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Royal British Legion

Button hole lapel badge 'British Legion'.

Part of a collection of items belonging to Ronald Holder. Ronald Holder was born in Abercynon in 1914. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Signals. Early in the war he was captured in Java, and spent three and a half years as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese. He was liberated by the Gurkha’s and eventually came back to Wales via the troop ship M.V. Teglelberg.

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Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F2023.3.7

Creation/Production

Royal British Legion
Date:

Acquisition

Donation (joint), 6/1/2023

Measurements

Length (mm): 21
Width (mm): 20
Height (mm): 6

Location

In store

Categories

Second World War
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