Ending 2nd Aug, 2022 16:00

Timed Auction - Militaria

 
Lot 67
 

WW2 Prisoner of War Medal group

A Second World War Prisoner of War medal group of five comprising 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal and War Medal together with Territorial Army Efficiency Medal with "Malaya" clasp and two crowned clasps, awarded to "5644 Private Robert B. Jagoe F.M.S V.F." all mounted to bar; sold together with a Cadet Forces Medal awarded to "Major R.R. Jagoe, CCF" with two miniature medals

Notes: Pte (later L/Cpl) Robert Browning Jagoe served with the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force and was held as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese from 1942-25. During the Second World War, the FMSVF was one of the locally-raised volunteer forces that fought against the Japanese in the Malayan Campaign. Following the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, most of the white and Eurasian volunteers were imprisoned in the Changi prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. Many of these POWs were later sent to work on Japanese construction projects such as the Burma-Thailand railway, with the harsh and brutal conditions resulting in a high number of deaths.

Sold for £2,000


 
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