We are sorry to hear of the passing of Bradfieldian Michael Charnaud (C 46-49) on the 5th November 2024, aged 93. His son writes:

He arrived at Bradfield having been captured as an 11 year old boy by the German Raider Thor in May 1942 - he was handed to the Japanese as a child prisoner and interned at Fukushima until the end of the war.

Bradfield was one of the rocks in his life and he talked about his exploits with very fond memories.

Michael wrote an account of his experience in the war as part of the BBC's WW2 People's War project. You can read it here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/c55186/.