Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Gunner H. C. Leggett, Royal Artillery, who was taken prisoner at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (869951 Gnr H C Leggett RA) court mounted for wear together with an unofficial International Prisoners of War Medal, good very fine (4) £160-£200

Henry Claude Leggett, a Labourer from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, was born on 17 March 1910. He attested into the 13th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, and served in Malaysia during the Second War. Taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, he was released from captivity in August 1945, and discharged in 1955 upon reaching the upper age limit. He died in Hitchin in 1987.

The 135th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery suffered 67 casualties at the fall of Singapore, with a further 159 casualties at the hands of the Japanese, whilst in captivity.

Sold with the recipient’s corresponding court mounted miniature group, an unofficial miniature Territorial Army centenary medal and pin badge, and copied research.