Yachtsman who survived threats of beheading, dies
- Thu, 16 Jul 2009
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A sailing Rear-Admiral who survived threats of beheading, starvation and disease, while being held in a Japanese POW camp in World War II, has died at the age of 92.
James Harkness was introduced to sailing on a cruise to Brittany in 1933. It inspired a lifelong love of yachting.
At the end of the war he and his wife Grace raced dinghies in Malta. He is survived by his wife and their two daughters.
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