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Arthur Percival
Lieutenant General
Arthur Ernest Percival
&
Bar
, (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a
British Army
officer and
First World War
veteran. He built a successful military career during the
interwar period
but is most noted for his defeat in the Second World War, when he commanded the forces of the
British Commonwealth
during the Japanese
Malayan Campaign
and the subsequent
Battle of Singapore
.
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