Incredible story of Black Country WW2 veteran and last known survivor of 'death railway' who has died aged 104 expressandstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from expressandstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black Country WW2 veteran and last known survivor of 'death railway' dies aged 104 expressandstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from expressandstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jack Jennings, who has died aged 104, spent three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war and worked as a slave labourer on the Siam-Burma “Death Railway”; he was thought to be the last survivor of the roughly 85,000 Allied soldiers who were captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese.