Conway Pulford | |
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Born | Agra, India | 26 January 1892
Died | 10 March 1942 Chibia, Dutch East Indies | (aged 50)
Buried | Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy (1905–18) Royal Air Force (1918–42) |
Years of service | 1905–1942 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands | RAF Far East (1941–42) No. 26 (Training) Group (1937–38) RAF Heliopolis (1932–34) RAF Bircham Newton (1931–32) No. 7 Squadron (1929–31) No. 210 Squadron (1920) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France) |
Spouse(s) | Elinore Mildred Pulford |
Air Vice Marshal Conway Walter Heath Pulford, CB, OBE, AFC (26 January 1892 – 10 March 1942) was a senior Royal Air Force officer during World War II. Pulford commanded British forces in the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore.
Pulford died of exhaustion and malaria after his evacuation vessel was attacked by Japanese aircraft and ran aground on an uninhabited island.
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