Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Staff Sergeant B. T. Sherman, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who was taken prisoner of war at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure named to ‘Staff Sergeant Bernard Thomas Sherman’, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120

Bernard Thomas Sherman was born in 1916 at Barnet, Middlesex. He served with the East Surrey Regiment during the Second World War was taken prisoner of war at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. His release from captivity was confirmed on 17 September 1945 and he later transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Sherman’s medals are accompanied by a posthumous slip of condolence from the Army Council although records show he did not die until 1958.