THE story of a Second World War veteran who survived working on the death railway as a prisoner of war in far east has been turned into a film by the Royal British Legion. Len Gibson, from West Herrington, near Houghton-le-Spring, survived the notoriously tough conditions on the Burma railway and Mergui Road during the three-and-a-half years he spent as a Far East Prisoner of War (FEPOW). Mr Gibson, a retired teacher, who was awarded a British Empire Medal in 2019 for services to remembrance, celebrated his 101st birthday this month. His story, which he turned into a book to give younger generations a glimpse of the horrendous conditions experienced by prisoners of war, has now been used for a short film by the Royal British Legion, which has created a series of interviews with veterans as part of its work to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war.