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    Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway
    Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway
    Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway
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    Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway

    By Ellie Taylor

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    Fred Cox, a young soldier in the East Surrey Regiment, was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. The next three and a half years were spent in a series of PoW camps, notably in Thailand working on the aptly named Death Railway. Fortunately he was not one of the 12,000 Allied prisoners who perished as a result of extreme maltreatment, starvation or disease, but his health, both physical and psychological, was seriously affected. After liberation, whilst in hospital in Ceylon, Fred was nursed by Joan whom he married. Advised by the doctors to face his horrific experiences, he and Joan spent the winter of 1946 1947 getting his story down on paper. Seventy years on, sadly after his death, Faith, Hope and Rice, (which were what sustained Fred through his ordeal) can now be shared with a wider audience. Readers cannot fail to be moved by the author's and his comrades' inspiring courage and resilience in the face of extreme adversity and ever present death.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 30, 2015
    ISBN9781473857902
    Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway

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