17 October 2011 | Repatriation memorial unveiling ceremony
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15 October 2011 | BBC News on the memorial unveiling ceremony
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14 October 2011 | Maurice Naylor and Meg Parkes interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside
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14 October 2011 | Maurice Naylor being interviewed by Roger Philips on BBC Radio Merseyside
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14 October 2011 | BBC Radio Leicester discussion on the new plaque
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14 October 2011 | The Guardian previews unveiling of the memorial plaque
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12 October 2011 | Blackpool Gazette previews unveiling of the memorial plaque
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10 October 2011 | Liverpool Echo previews unveiling of the memorial plaque
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10 October 2011 | Maurice Naylor talks to the Leicester Mercury
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8 October 2011 | BBC Radio Shropshire report on the Liverpool Pier Head plaque
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30 July 2011 | Changi POW camp Bureau of Record & Enquiry papers discovered at the National Archives (TNA)
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19 July 2011 | Unveiling of the Liverpool Pier Head Repatriation Memorial, 11am Saturday 15 October 2011
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4 December 2010 | The Times reports on the launch of the Pier Head Memorial Appeal
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9 November 2010 | Liverpool Daily Post reports on the launch of the Pier Head Memorial Appeal
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18 October 2010 | DVD of 2008 conference FEPOW interviews now available
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15 August 2010 | Jonathan Moffat interviewed for BBC Radio West Midlands
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).
11 August 2010 | Jonathan Moffat interviewed for BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire
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).
14 August 2009 | VJ-Day launch of PoW project reported in The Times
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)
17 November 2008 | Motorist, 89, takes up challenge after comedian's TV jibe
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 Times
National 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 PoW
Ninety-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)
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