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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 490

Six: Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant A. J. Waldock, Royal Artillery late Lincolnshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war at the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, later being forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway

British War and Victory Medals (42764 Pte. A. J. Waldock. Linc. R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (1424221 Sjt. A. J. Waldock. R.A.), mounted for wear, light contact marks and edge bruising, very fine overall (6)

Athur James Waldock was born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire in on 19 December 1898 he enlisted with the Queen's Regiment during the Great War but was transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment. Demobilised after the end of the war Waldock re-attested at Bedford with the Royal Artillery on 23 October 1922, serving with a series of anti-aircraft batteries.

On the outbreak of the Second World War Waldock was serving as Battery Quartermaster-Major 1st Heavy, at Singapore during the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya. Waldock was taken prisoner of war on 15 February 1942 and taken first to Chungkai camp, one of the first staging posts on the Burma Railway. He was to work on the Railway for the rest of the war, spending time at Tarsoa, a hospital, and Tamuan at Thailand.

Surviving his ordeal Waldock returned home and was discharged on 21 December 1946 with his medals sent to him on 22 February 1949 at 11 Cadwell Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. His Army Reserve service documents note that he died on 30 April 1968; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£190