Jonathan was interviewed on BBC Radio West Midlands on 15 August, the 65th anniversary of VJ Day, on the history behind the importance of these commemorations. The interview starts around 1 hours 20 minutes into the show (you can drag the slider along in the iPlayer to jump to that point).
Jonathan was interviewed on 11 August on BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire about the Malayan Volunteers Group and the VJ Day commemorations on Sunday 15 August. Jonathan's interview starts soon after 2 hours 21 minutes into the show (you can drag the slider along in the iPlayer to jump to that point).
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £48,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of its work with ex-Far Eastern Prisoners of War. Read on... (The Times link, story 5)
AN 89-YEAR-OLD Westerham motorist has rubbished claims elderly drivers should get off the road. Read on...
27 May 2008 | New book launch reported in The TimesNational newspaper covers the launch at our upcoming conference. Read on...(The Times link)
18 May 2008 | Book launch: "War Memories: A Medical Student in Malaya & Thailand"At the 2008 RFH Conference we will be launching the memoirs of Gordon Smith. Read on...
1 April 2008 | I studied surgery as a Japanese PoWNinety-four-year-old Nowell Peach has a very special memento of his war years - a copy of Gray's Anatomy which was at his fingertips throughout the three years he spent as a Japanese prisoner of war. Read on...(BBC News link)
29 December 2007 | FEPOW 'Babes' make headlines 64 years on...Sixty-four years ago this Christmas, a group of sick and starving Allied prisoners of war staged an extraordinary adaptation of the pantomime classic Babes in the Wood on the banks of the River Kwai. Read on...(The Times link)