ALLENBY McIntosh survived almost four years as a Japanese prisoner of war before later becoming a prominent York businessman and golf club president.
He has died at the age of 87.
Mr McIntosh, who was born in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, near Ashington, Northumberland, spent most of his young life in Wooler where he went to school.
A successful carer saw him rise to the post of sales director for C
hristian Dior perfumes. After retiring from that post we went on to set up his own business in Allenby House, Stonegate, York, importing well-known French perfumes.
The family also ran Raffles Tea Rooms above Allenby House, which won the York Tourism Award in its first year of operation.
The name Raffles was chosen after he had been captured in Singapore while serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War.
He spent almost four years as a prisoner working on the infamous railway over the River Kwai in Thailand and was one of comparatively few survivors.
Mr McIntosh, who retired when he was 60, was a member of Fulford Golf Club, in York, for 40 years and was the club's president from 2002 until 2005.
He was particularly keen on helping the junior section and sponsored several events over the years in addition to playing in the St Leonard's Hospice tournament for each of the 27 years since its formation.
One of Fulford's best-known landmarks is a line of poplar trees to the left of the first and second holes and these were provided by Mr McIntosh in 1973.
Mr McIntosh leaves his wife Yvonne and his son Godfrey.
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