Survival and Separation on the River Kwai: The Ordeal of a Japanese Prisoner of War and His Family

by Ian Roberts

Eric Roberts was conscripted in 1939 into the 1/5 Sherwood Foresters. After service in France and evacuation from Brest in 1940, the Battalion were sent to the Far East arriving in Singapore three weeks before the surrender. Eric became a prisoner of the Japanese and was sent to the Burma-Thai Railway. His Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Colonel Lilly who was later to become the inspiration for Colonel Nicholson in the film Bridge on the River Kwai.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399049550
• ISBN13: 9781399049559
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 184 Pages