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...
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Percival (/ˈpɜːrsɪvəl/, also written Perceval, Parzival, Parsifal), alternatively called Peredur (Welsh pronunciation: [pɛˈrɛdɨr]), is a figure in the...
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defences were quickly outflanked. The British Lieutenant-General, Arthur Percival, commanded 85,000 Allied troops at Singapore, although many units were...
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share in the administration. Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940)....
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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...
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soldier Percival "Percy" Myers (1887–1967), British political activist Arthur Percival "A.P." Newton (1873–1942), British historian and academic Percival Noronha...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Allied forces in Singapore, under the command of Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, surrendered to the Japanese on 15 February 1942; about 130,000 Allied...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Alamein, 17 July 1942 Caribbean Regiment soldiers in Egypt Lt Gen. Arthur Percival, led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate...
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(1982), p. 375. Knecht (1982), p. 333. Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940). The English history of the British Empire...
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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...
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the defenses shattered and supplies exhausted, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival surrendered the Allied forces in Singapore to General Tomoyuki Yamashita...
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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...
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7 June 2015. The Great Explosion at Faversham by Arthur Percival Also reprinted in Percival, Arthur (1985), "The great Explosion at Faversham, 2 April...
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Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940). "The Cambridge history of the British Empire, Volume 2 by Arthur Percival Newton p.14". Archived...
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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...
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British lieutenant-general Arthur Percival, who had surrendered Singapore, received two of the six pens used by General MacArthur to sign the instrument....
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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...
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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...
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Faversham News, 5 Aug 1977, p8 The Great Explosion at Faversham by Arthur Percival: also reprinted in Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. C. (1985). Faversham...
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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...
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Salabat Jung Hyder Ali Anwaruddin Khan Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1929). The Cambridge History of the British Empire...
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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...
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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...
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Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as...
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