SOE Pearson, Cyril William (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pearson​

• FORENAME

Cyril William (Bill)​

• UNIT

No 2 Stay Behind Party,Malaya​

• RANK

Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

225860​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

Malaya 1942​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 1914 Brighton,Sussex​

farm hand in Canada​

soldier in Aden and Singapore​

tin dredger,Anglo-Oriental Mining,Perak​

Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (Sgt)​

Special Training School No 101,Singapore​

No 2 Stay behind party 1942​

WIA and POW 17.3.1942​

Changi Jail,Singapore​

Bangkok Prison,Thailand​

liberated September 1945​

interpreter with 7th Indian Division in Thailand 1945-April 1946​

returned to Malaya ​

returned to England 1954​

commissioned Lt 1.3.1954​

served Egyptian Canal Zone​

marine engineer,New Zealand​

returned to England 1993​

married Carmel Johnson 1946 in Leeds (3 children Cerise,David and Christina)​

married Kathleen (Kay) Cowling (predeceased him)​

died 21.10.2015​

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