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Osaka Castle
In 2000, Carol Cooper was contacted by an email from a Japanese person who was making a documentary cocerning Prisoners of War in Japanese Camps. The reason behind this film was the discovery of a number of ID tags of British soldiers underneath Osaka Castle which the Japanese had used as Military Headquarters during WWII
There were 106 ID tags and the names and other details, such as Unit, date of death etc, correspond with some of those men buried in Yokohama War Cemetery.
COFEPOW do not have the ID tags or have any knowledge of their current whereabouts.
Details of the Prisoners for whom ID tags were found are listed below.
| NAME | UNIT | RANK |
| ASHTON HILL Robert | Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps | L/Cpl |
| BALL Ernest Walter | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| BARDEN Alfred Ernest | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| BARNETT Ernest Alfred | REME | Craftsman |
| BATE Joseph | RASC Attached RA | Driver |
| BEECH Reginald Edwin | 95 Bty 48 LAA RA | Gunner |
| BIRD James Patrick | 95 Bty 48 LAA RA | Gunner |
| BIRTWISTLE Robert | 2nd Bn The Loyal Regt (North Lancashire) | L/Cpl |
| BOARDMAN Clifford | RAF (VR) | LAC |
| BRIGHTWELL Frederick Charles Guy | RAF (VR) | FO |
| BURTON William George | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| BUTTERWORTH James | 242 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| CAMPBELL Ernest | RAF | Sgt |
| CANE Richard Oliver | 95 Bty 48 LAA RA | Bombardier |
| CHRISTIAN Arthur | 3rd The Kings Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps | Trooper |
| CLARKE Frederick William | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| CLARK William Arthur | 144 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Sgt |
| COOK Sidney William | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Sgt |
| COPE Kenneth Frank | RAF (VR) 100 Squadron | AC |
| CUTBUSH Harold William | 78 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Major |
| DANIELS Edward | RAF (VR) | AC |
| DAVIES Arthur Reginald | RAF (VR) | AC |
| DAVIS Laurence Arthur | 242 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| DEADMAN Tom | RASC | Driver |
| DOUGLAS Gilbert Georgeson | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| DOWDING Fred Charles | RAF (VR) 605 Squadron | LAC |
| DUFF Daniel James Stewart | RAF (VR) | Cpl |
| DURK Wilfrid Brazier | RAF (Aux AF) | Cpl |
| EAST William Godwin | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Sgt |
| EPTON John William Herbert | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| FIELD Frank Eric | 15 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| FLEMING William | Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps | Private |
| FROST William John | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| FRYER Leonard Edward | RAF (VR) 100 Squadron | AC |
| GIBBS Ronald Joseph G | RAF (VR) | AC |
| GIBSON William | RAF (VR) | AC |
| GINMAN Harry Thomas | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| GOODRUM Horace Ambrose | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| GREAVES Wilfred | RAF (VR) | AC |
| GRIMSEY Charles Nathan | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HALEY Harold Edward | RAF (VR) | AC |
| HARRIS Henry John | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HARVEY Thomas Henry | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HAYKIN Norman | HQ 9 HAA Regt RA | L/Bmbdr |
| HIGGINBOTHAM James Edward | RAF (VR) | AC |
| HILES William Richard | 15 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HOLDEN James | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HOLMES Cyril | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| HOWARD Leslie Frederick | 2nd Bn The Cambridgeshire Regiment | Private |
| JONES Brynley James | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| JORDAN George | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Bombardier |
| KENT George Harry | HQ 6 HAA Regt RA | Sgt |
| KENWRIGHT James | RAF (Aux AF) | LAC |
| KIDD Charles Frederick | 239 Bty 77 HAA Regt RA | Bombardier |
| LAMBERT Frederick George | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | L/Sgt |
| LAMBOURNE William Ernest | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| LEE Charles William | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| LEE John Stirling | Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps | Corporal |
| LEWIS William Thomas | HQ 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| LIPMAN Nathan | 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| LOMAS Walter | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MACDONALD James Alfred William | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Bombardier |
| MACKINNON John Macdougal | Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps | Corporal |
| MARSHALL Gavin | 21 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MEIKLE William | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MILLS William James | 49 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MORRISON Charles Watson | 241 Bty 77 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MOSES Robert | RAF (VR) | LAC |
| OWEN Leonard William Austin | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| PAGE William Frederick | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| PARKER Harold Theophilus | RAF | Sgt |
| PARRY Ivor Glynn | RAF 605 Squadron | Sgt |
| PARSONS Frederick George | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| PATTERSON Thomas | 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| PENMAN John | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| PIGG John Thomas | 78 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | L/Bombardier |
| POOLE Jack | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| POULSON William Thomas | RAF (Aux AF) | Sgt |
| PRICE Eric Cyril | RAF (VR) | LAC |
| PRINCE William John | RAF (VR) | AC |
| RICHARDSON William Harold | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| ROBERTS Rufus John | 3rd The King's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps | Trooper |
| ROBINSON Arthur David | RAF (VR) | AC |
| RUSSELL Charles Bruce | RAF (VR) | LAC |
| SCOTT Edward | RAF | Vorporal |
| SLEE John Robert | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| SMITH John Charles | RAF | AC |
| STANLEY Arthur Ernest Jesse | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| STRATFORD Albert Charles | RAF (VR) | AC |
| TAYLOR Ralph Ambrose | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Bombardier |
| THOMAS Idris | Royal Navy - HMS Sultan | Able Seaman |
| THOMAS Tudor Samuel | HQ 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| TRICE Edward Charles | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | L/Sgt |
| TROUT Richard | RAOC | Private |
| WITTS Samuel | 89 Bty 35 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| WOOD Charles Harold | RAF | LAC |
| WYKES Raymond Walter | 12 Bty 6 HAA Regt RA | Bombardier |
| YATEMAN John Frederick Owen | RAF (VR) | LAC |
| YATES Albert Henry | 95 Bty 48 LAA Regt RA | Gunner |
| MARTIN SIETSTRA | US ARMY (?) 3064 QM.GR.CO | Quartermaster |
| CARMEN DOTTY | US ARMY (?) | |
| VERNA BUEHLER |