Wymondham honours Far East prisoners of war An ecumenical memorial service at St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymondham heard about the ‘shift of mental furniture’ of one Far East prisoner of war.
Fr Pat Cleary, parish priest of St Thomas of Canterbury, hosted the service for Far East prisoners of War, which was organised by
Peter Wiseman. He was joined by
Fr Denis Gallagher and an Anglican guest,
Rev Pauline Simpson. The church had been built in 1952 by
Fr Cowin, who was himself a prisoner of war in Thailand, and used to say a daily Mass for those who died in Japanese camps. This practice has turned into an annual service which now takes place on the Sunday closest to May 14, the anniversary of the liberation of Rangoon (now Yangon) in 1945.
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