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Faith, Hope and Rice: Private Fred Cox's Account of Captivity and the Death Railway
Author(s): Ellie Taylor (Author)
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
- Publication Date: 12 Oct. 2015
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 1473857880
- ISBN-13: 9781473857889
Book Description
Fred Cox, a young soldier in the East Surrey Regiment, was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. The next three and a half years were spent in a series of POW camps, notably in Thailand working on the aptly named Death Railway. Fortunately he was not one of the 12,000 Allied prisoners who perished as a result of extreme maltreatment, starvation or disease, but his health, both physical and psychological, was seriously affected. After liberation, whilst in hospital in Ceylon, Fred was nursed by Joan whom he married. Advised by the doctors to face his horrific experiences, he and Joan spent the winter of 1946 - 1947 getting his story down on paper. Seventy years on, sadly after his death, Faith, Hope and Rice, (which were what sustained Fred through his ordeal) can now be shared with a wider audience. Readers cannot fail to be moved by the author's and his comrades' inspiring courage and resilience in the face of extreme adversity and ever present death.
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About the Author
Fred Cox was born in 1916 and brought up in a children's home. He joined the army at eighteen. His wartime experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese are told in this book. He married Joan who was his nurse in Ceylon after his release. They set up home in Buckinghamshire and had two children. Joan died in 1989 and Fred in 1991.Ellie Taylor, Fred and Joan's daughter, was born in Buckinghamshire in 1952. She has a degree in sociology and psychology with the Open University. After working as a counsellor, she ran her own craft business. She lives in Staffordshire and has two daughters and six grandchildren.