In 1938 I wanted to join the Navy for adventure and to see the world. Due to unforeseen circumstances I found myself enlisted in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. I did see some of the world, and I got more than I bargained for, but I was one of the lucky ones who returned to tell the story of an obscene war. I hope you enjoy sharing some of my adventures, trials and tribulations.
Tom Barker 1999

Wounded and taken POW on Crete. June 6, 1941 Four years POW. Stalag 3D Teltow. Stalag 404 Grossbeeren. Stalag 4B Muhlberg. Left Muhlberg while the war was still raging in Berlin. Hiked across the Elbe river via Torgau. Picked up by American Officer in a Jeep and taken to an air strip. Transported from the air strip in Germany to France 1945 by Air Marshal Tedder. Landed at Reims France and interrogated by American Officer. Transported from Reims France to Buckinghamshire U.K. In the bomb bay of a Lancaster Bomber. Interrogated by British Officer. Click here to read the Full Story
 
 

Chocolate Soldiers Palestine 1939

The Phantom Piper Stirling Castle 1938

Solum1940

Il Silensio ( the silence)

The Highwayman

The Raid

Desert Dawn

Six and Seventy Kriegies

I would like to thank Martin Spirit and Bob Cull for allowing me to participate in their pages with a view to remembering the men who did not return to their loved ones. Martin and Bob's efforts also give the younger generation an insight to the futility and mad waste of war. Wars cost lives and money. Rebuilding after the conflict costs more money. Money that could be put to a far better use, such as building hospitals and finding cures for disease. And freeing hungry people from want. But the more sad fact is that for some young men it was the end of a family line gone forever. And I say this, but for those young men of ww2 today's youth would be in two camps. Fascism and Slaves. We who enjoy today's freedom owe an account that can never be paid.

Tom Barker 1999.

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An anecdotal history of 2 A&SH in the Malayan Campaign 1941-2 and subsequent captivity. This new 232 page soft back book contains 40 previously unpublished photos. Click on the graphic to learn more

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