Crossley,+Pearson

Pearson Crossley did not die in Japan itself but in Thailand when under Japanese occupation. He was a prisoner of war and died on 6 June from malnutrition, disease and ill treatment while working on the Burma - Siam Railway (the railway memorialised in 1957 by the film "The Bridge in the River Kwai")

See Keighley News, 14th March 1942 with photo

Keighley News, 21st Aug 1943 - said to be a POW

Keighley News, 23rd June 1945 - report of Death

Buried in Kanchanaburi Cemetery, Thailand, 8 - K - 66

Pearson Crossley was the son of John William Crossley, farmer of Highfold Farm, and was in business with him. He played rugby for the Keighleyans and was the husband of Lena Crossley, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Jonas Laycock of Emsley St, Steeton.