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Canton Prison - Worse

In May, 1945, Mr. Routledge was transferred to Canton Prison. He describes this prison in one word.

Hell At Stanley Prison

Back at Stanley Prison, Mr. Routledge and his comrades were placed in the section with the Chinese prisoners. Their rations were meagre. After several weeks there, two new arrivals at the prison, both British officers, eventually brought improvements to their living conditions.

Charges of Espionage - Court Martial Pending

Mr. Routledge and his comrades were again transferred, this time to the Gendarmes to be held for a Japanese Court Martial, which took place December 1, 1943. The outcome was staggering.

Moved To Stanley Prison

Mr. Routledge and three other Canadian prisoners were moved to the Stanley prison.

The Torture Continued

The treatment he received from his Japanese captors when his activities of passing messages in and out of the camp were discovered was the stuff of nightmares.

Caught and tortured

Mr. Routledge later took on a new and life-threatening duty of moving messages from the camp to contacts outside Sham Shui Po... and back again. He eventually is discovered by his Japanese captors. The consequences are terrifying.

Life at Sham Shui Po

While many Canadian prisoners at Sham Shui Po are sent off to work in the shipyards and coal mines in Japan, Mr. Routledge remains at the Hong Kong camp and is appointed to the position of second-in-charge of the Rations Party. He explains.

Tough Japanese Guards

Back at Shamshuipo, now a prisoner-of-war camp, Mr. Routledge recalls the frightening treatments he and other prisoners received at the hands of the Japanese guards.

The Nightmare Begins

Mr. Routledge and those on Stanley Peninsula were marched to a prisoner camp at North Point. He describes the camp's deplorable conditions.

Hong Kong Falls

Recovered from his wounds, Mr. Routledge is assigned wireless operator to the brigadier in charge of the forces at Stanley. Japanese shelling of the town forces the troops to move to the Stanley Peninsula. Then, on Christmas Day, 1942, the order comes for all Allied forces to surrender to Japan. The commander of the forces on the Stanley Peninsula had other thoughts.

The Japanese Attack Shamshuipo

Hong Kong is under attack by the Japanese and Mr. Routledge recalls advice his father, a veteran of the First World War, had given him.

The Freezing Cold

Mrs. Page talks about what life was like in England, and her service at the Canadian Army General Hospital.

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