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• Ashmore, Brenton Haliburton (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1982-09-20

  British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots in Ireland, 1920-1921; served as staff officer with Headquarters, British Forces in Shanghai, China, 1938-1940; served as staff officer with Headquarters, Malaya in Singapore, Malaya, 1940-1942

• Dead Indian Soldier Near Paya Lebar, Singapore, 1942

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942

  image recto: A dead soldier wearing a backpack and still holding his rifle in his outstretched hand. He lies face down with his knees tucked under him. image verso: Sketch lines in blue ink.

• Naval Base Camp, Singapore, Shortly After Arrival, 14 January 1942

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

  image recto: A sketch of a soldier lying on a bed, his head propped on a pile of blankets, and his legs crossed. He is smoking a pipe. A pair of boots lie under the bed, and a mosquito net hangs above him. A palm tree can be seen through a window set...

• Outskirts of Singapore, Friday February 13, 1942. Dump Burning under Jap Shellfire. Drawn During Shelling. verso: Design, 'Ballet Russe' & Three Sketches of Japanese Soldiers

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-13

  image recto: A sketch of a burning ammunition or fuel dump seen from the garden of a house. A long beam dominates the composition diagonally from the right to left. There are pots with exotic plants in the lower right and a garden wall running along the...

• Percival and Yamashita Signing Singapore's Surrender, February 1942

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942

  image recto: A group of Japanese military personnel gathered around a table. On the left is a large man poised with his hands clasped on the table. He looks over at another man on the other side of the table who has a pen in hand, and papers in front of...

• Prison Cat, Changi, March 1943

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943-03-01

  image: A small study of a cat curled up asleep. image verso: A ink cartoon of a worker carrying a top-hatted capitalist on his shoulders, part of a clenched fist top right.

• recording

  (sound) Made by: Allen, Charles (Production company) 1983

  British army soldier on National Service, served in Singapore District Signal Regiment from 1956, during the Emergency

• recording

  (sound) Made by: Allen, Charles (Production company) 1983

  British civilian. Served with the Merchant Navy from 1921-1925. Worked for British Malay Rubber company in Malaya from 1926. Conditions of service and routine on plantation at Nilai, Malaya. Social life. In 1939 when on leave in GB took commission with...

• George, William John (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1982

  British NCO on strike duty in 1926 (General Strike), GB. Served in China, 1927-1928

• Price, Olga Marion (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1982

  British civilian wife of Army officer, posted to Shanghai, China in 1936. Impressions of the city, living conditions and social activities. Evacuated to Hong Kong in 1937 for 3 months, returned to Shanghai. Posted to Singapore 1938, then moved to Johore...