World War Two - Second World War - The handing over of the Union Jack flag by

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World War Two - Second World War - The handing over of the Union Jack flag by

World War Two - Second World War - The handing over of the Union Jack flag by the Newcastle branch of the Far-East Prisoners of War Association (FEPOW) to the The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers so it could be kept in Alnwick Castle Museum. The Union Jack was secretly used at burial ceremonies to cover the bodies of some of the many thousands of POWs who died at the hands of the Japanese in camps in Singapore or while working on the notorious Burma railway. It was kept hidden from their captors inside the bamboo supports of the platform where the British soldiers slept in their prison camp.
Lt Col John Webb, branch chairman, hands over the flag..
17th September, 1995

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