Summary on George Lord, Royal Corps of Signals

Text on "short snorter":
"G Lord SSgt R Signals BSM
Dominion Royal Artillery
POW".
Written out:
George Lord, SSgt., Royal Signals, Battery Sgt. Major,
Dominion Royal Artillery,
Prisoner of War.

Father: Mr. George Henry Lord, 48 Oak Rd, Wath-on-Dearne near Rotherham Yorkshire, England
Occupation: Miner
Mothers Name: Eleanor or Ellen

Birth Date: 	21 Sep 1915
Birth Place: Clarence Street West Meltham Near Rotherham Yorkshire ENGLAND
Occupation: Automobile mechanic
Died: Jan. 1988 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

Military Service: 1939-1945
Military Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Regiment: 11th (Indian) Div.Signals, British Army. Malaya
Service Number: 2323728
POW: 2/15/42 - 9/2/45

George Lord served with the Royal Corps of Signals and was attached to the 11th Indian Division Signals. This division was formed in Malaya in May 1941 and was under the command of the 111th Indian Army Corps.

Following the Japanese landings at the start of December 1941, the division endured a gruelling ten week campaign in the North of the Malay Peninsular on the Thailand border, suffering severe losses at Jitra, Gurun and later at Slim River. Some of the infantry units in the division registered 50% casualties.

Following a violent Battle on the Muar River in Jahore the Division was finally compelled to withdraw to Singapore Island, where, what remained of the 9th & 11th Divisions amalgamated. Once again the Division found itself in the front line and took heavy casualties.

On the 15th February 1942, Singapore with its remaining 85,000 strong Commonwealth force surrendered to the Japanese. More than 13,000 British imperial soldiers died in the Malayan Campaign and over 8,000 were killed in action during the siege of Singapore.

The POW camps he was at were the Malaya Main Camp (Changi) to Thailand #2 to Osaka #6-D and to Hiroshima.#3.

Here's the back of the POW card:

    1942.11.4 Departed Singapore for transfer
    1943 Transferred to Thailand POW Branch Camp #2 [Chongkai?]
    1944.6.18 Departed Singapore Port for transfer to mainland Japan
    1944.8.28 Transferred to Osaka POW Branch Camp [#6-D which later became #9 Amagasaki]
    1945.6.2 Transferred to Hiroshima POW Camp (Branch Camp #3)
    1945.9.2 Handed over to R.A. Conductor Thomas John Davies in Hibi, Tamano City, Okayama Pref.

Type of Labor:
Most of the British Artillery men, ex Malaya,worked on the Death Railway. At Hiroshima No.3 Branch Camp at 448 Hibi, Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture the POWs were used by Mitsui Mining Company, and they worked at Hibi refinery factory.

SOURCES:
Multiple sources on the WWW, emails and https://eastbarkwith.com/ww2-fallen.