Surviving the death railway : PoW's memoir and letters from home / edited by Hilary Custance Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Barry Custance, 1915-2009, author.

Contributor:

Green, Hilary Custance, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

World War, 1939-1945.

Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

Prisoners of war--Thailand--Biography.

Baker, Barry Custance, 1915-2009.

Baker, Barry Custance.

Baker, Phyllis.

Baker, Barry Custance, 1915-2009--Correspondence.

Baker, Phyllis--Corresponence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2016.

Summary:

The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the Burma Railway have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not to be horrified and moved by their stoic courage in the face of inhuman brutality, appalling hardship and ever-present death.While Barry Custance Baker was enduring his 1000 days of captivity, his young wife Phyllis was attempting to correspond with him and the families of Barrys unit. Fortunately these moving letters have been preserved and appear, edited by their daughter Hilary, in this book along with Barrys graphic memoir written after the War. Surviving the Death Railways combination of first-hand account, correspondence and comment provide a unique insight into the long nightmare experienced by those in the Far East and at home. The result is a powerful and inspiring account of one of the most shameful chapters in the history of mankind which makes for compelling reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 29, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473870024

147387002X