Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Flight Sergeant E. B. Bland, who was taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese on 20 March 1942 and held captive at Hintok Prisoner of War camp, near Hellfire Pass, Thailand, on the route of the Thai-Burma railway

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (550577 F.Sgt. E. B. Bland. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £240-£280

Eric Bowden Bland was born in Wavertree, Lancashire, on 8 May 1918, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a Boy entrant. He served during the Second World War as a Flight Sergeant at R.A.F. Kallang, Singapore. He was captured by the Japanese on 20 March 1942, following the Fall of Singapore, and was held in Hintok Prisoner of War camp, near Hellfire Pass, Thailand, on the route of the Thai-Burma railway. Released following the cessation of hostilities, he remained in the Royal Air Force, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 September 1953. He died in Nottingham on 20 January 1985.

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