Title:AMERICAN DECORATIONS FOR BRITISH OFFICERS AT SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 485
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At an investiture at Government House, Singapore, Major-General Thomas Terry US Army presents medals to Lieutenant-General Messervy and other British officers, with Lord Mountbatten and other senior officers in attendance.
Description: Party descending the stairs from Government House with Allied flags frame left. Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy, General Officer Commanding Malaya, is decorated with the Legion of Merit by Major-General Terry. Lord Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia), flanked by Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey (commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning (Chief of Staff South East Asia Command). Major Richard Sharples of the Welsh Guards receives the Silver Star. An RAF officer, probably Flight Lieutenant Brian Ridgway, receives the American Distinguished Flying Cross.
Attached media - film JFU 483, JFU 484 and JFU 485
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Wilcox (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dempsey, Miles Christopher (person)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Allied Occupation of Singapore, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
