Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Leading Aircraftman R. C. Hamblin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was taken prisoner of war whilst serving with 211 Squadron in Java, 8 March 1942, and died in Japanese captivity 21 September 1944

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and ticker tape, in card box of issue addressed to ‘E. Hamblin Esq. Oatleys Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire’, good very fine or better (3) £160-£200

Reginald Charles Hamblin was the son of Ernest Hamblin, he served during the Second War as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Hamblin served with 211 Squadron (Blenheims) in Java, and was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese there, 8 March 1942, four days before the fall of Java. He was held in a POW camp in Java, and died in captivity, 21 September 1944. Hamblin is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.