File:"Of the 65,000 Indian Army troops taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore...25,000 accepted...that the Japanese...needed them to help drive (Britain) out of East Asia. Consequently they retained their arms and Art.IWMART1574744.jpg

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English: "Of the 65,000 Indian Army troops taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore...25,000 accepted...that the

Japanese...needed them to help drive [Britain] out of East Asia. Consequently they retained their arms and were welcomed into a Tokyo- inspired Indian National Army...[who were used to guard the prisoners of war]." Taken from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle
 image: A sketch of an incident involving a Sikh guard and a British officer. The guard stands in the centre of the composition, his rifle held over his shoulder by the butt end. He is wearing Indian National Army uniform and a Japanese armband on his left arm. The officer is kneeling before him and looking to his left towards two other prisoners of war, one an officer, who are watching

the incident.
Date (Second World War)
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This photograph Art.IWM ART 15747 44 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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Ronald Searle  (1920–2011)  wikidata:Q500700 q:it:Ronald Searle
 
Ronald Searle
Alternative names
Ronald William Fordham Searle
Description French-British caricaturist, illustrator, screenwriter, comics artist, cartoonist and courtroom sketch artist
Date of birth/death 3 March 1920 Edit this at Wikidata 30 December 2011 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cambridge Draguignan
Work period 1935 Edit this at Wikidata–2002 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q500700
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(Reusing this file)		 This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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    British Army, Indian National Army,
Ronald Searle  (1920–2011)  wikidata:Q500700 q:it:Ronald Searle
 
Ronald Searle
Alternative names
Ronald William Fordham Searle
Description French-British caricaturist, illustrator, screenwriter, comics artist, cartoonist and courtroom sketch artist
Date of birth/death 3 March 1920 Edit this at Wikidata 30 December 2011 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cambridge Draguignan
Work period 1935 Edit this at Wikidata–2002 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q500700
  • Associated places
    SG
  • Associated events
    01/5(595)
  • Associated keywords
    Military Personnel, FEPOW, Weapons
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art
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yes

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