About Adam Park
Welcome to the battlefield and POW Camp of Adam Park.
‘What’s the most remarkable thing about Adam Park ?… it’s still there!! ‘ – Jon Cooper TAPP manager
The Adam Park Project (TAPP) is the first comprehensive archaeological survey of a Singapore WW2 battlefield and POW camp.
News & Events
For the Latest News on Adam Park
If you want to keep bang up to date with all the gossip and news on the Adam Park site have a look at the Adam Park Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AdamParkProject/
Moving On – Protecting the Past
As the years progress we inevitably have a turn over of tenants at Adam Park. Recently long standing residents have moved away and houses have remained unoccupied. However that doesn’t mean they fall into disrepair the Singapore Land Authority regularly go into the properties to maintain them and get them ready for prospective new families. […]
Jack Jennings at 100
Private Jack Jennings is the last of the ‘Fen Tigers’ who fought at Adam Park and I’m glad to say he is still going strong. I was honoured to attend his 100th Birthday Party in Torquay on 27th / 28th April along with over 100 friends and family. Jack was as always in great form […]
Heading Back to Singapore
Glad to announce I am heading back to Singapore for a brief visit this April and to explore new opportunities and project sites. Looking forward to bringing the Adam Park project up to date and finding out what has happened to Adam Park in the last two years. I am also looking into the fight […]
Biting the Bullet
The great thing about having a virtual museum is that we can take on new ideas and theories about the archaeology. TAPP has been contacted by Jean-Loup Gassend, a battlefield archaeologist studying WW2 sites in Southern France. He has put forward an alternative and more plausible explanation for the poor state of the ammunition found […]
Cambridgeshires Coming Home
The final presentation for TAPP2 took place on Sunday January 22nd at the AGM for the Cambridgeshire Regiment Association at which the items relating to Sgt Pony Moore, previously purchased by the project from an internet auction site, were returned to the Cambridgeshire’s Regimental Museum curator Mr Martin Boswell. The items were reunited with other […]
Hill 105 – Survey Report
We have added Martyn Fryer’s report on the exciting finds being discovered on Hill 105 at MacRitchie Reservoir to the Document Library. We hope we can now go to the National Parks and on the back of these discoveries and research to pitch for a fully comprehensive survey of the site. The aim would be […]
‘Tigers’ available in UK
A small number of the new softback version of ‘Tiger’s in the Park’ are now available in the UK. Contact Jon Cooper through the Contacts page or via the Adam Park Facebook site for a copy.
Farewell to Len
Its with deepest regret that we announce the death of Sgt Len Baynes who passed away on Saturday 6th August 2016 All those of you who have been following the progress of The Adam Park Project will know Len as a major inspiration for the project as it was his book and memoirs that provided some […]
Back Home
TAPP Project Manager has returned to the UK after 7 years of working on the project. With the website and book up and running Jon Cooper has now returned to Edinburgh and re-establishing ties with Glasgow University’ Centre for Battlefield Archaeology. This does not mean the work will stop for good at Adam Park. Decisions […]
