Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a British Army officer. He saw service...
56 KB (6,623 words) - 07:46, 13 August 2024
Percival (/ˈpɜːrsɪvəl/, also written Perceval, Parzival, Parsifal), alternatively called Peredur (Welsh pronunciation: [pɛˈrɛdɨr]), is a figure in the...
22 KB (2,732 words) - 12:44, 15 June 2024
defences were quickly outflanked. The British Lieutenant-General, Arthur Percival, commanded 85,000 Allied troops at Singapore, although many units were...
94 KB (11,743 words) - 21:46, 19 August 2024
Look up Percival or Perceval in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Percival is a Knight of the Round Table in the King Arthur legend. Percival, Perceval...
4 KB (474 words) - 23:44, 6 December 2023
share in the administration. Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940)....
3 KB (411 words) - 20:05, 6 June 2024
Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, 3rd Baronet (25 December 1849 – 19 April 1916) is best known today as the innovator of the fifteen inch minimum gauge railway...
11 KB (1,206 words) - 00:01, 23 September 2023
soldier Percival "Percy" Myers (1887–1967), British political activist Arthur Percival "A.P." Newton (1873–1942), British historian and academic Percival Noronha...
12 KB (1,305 words) - 20:23, 29 May 2024
(1982), p. 375. Knecht (1982), p. 333. Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940). The English history of the British Empire...
53 KB (6,087 words) - 18:26, 11 August 2024
Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate...
15 KB (419 words) - 10:18, 4 June 2024
A. P. Newton (redirect from Arthur Percival Newton)
Arthur Percival Newton (1873–1942) was a historian of the British Empire who was Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London from 1920...
2 KB (133 words) - 19:55, 3 October 2021
Arthur Percival Gwynn (11 June 1874 – 14 February 1898) was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player. Arthur Percival Gwynn was born in Ramelton, County...
6 KB (509 words) - 13:05, 16 October 2023
Knights of the Round Table (section Arthur the Less)
(Pelleas), Percyvale (Percival), Safer (Safir), and Trystram Delyens (Tristram de Lyones) for the total of merely 24 (not counting Arthur). Aglovale de Galis...
126 KB (15,432 words) - 18:37, 13 August 2024
World War, from 11–13 December 1941. The British defeat compelled Arthur Percival to order all Allied aircraft stationed in Malaya to withdraw to Singapore...
21 KB (2,838 words) - 00:44, 18 June 2024
7 June 2015. The Great Explosion at Faversham by Arthur Percival Also reprinted in Percival, Arthur (1985), "The great Explosion at Faversham, 2 April...
79 KB (7,548 words) - 12:33, 7 July 2024
Allied forces in Singapore, under the command of Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, surrendered to the Japanese on 15 February 1942; about 130,000 Allied...
31 KB (2,779 words) - 18:11, 12 August 2024
A Century of Advance. Book 1, Donald F. Lach pp. 93–94 [1] Newton, Arthur Percival (1936). The Cambridge History of the British Empire, volume 2. p. 61...
61 KB (6,737 words) - 17:25, 6 August 2024
Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, DSO, MC & Bar (26 September 1897 – 27 October 1917) was a British flying ace of the First World War. Rhys-Davids was...
27 KB (3,628 words) - 01:54, 18 May 2024
Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust (born Arthur Perceval Cust; 21 February 1828 – 23 December 1916) was a Church of England cleric and author who served as Dean...
4 KB (368 words) - 11:26, 3 January 2024
British lieutenant-general Arthur Percival, who had surrendered Singapore, received two of the six pens used by General MacArthur to sign the instrument....
24 KB (2,382 words) - 20:22, 10 August 2024
Thailand during World War II. It was authorised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival as a "mini Matador" after Operation Matador, a pre-emptive strike into...
21 KB (2,564 words) - 08:28, 17 April 2024
the defenses shattered and supplies exhausted, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival surrendered the Allied forces in Singapore to General Tomoyuki Yamashita...
110 KB (12,374 words) - 09:42, 15 August 2024
Arthur Percival Day (10 April 1885 – 22 January 1969) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club during the period of the...
9 KB (771 words) - 23:33, 30 June 2024
Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940). "The Cambridge history of the British Empire, Volume 2 by Arthur Percival Newton p.14". Archived...
23 KB (2,977 words) - 11:45, 4 July 2024
conduct the campaign with his commanding officer, Lieutenant General Arthur Percival. He was captured during the Battle of Singapore, and held in prison...
9 KB (691 words) - 03:16, 8 June 2024
the Philippines withdrew to Java on 12 December 1941. General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out, leaving his men at Corregidor on the night of 11 March...
52 KB (5,186 words) - 10:19, 7 August 2024
Craig McGinlay is a Scottish actor, best known for playing Sir Percival in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. McGinlay grew up in Paisley just outside...
5 KB (332 words) - 09:42, 31 May 2024
Salabat Jung Hyder Ali Anwaruddin Khan Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1929). The Cambridge History of the British Empire...
15 KB (1,437 words) - 06:20, 15 August 2024
in Malaya until he was relieved of his duty by Lieutenant General Arthur Percival. Murray-Lyon was born in Glendale, Northumberland, on 14 August 1890...
9 KB (972 words) - 08:47, 11 August 2024
A Century of Advance. Book 1, Donald F. Lach pp. 93–94 [1] Newton, Arthur Percival (1936). The Cambridge History of the British Empire, volume 2. p. 61...
127 KB (14,997 words) - 18:59, 16 August 2024
ambush was ordered by the head of Malaya Command, Lieutenant General Arthur Percival's own instructions; he strongly felt that ambush was the way to fight...
47 KB (5,675 words) - 04:33, 19 May 2024