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colonial population

docks

fall of

Highlanders’ return

Sook Ching massacre

Singapore Times

slave labour

snakes

South Africa

South China Sea

Southampton

Southgate, Denis

Spain

Spong, Bobby

SS Andes

Stalin, Josef

Stirling Castle

Stonehaven

Stracathro hospital

submarines, American

Sudan

Suez Canal

suicide

Sumatra

Summers, Lieutenant Paul

Swanton, E. W.

Sweeney, Captain Charles

Taiwan

Tamarkan

taxi dancers

Tay, River

Taylor, Tommy

tenko

termites

Thailand

see also Siam

Thomas, Sir Shenton

Three Pagodas Pass

Tojo, Prime Minister

Toosey, Colonel Philip

Trafalgar, Battle of

Trail, Billy

Truman, President Harry S.

Urquhart, Alistair

army discharge

and ballroom dancing

childhood

cholera and rehabilitation

conscription and training

and cousin’s fiancé

determination to help others

diet

employment

and footwear

illnesses

and Korean guard incident

mental health

nightmares

passage to Singapore

and religion

responsibility for boys

return home

sleeping habits

and sports

survival strategies

and teaching

transfer and promotion

Urquhart, Bill

Urquhart, Cicely

Urquhart, Douglas

war service

Urquhart, George

and Alistair’s return

Urquhart, Gertrude

and Alistair’s return

Urquhart, Rhoda

and Alistair’s return

US marines

USS Cape Gloucester

USS Growler

USS Pampanito

USS Sealion

USS Tryon

Usuki, Lieutenant (the ‘Black Prince’)

and Alistair’s nightmares

and Alistair’s punishment

death sentence

‘V’ organisation

vampirism

venereal disease

Victoria, Queen

Wallace, William

Waller, Fats

water torture

Waterloo, Battle of

Watson, Hazel

Wavell, General Archibald

Wilkie, Captain R. D.

Wishart, Mr

women, ‘comfort’

Women’s Voluntary Service

Yamamoto, Admiral

Yamashita, General

Zhukov, Marshal

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

One - Will Ye No Come Back Again?

Two - Jealousy

Three - Land of Hope and Glory!

Four - Death March

Five - Hellfire Pass

Six - Bridge on the River Kwai

Seven - It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie

Eight - Sentimental Journey

Nine - Back from the Dead

Acknowledgements

Index

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

One - Will Ye No Come Back Again?

Two - Jealousy

Three - Land of Hope and Glory!

Four - Death March

Five - Hellfire Pass

Six - Bridge on the River Kwai

Seven - It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie

Eight - Sentimental Journey

Nine - Back from the Dead

Acknowledgements

Index