Bill Moylon
Bill Moylon | |
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| Birth name | William Moylon |
| Born | 31 December 1915 |
| Died | 21 November 2014 (aged 98) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Unit | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
William Moylon (31 December 1915 – 21 November 2014) was a soldier of the British Army who survived over three years in Japanese prisoner of war camps during the Second World War where he worked on the Burma Railway and was forced to eat lizards to survive. He later became a Chelsea Pensioner and was involved in attempts at reconciliation with the Japanese.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bill Moylon, wartime PoW - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "RIP Bill Moylon (From )". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "'Death Railway': a soldier's story - GOV.UK". Gov.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Chelsea Pensioners: Bill Moylon, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Art UK". Art UK. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Warren, Jane (1 April 2014). "Building the railway of death: British PoWs tell the truth behind the horrifying tracks". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Veterans welcome battlefields fund". Theguardian.com. Press Association. 9 February 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2017 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Former Japanese prisoner of war, Bill Mo". Gettyimages.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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