Compensation Scheme
From 2000 former Far East POWs are now eligible for UK Government compensation for their suffering in POW and Internment camps operated by the Japanese during the War.
Compensation may be payable to any member of all British Groups imprisoned by the Japanese in the Second World War. It is therefore available to British civilians and merchant seamen as well as members of British and Commonwealth forces. An amendment of the scheme in 2002 extended compensation to former Gurkha soldiers.
An application may be made by either a former POW or their family or estate. A successful FEPOW applicant is entitled to an ex gratia payment of 10,000 pounds sterling. The scheme is currently administered by the Veterans Agency.
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