Are you looking for information/war records of a relative held in World War Two by the Japanese?
Civilian internee
Association of British Civilian Internees for East Region (ABCIFER)
Mr Brian Gander-Secretary, 97 Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5PX
Prisoner of war (POW)
The National Federation of ex-Far East Prisoner of War Clubs
Mr Steve Cairns OBE, National Welfare Adviser, 136 Taunton Road, North Petherton, Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 6NN.
Tel: 01278 663 127
Japanese Labour Camp Survivors Association
Mr Bill Holtham-Chairman,
100 Pinewood Avenue, Eastbourne, Leigh on Sea, Essex SS9 5PB
Tel: 01702-524 613
Are you looking for Polish relatives?
In Poland?
Osrodek Badan Genealogicznych
"Piast"/Genealogical Research Centre, ul Podchorazych 89 PO Box 9, pl 00-957
Warsaw 36 Poland
In the UK?
Polish Catholic Mission
The Secretary, 2 Devonia Road, London N1 8JJ. Tel: 020-7226 3439
Who served under British Command in WWII?
Army Records Centre - Polish Section
Ministry of Defence APC Polish Enquiries, Building 28B RAF Northolt, West End Road, Ruislip Middx HA4 6NG
Are you looking for information / war records of a relative in the military?
With German forces
Deutsche Dienstelle (WasT)
Eichborndamm 167 - 209, D - 1000 Berlin, Germany
With Italian forces
Ministerio della Difesa
Direzione Generale Leva, Recl. Obbl. Militariz. Mob. Civ. e Corpi Aus., Divisione 7a Stato Civile, Via XX Settembre, Rome Italy
With British forces
Ministry of Defence
The General Enquiries Office, Room 0332, Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB.
Tel: 020 7218 6645.
Royal British Legion
48 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JY.
Tel: 020 7973 7200.
- "Lost Trails" database of servicemen wishing to contact one another.
- Accessible via web.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX.
Tel: 01628 342221
- Maintains records of the military dead from WW I and II, plus civilian dead from WWII.
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ.
Tel: 020 7416 5346.
- Historical information relating to various wars
- Guidance on tracing military personnel
Prisoner of war relatives
- Tracing war-time records of people who were WWII PoWs
- Records on civilian internees
- If you are the husband, wife, son, daughter, brother or sister, apply through British Red Cross
- If you are not an immediate relative, apply directly to the ICRC via post or online:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Archives Division & Research Section,
19 avenue de la Paix, CH – 1212 Geneva Switzerland
- Give as much identifying information on the person as possible: nationality, full name, date and place of birth, rank, registration number, date & place of capture, etc.
Was your relative a Prisoner of War (WWI)?
- Tracing war-time records of people who were WWI PoWs
- Records on civilian internees
- Apply directly to the ICRC via post or online:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Archives Division & Research Section,
19 avenue de la Paix, CH – 1212 Geneva Switzerland
- Give as much identifying information on the person as possible: nationality, full name, date and place of birth, rank, registration number, date & place of capture, etc.
- A research fee will be charged
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