A WW2 ‘Singapore’ P.O.W. Group of 5 awarded to Corporal Samuel Leonard Ellis, 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was taken as a prisoner of war at the fall of Singapore, and held captive in Thailand. He later died onboard the Japanese ‘Hell Ship’ Kachidoki Maru when she was torpedoed by U.S.S. Pampaminto on 12 September 1944, comprising: General Service Medal, 1918-62, single clasp, Palestine (4912782 Pte. S. L. Ellis. Loyal. R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, 1939-45; Group swing-mounted on card for display, with cap badge and piece of cloth insignia, the first somewhat polished, otherwise extremely fine (7) Corporal Samuel Leonard Ellis, of Walsall, Staffordshire, served in WW2 with the 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and was taken prisoner of war at Singapore on 15 February 1942 and held in camps in Thailand. Having survived these camps, many of which worked to complete the ‘Death Railway’, Ellis and a large number of other British and Australian P.O.W.s were put aboard the transport ship Kachidoki Maru and other similar vessels as part of a Japanese convoy heading for Japan. Tragically the convoy was attacked en route and the Kachidoki Maru sunk – when the U.S.S. Pampaminto torpedoed the vessel (unaware of the 750 Allied P.O.W.s onboard – many of whom were killed or drowned). Corporal Ellis is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.Ex Dixon’s Medals

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