He was a marine and taken as a POW in WW 2 following the sinking of His Majesties Ship Prince of Wales. Any info on him welcomed. Derek Crompton London south-east

Derek, Which aspect are you following? I understand that after the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales the surviving marines were drafted into a unit of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders to take part in the defence of Singapore, and were then taken prisoner on the fall of Singapore. They were referred to as the "Plymouth Argyles" as Prince of Wales was a Devonport ship. A few years later I served with a seaman survivor of Prince of Wales who had been drafted to another RN ship in the area. If you want further info there are a lot of experts on the World War 2 mailing list worldwar2@rootsweb.com. Jim -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dellcrom@aol.com Sent: 18 October 2009 04:42 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON@rootsweb.com Cc: crompton@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Crompton, Peers(1920-2000) He was a marine and taken as a POW in WW 2 following the sinking of His Majesties Ship Prince of Wales. Any info on him welcomed. Derek Crompton London south-east :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Derek Do you know where his home town was?. I have a Peers Crompton but a generation earlier. Peers is an unusual name, but our lot was quite religious and if I remember rightly Peers Crompton was a former minister at Deane Church, Bolton; our local parish. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dellcrom@aol.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON@rootsweb.com> Cc: <crompton@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:42 AM Subject: [CROMPTON] Crompton, Peers(1920-2000) > > > He was a marine and taken as a POW in WW 2 following the sinking of His > Majesties Ship Prince of Wales. > Any info on him welcomed. > > Derek Crompton > London south-east > > ------------------------------------- > List mail will show up in PLAIN TEXT only. > ------------------------------------- > This list is for the CROMPTON surname family history and gossip. > ------------------------------------- > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cromptoninfo/ > ================ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROMPTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message