Three: Private W. A. Williams, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, taken Prisoner of War in Malaya, he died in captivity in Thailand on 26 June 1943

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure named to ‘Pte. W. A. Williams’, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs L. Williams, Star Corner, Breage, Helston, Cornwall’, extremely fine (3) £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Prisoners of War.

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William Alfred Williams, of Helston, Cornwall, served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War in Malaya in 1942. He died in captivity in Thailand on 26 June 1943, probably whilst employed as a prisoner on the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway, and is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. He is additionally commemorated on the Breage Church War Memorial, Cornwall.