Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second World War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant J. G. Reed, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, decorated for services as a prisoner of war of the Japanese

The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. S. Lt. J. G. Reed. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, lacquered, otherwise good very fine (6) £500-£700

M.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1946: ‘Surgeon Lieutenant John Groscourt Reed, Malayan R.N.V.R. Services as a Prisoner of War.’

John Groscourt Reed was born on 3 September 1898, the son of Surgeon Captain John Charles Groscourt Reed.

Sold with a copy of his Japanese Prisoner of War card which shows that he was captured on 13 February 1942, two days before the final surrender of Singapore. He was repatriated on 15 November 1945.