| Surname: | Rycroft |
| Initials: | J F |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 3854728 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Singapore Fortress Pro Coy. Formerly Loyal Regiment, transferred to CMP. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Shown as being in Japan in Cutts papers. Info from Japanese POW index card: Joseph Frederick Rycroft, 12/2/1915 born 7 St Michael Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, address: father Joseph Rycroft, 7 St Michael Street, Walsall, occupation Labourer, father Joseph, mother Annie. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 44016, Rycroft, Joseph F, Cpl, 3854728, Army captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp HA, Hakadote, Japan. He is listed on Hakodota POW Camp Roll, Japan: British, 3854728, Rycroft, J F, Cpl. Casualty Roll 765/13, Malaya Missing 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1156, Malaya, previously reported missing now reported POW, previous List 765, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1899, POW, reported POW now not POW, previous List 1156, Malaya. 17/1/49 he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, GSM 1918 Palestine. Address:- 13 Wallington Heath, Bloxwich, Staffs. Joseph Frederick Rycroft. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: WO 100/504 Page: 30 Feb. 29, 1940) |
| Citation: | Clasp: "Palestine", awarded at 3854728 Pte, Rycroft, J F, 2 Loyal Regiment. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Japan JAPAN 🇯🇵 |