon Wright - Supplying the documents
Gillian - Copying the documents into word
Ronnie for compiling and editing Alf’s documents.
Malaya and Singapore Invasion
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Thailand Burma Railway
KEW Files:- WO 361/2022, WO 392/26, WO 345/54, WO 361/2005, WO 361/2065, WO 361/2188, WO 361/2068,
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