GB 0099 KCLMA Procter - PROCTER, Maj John Harold (1917-1950)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Procter Created 1944-1945, 1950, 1992 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in 1917; 2nd Lt, North Lancashire Regt (Loyal Regt), 1937; Lt, 1940; served with 2 Bn, North Lancashire Regt, China and Singapore; commanded newly formed Carrier platoon, Singapore; served with independent company on special mission in Sarawak; POW, 1942-1945, in Keijo (Seoul), Korea and later Japan; commanded Support Company, 2 Bn, North Lancashire Regt, Austria; seconded to 2 Bn, Malay Regt, 1949; died in plane crash, Kelantan, Malaysia, 1950.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1992.

Papers relating to his service in the Far East in 1942-1945 and 1950, dated 1942-1945 and 1950, principally comprising two photograph albums of Keijo (Seoul) POW camp, 1942-1944; copy of obituary from The Lancashire Lad, North Lancashire Regt (Loyal Regt) journal (Dec 1950); copy of covering letter to the Centre from Joan Procter (Procter's sister), 1992.

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Oct 1996 Wars (events) China East Asia England Europe International conflicts Keijo Korea Korea R Lancashire Photographs Political systems Proctor , Joan , fl 1992 , sister of Major John Harold Proctor Republic Seoul UK Visual materials War War prisoners War victims Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) London

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1992.

Papers relating to his service in the Far East in 1942-1945 and 1950, dated 1942-1945 and 1950, principally comprising two photograph albums of Keijo (Seoul) POW camp, 1942-1944; copy of obituary from The Lancashire Lad, North Lancashire Regt (Loyal Regt) journal (Dec 1950); copy of covering letter to the Centre from Joan Procter (Procter's sister), 1992.

1 file

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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English and Korean

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

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