Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A. G. V. Bottle, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died of Malaria in captivity on 27 June 1945

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1007380 Sjt. A. G. V. Bottle. R.A.) extremely fine (5) £180-£220

Arthur George Victor Bottle was born at Faversham, Kent, on 24 May 1906, and served with the 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and held at Camp 4, Thailand. He died of malaria whilst still in captivity on 27 June 1945, and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

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