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Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey CBE, DSO, TD, JP (12 August 1904 – 22 December 1975) was, as a lieutenant colonel, the senior Allied officer in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp at Tha Maa Kham (known as Tamarkan) in Thailand during World War II.
The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai - YouTube. NationalArmyMuseumUK. 23.3K subscribers. Subscribed. 128. 13K views 12 years ago. Writer, researcher and...
May 16, 2023 · While imprisoned, Philip Toosey used his leadership skills to save the lives of as many of the 2,000 Allied prisoners at the camp. He organized a food and medicine smuggling operation with a Thai merchant, and disciplined the POWs to maintain cleanliness and hygiene.
Jul 7, 2009 · Birkenhead’s Philip Toosey, a senior officer of prisoners of war on the Thailand Burma railway, features in an Imperial War Museum exhibition.
Dec 17, 2013 · Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "Bridge over the River Kwai". Toosey understood from the...
Jul 29, 2017 · Brigadier Sir Philip Toosey was a prisoner of war in a camp set up by the Japanese. A man who was the inspiration for Sir Alec Guinness's character in the film The Bridge on...
Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey CBE, DSO, TD, JP (12 August 1904 – 22 December 1975) was, as a lieutenant colonel, the senior Allied officer in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp at Tha Maa Kham (known as Tamarkan) in Thailand during World War II.
