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Changi stones and Prisoners of War in Singapore
My reader Hazel Bateman left a moving comment in my story of a British veteran who served in Singapore in 1955. Hazel’s eloquent comment made a compelling story of the World War Two: “(…In...
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The Uplifting Changi Murals and Stanley Warren
In 1958, there was an international search for a mysterious artist. The only clue was that the artist was a prisoner of war in Singapore after the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, which was...
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Remembrance Day in Southampton
Historical posts have dominated my posts recently. I meandered through the conflicts during Malayan Emergency from 1948-1960, the Batang Kali killings in 1948 with no closure yet, and how Stanley...
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Eric Cordingly – Diary of the Changi POW Chaplain in Singapore
Eric Cordingly was an army chaplain. He was a prisoner of war at the Changi POW camps in Singapore. The year was 1942. Eric Cordingly was a chaplain with a territorial battalion of the Royal...
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The Incredible Journey Of Harry Stogden’s Changi Cross In Singapore
When Padre Eric Cordingly was imprisoned at the Changi prisoners of war camp in Singapore in 1942, he kept a diary with fascinating details. For example, he mentioned how ambitious the POWs were in...
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Pilgrimage of a son: How Changi Cross made history
Fifty five years after the the Changi Cross (St. George’s Cross) was crafted at the Changi prisoner of war camp in 1942, the world finally discovered the full identity of the maker of the symbolic...
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