Family Group:

Three: Private F. T. Gladwell, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War following the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died in captivity on 25 August 1943
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Gladwell, 13 Springfield Ave., Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk’, extremely fine

Three: J. H. Gladwell
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr J. H. Gladwell, 4 Banbury Rd., Mildenhall Rd. Est., Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk.’, nearly extremely fine (6) £200-£240

Francis Thomas Gladwell attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion during the Second World War in Malaya. He was taken Prisoner of War following the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, one of 620 men of the Battalion taken Prisoner of War, and died in captivity on 25 August 1943. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma.