Jim Wren: 'I was imprisoned for over three years'

Jim Wren was a 21-year old Royal Marine from Sussex.

Just days after the Pearl Harbour attack, he was on board the battle cruiser HMS Repulse - part of a British Naval force in the South China Sea, near Malaysia.

Jim survived the sinking of the ship and three and a half years as a prisoner of war in Sumatra.

At 105 years-old, Jim Wren is the last survivor from HMS Repulse and one of the oldest living veterans from World War Two.

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