Scott, James Lynn (Oral history)

338508663
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

© IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80029763&media_id=131871" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>
742507919
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

© IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80029763&media_id=131872" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>
128591002
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

© IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80029763&media_id=131873" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Description

Object description

British gunner served with 69th Bty, 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, Royal Artillery in GB and Java, Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942; POW in Bandung Prison, Tjimahi and Bandung Camps on Java, Dutch East Indies, 1942-1943 and Osaka 14-D Camp, Wakayama and Osaka 4-B Camp, Ikuno, Japan, 11/1943-8/1945

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Ollerton, GB, 1922-1941: family; employment; reaction to outbreak of Second World War, 3/9/1939; enlistment in Royal Artillery, 8/1941. Aspects of period as gunner with 69th Bty, 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regt Royal Artillery in GB and on Java, Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942: period at RAF Ringway in GB, 1941; news of overseas posting; manoeuvres; embarkation leave; voyage from GB to Dutch East Indies; aerodromes posted to on Java; decision to not fire rifle at a Japanese aircraft; news of Dutch surrender and journey into hills; waiting for Japanese on British surrender; spiking of guns; Aspects of period as POW in Bandung Prison, Tjimahi and Bandung Camps on Java, Dutch East Indies, 1942-1943: march to Batavia; hospitalisation in Garot and Bandung; fellow occupants in Bandung Prison; memories of Colonel Ernest 'Weary' Dunlop; period in Tjimahi Camp; organisation at Bandung Camp; population of camp; work in camp office; formation of working party. Aspects of period as POW in Osaka 14-D Camp, Wakayama, Japan, 11/1943-3/1945: conditions during voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Japan via Singapore; arrival in Japan and journey to camp; character of camp; different jobs undertaken in camp. REEL 2 Continues: clothing worn; accommodation and sleeping arrangements; rations; issue and contents of Red Cross parcels; incident of Red Cross parcel theft. Aspects of period as POW in Osaka 4-B Camp, Ikuno, Japan, 3/1945-8/1945: work in Mitsubishi Mining Company Ikuno copper mine;; technique for shovelling; climate; dropping of atomic bombs, 8/1945; hearing news of end of Second World War, 8/1945; wait for US Army including description of air supply drop; bartering with Japanese civilians. Aspects of journey from Japan to GB, 1945: story of drunken POW; train journey to Yokohama, Japan; voyage to and processing in Manila, Philippines; voyage to Southampton, GB; demobilisation. Aspects of period as POW in Osaka 14-D Camp, Wakayama and Osaka 4-B Camp, Ikuno, Japan, 11/1943-8/1945: receiving news of war; memories of fellow POWs; shifts of work parties; rations; conversations about food; physical state and health of POWs; climate in Japan; heating in accommodation; cigarettes; own health problems; morale; background of and treatment recieved from guards; rations; opinion that would have been killed in the event of an Allied invasion. REEL 3 Continues: psychological effects from imprisonment including story of officer and his funeral.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
King, Fiona (Recorder)
Scott, James Lynn (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2007
Dimensions: whole: Duration 70, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 30262

Our collections information

We have over a million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it. Sometimes we change how an object is interpreted. We sometimes make mistakes in our spelling, transcription or categorisation, or miss information out of our records.

Read more about our collections and the information we hold. Developing our collections information

If you have concerns about the language in this record, or you have information to improve it, please share your feedback.

Scott, James Lynn (Oral history)

Description

Object description

Content description

Object Details

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Associated events

Associated places

Our collections information

Related content

How Britain Celebrated Christmas During The Second World War