Manchester Regiment in Malaya

Manchester Regiment in Malaya

Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore. The defence was ultimately unsuccessful in the face of the Japanese advance and many of the Battalion spent the rest of the conflict as prisoners of War Date: 1941

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000636746
  • Registered date
  • 1941/12/31 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • ? Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2015
  • Media size
  • 4100 × 4699 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 300 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 4.50(MB)*
  • Special instruction
  • **The text may be generated by an automatic translation system**

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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