Richard Elkin CUMBERBATCH

1919 - 1944  (~ 25 years)

• Name	Richard Elkin CUMBERBATCH
  Born	Oct 1919
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Dec 1944	Nong Pladuk Prisoner of War Camp, Siam
  Buried	3 Dec 1944	Nong Pladuk Graveyard, Nong Pladuk Prisoner of War Camp, Siam
  Person ID	I23474	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

  
  

  Mother	Isabel GIBBONS
  Family ID	F8721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In Memoriam - CUMBERBATCH - In honoured and loving memory of RichardElkin Cumberbatch 137th Field Regiment R.A. [Royal Artillery]. Killed while a Prisoner of War at Nongpladuk Camp Siam on 3 December 1944.Dear and only son of the late Dr. E.P. Cumberbatch and MrsCumberbatch. This memorial was placed in The Times 3 Dec 1947 p1 Col A and wasrepeated on 3 Dec 1948, 4 Dec 1950, 3 Dec 1951, 3 Dec 1955, 3 Dec1958, 3 Dec 1962, 3 Dec 1963 and 3 Dec 1966 and was probably by AliceBeatrice Maud C Cumberbatch who was close to Richard Elkin. Here is a letter written to Richard's Mother by Charles Douglas his friend with an account of Richard's death: [dated 1 Dec 1945] "As was the case with all P.O.W.s the Japanese allowed the proper and decent Christian Burial...He was therefore buried at Nong Pladuk Graveyard not far from the main Siam Railway line which has been kept in good state of preservation, being a Base Camp Cemetary."