Z1483/3

Commonplace book kept by Arthur Pattison containing the following: Nominal rolls of No. 4 Platoon, and No 9 Platoon, A Company. Notes on the bones of the human body Nominal roll of No. 2 Platoon Tables of Japanese numbers, currency and vocabulary. Draft application for post of foreman in locomotive workshops, with details of upbringing in Sunderland and previous work at James Laings and Co. Ltd of Sunderland and later Igranic Electrical Co. of Bedford, n.d. [c.1946]. Copies of various songs; includes poems compiled by him including The Road to Singapore, After the War, Changi, The Soldier’s Farewell, The ATS, and Wiskers Rocket Plane. Transcript of General Wavell’s last order at Singapore, 15 February 1942, and Lt. General Percival’s message to the troops. At back: some personal details, including list of illnesses and personal weight, both with dates.

n.d. [c.1942-1946]

From: 1942 To: 1946

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Pattison, Arthur,
Wavell,
Percival

Japan, Singapore, Sunderland, BEDFORD, prisoners of war, Igranic Electric Company Limited, engineers, poetry, Changi, ATS, 5th Battalion (T.A.) Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment