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.
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.
%%%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.
One of the finest accounts yet of life in the jungle PoW camps, at
once humbling, heartwarming and enraging
*The Times*
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