Loincloth of Lt John Fredrick Wright, Royal Army Service Corps, 1943 (c)
loincloth, loincloth
Accession Number
NAM.2021-11-4-1-1
Description
Loincloth of Lt John Fredrick Wright, RASC, 1943 (c) Black fabric loin cloth with letter ‘W’ embroidered in white thread and white cloth above. Part of a collection of objects belonging to Lt. John Fredrick Wright RASC while a POW in the Far East, during the Second World War. He was captured in Singapore on 16 Feb 1942. He was held in Changi prison (1942) among other POW camps.
Campaigns
World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945)
People