Auction 467
Autograph auction Football, Space, TV/Film, Military, Historic photos, covers and books.
By Chaucer Auctions
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Nov 15, 2024
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 595:
WW2 Hong Kong Prisoner of War and Lisbon Maru survivor M. Truscott signed 8x12 letter. 8x12inch letter written and ...
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Sold for: £20
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Estimated price :
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Buyer's Premium: 22.95%
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WW2 Hong Kong Prisoner of War and Lisbon Maru survivor M. Truscott signed 8x12 letter. 8x12inch letter written and signed by Colonel M.E.E Truscott. After three years with the Territorial Army, Lt Col Truscott enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals in 1934 and trained as an Operator Wireless and Line. He was posted to Hong Kong in 1937 and was still there when the Japanese invaded the colony in 1941. Having been made a Prisoner of War he was, in September 1942, being transported to Japan on the Prison ship 'Lisbon Maru' when it was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Grouper: one of 400 survivors from a total of 1800 Prisoners of War, he swam for 24 hours before reaching an island in the China Sea. He was re-captured by Japanese Marines within 24 hours and taken to the Prisoner of War camp Osaha where he remained until the Japanese surrender in August 1945. In 1954, he was commissioned as a Quartermaster reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
