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British War Medal 1939-45. From a medal group awarded to Gnr Simon Moss, Royal Artillery. Mounted as worn. Part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Simon Moss, 77th Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in Java on 8 Mar 1942. He spent the next three years in a number of camps , 6 of them in Gloduk prison and participated in the construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Along with Jewish colleagues he took part in the building and consecration of the Synagogue at Changi Jail, about which he wrote an article.

World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945)

Burma Railway, 1942-43 (World War Two, POWs Far East 1941-1945)