Survivor on the River Kwai
The Incredible Story of Life on the Burma Railway
$34.16
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2014
Summary
Survivor on the River Kwai is Reg’s extraordinary story – one of courage and determination and the will to beat a terrifyingly brutal regime which mercilessly killed thousands of British soldiers.
This is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway.
February 1942. A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241965115 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024196511X |
| Author: | Reg Twigg |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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One of the finest accounts yet of life in the jungle PoW camps, at once humbling, heartwarming and enraging
One of the finest accounts yet of life in the jungle PoW camps, at once humbling, heartwarming and enraging – Allan Mallinson * The Times *
About The Author
Reg Twigg
Reg Twigg was born at Wigston (Leicester) barracks on 16 December 1913. He was called up to the Leicestershire Regiment in 1940 but instead of fighting Hitler he was sent to the Far East, stationed at Singapore. When captured by the Japanese, he decided he would do everything to survive. After his repatriation from the Far East, Reg returned to Leicester. With his family he returned to Thailand in 2006, and revisited the sites of the POW camps. Reg died in 2013, at the age of ninety-nine, two weeks before the publication of this book.
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