Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sapper R. Meanwell, Royal Engineers, taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore, 15 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (4) £80-120

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

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Reginald Meanwell was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 24 March 1916, the son of Sergeant Robert Meanwell, Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons, and attested for the Royal Engineers on 17 January 1936. He served with the Royal Engineers in Malaya from 4 December 1937, and was taken prisoner of war at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Released after 3 years and 277 days’ of captivity, he transferred to the Reserve on 23 May 1946, and was discharged on 6 October 1948. He re-enlisted into the Royal Engineers the following day, and eventually left the Army on 30 June 1949, at his own request, after 13 years and 165 days’ service.

His elder brother Leslie also served with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, and he was also taken a Prisoner of War, in the Middle East in 1943.

Sold together with the recipient’s two Certificate of Service Booklets; and a portrait photograph of the recipient.