I can't help with the memorial, but in case other readers should be confused by the reference to QOOH see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Own_Oxfordshire_Hussars for its history. Cheers, Colin -- Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? Tom Lehrer Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:20:46 -0000 From: "michael" <michael@allbrook.com> Subject: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F6F7E244F3FD4578962DE468A61FD8BB@allbrookpc1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.? Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943.?? He was?a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the ?Burma Railway? He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the? husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.?? Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q???????? Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q???????? Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook

Thank you. To add to that comprehensive entry which includes Churchill's funeral, I like the story that Sir Winston's funeral had been meticulously planned by Sir Winston himself. He was certain that De Gaulle, as French Head of State, would be attending. The funeral cortege left London by rail embarking at Waterloo - not the obvious choice of station but the one that would irritate De Gaulle the most Michael Allbrook -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colin Cohen Sent: 02 February 2010 13:45 To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford (michael) I can't help with the memorial, but in case other readers should be confused by the reference to QOOH see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Own_Oxfordshire_Hussars for its history. Cheers, Colin -- Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? Tom Lehrer Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:20:46 -0000 From: "michael" <michael@allbrook.com> Subject: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F6F7E244F3FD4578962DE468A61FD8BB@allbrookpc1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.? Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943.?? He was?a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the ?Burma Railway? He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the? husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.?? Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q???????? Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q???????? Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message