Author: LOCK, HAROLD.
Title: The Forgotten Men.
Description: Sudbury: Roger Burden, nd.(c.1995). Privately published. Harold "Hummie" Lock, lied about his age and signed up for the Royal Navy when he was only 14. He survived the sinking of HMS Jupiter in February 1942 in the Battle of Java Sea. He and his comrades had to swim for eight miles before finding land, where they were captured by the Japanese and imprisoned until the end of the war. The young seaman was beaten and starved and when he was freed in 1945, he weighed just 4st 10lbs. This is his story. Pp.74, signed by Harold Lock to foreword, occasional illustrations by J.Allen. Grey card covers, author's address label to lower front. VG.** "Mr Lock went on to organise reunions for former PoWs in Suffolk. In 2005, he travelled to Java in Indonesia and Singapore with the former Beirut hostage Terry Waite, who became a friend." (bbc).

Keywords: Harold Lock Signed Forgotten Men World War II Royal Navy Hms Jupiter Battle Java Sea Prisoner of War Japan Japanese Indonesia Memoir Biography Sudbury Suffolk 38294 Military


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