Private Sidney Rockcliffe

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Name: Rockcliffe, Sidney Rank: Private  Service Number: 7598789 Date of Birth: 30th January 1922 Joined Territorial Army May 3rd 1939 age 17 Civilian Occupation: Rolling Mill hand - Steelworks in Sheffield UK Embodied: 2nd September 1939 Posted: 6th Anti Aircraft division - Royal Army Ordnance Corps. November 1939 Posted: 4 Division March 1941 Embarked to Malaya December 1941 Reported missing in Malaya by telegraph to his mother January 1942 As nothing was heard for over two years it was assumed that he had been killed in action during the invasion of Malaya by Japanese forces. Mother received a letter dated 9th September 1944 stating that he was held prisoner in a Japanese POW camp. Released by allied forces from Fukuoka #17 Awards: Mentioned in dispatches for gallant conduct 1939-45 STAR PACIFIC STAR WAR MEDAL 1939/45

1922 - 1998