Six: Chief Ordnance Officer F. J. Gallagher, Ulster Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (UD/X.1094. F. J. Gallagher. Ord. Art. 4 R.N.V.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £240-£280

The following entry is taken from ‘War Records of some Officers and Men of H.M.S. Caroline 1939-45 [Caroline was the training ship for the Ulster Division of the R.N.V.R.:

‘Chief Ordnance Artificer F. J. Gallagher. Drafted to Singapore at outbreak of war, worked at the naval base there, and being promoted to Chief Ordnance Artificer. After the fall of Singapore, joined a small auxiliary vessel and attempted to escape, but was captured and became prisoner-of-war for three years, suffering dysentry (sic), beri beri, and other privations.’