Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner G. E. Ruddick, Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore, and died in captivity in June 1943

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine (3) £60-£80

George Edward Ruddick, a native of Falmouth, Cornwall, was taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, while serving in the 3rd Battery, 6th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, and died in Japanese hands on 13 June 1943. He is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.