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Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a British Army officer.
Arthur Ernest Percival (Lieutenant-General) (b. 26 December 1887, Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England 1 –d. 31 January 1966, London, England) was the British commander who surrendered Singapore to the Japanese on 15 February 1942 during World War II.
Blamed for the British defeat at Singapore, British General Arthur Percival endured harsh (and perhaps unfair) criticism.
On the 15th of February 1942, Lt General Arthur Percival signed the largest surrender in British history at Singapore. The city was supposed to be a fortress, but his force of 85,000 men had been defeated by just 35,000 Japanese troops.
The first Japanese troops landed in Singapore via the northwestern coastline on 8 February 1942. After a week of intense fighting, the British Lieutenant General Arthur E. Percival surrendered Singapore to the Japanese forces under the command of Lieutenant General T omoyuki Yamashita. Preparation for war
Apr 20, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Arthur Percival, the British general who surrendered Singapore to the Japanese in World War Two. Find out how he rose from a clerk to a lieutenant general, and what factors contributed to the fall of Singapore.
Learn about the life and career of Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, who led the British forces in Malaya and Singapore during World War II. Discover how he failed to defend his command against the Japanese invasion and why his surrender was a low point for the British Empire.
