GVI GSM Palestine to 3528211 Pte C Griffiths Manchester Regt / A Japanese POW Casualty

Correctly impressed. However, an attempt has been made to remove his details. The last two digits of the service number are visible, part of rank, initial, surname and regt, very faint in places. Only one C Griffiths served in Palestine with the Manchester Regt. Please see all the pictures.

 

Condition EF ( attempted removal of naming) 

 

Cyril Griffiths served in Palestine with the 1st Bn Manchester regiment, for which he was awarded the GSM bar Palestine. The medal is confirmed on the roll, which also states he died while a POW on 16th November 1943.

 

Along with the rest of his battalion, Cyril was captured at the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942.  

 

First held prisoner at Changi Prison, the men were sent to build the infamous Thai Burman railway. It was while working on the railway that Cyril sadly passed away in Hosptial at Tambyn. He was laid to rest in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.  He was 27 years old.