TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sherwood,Johnny
AU  - Doe,Michael
TI  - Lucky Johnny: the footballer who survived the River Kwai death camps 
SN  - 9781444790306 (hbk.) :
AV  - D805.J3 
U1  - 920 SHE 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder & Stoughton
KW  - Sherwood, Johnny.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - Personal narratives, British
KW  - Soccer players
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Warfare and Defence
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes index
N2  - In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he was a soldier surrendering to the Japanese at the siege of Singapore. Taken prisoner he was sent to a POW camp deep in the heart of the Thai jungle, where he was starved, beaten, and forced to build the notorious 'railway of death' on the River Kwai. Johnny kept his and his men's spirits up with tales of his footballing past, even organising matches until he and the other prisoners became too weak to play. This book tells his story
ER  -