A confirmed High-Risk-Stakes Far East Prisoner of War, 'Saboteur' & veteran of the Battle of Hong Kong campaign & long service medal group of 5: Private Alfred Stanley Pugh, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment

- The 1939-45 Star. No clasp
- The Pacific Star. No clasp
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- Efficiency Medal. GVI 1st type legend with bar 'Territorial' (6207834 Pte. A. Pugh. Mx.)

Far East Prisoner of War: Private Alfred Stanley Pugh is confirmed being captured by the Imperial Japanese Army at the fall of Hong Kong Colony on Christmas Day, 25 December 1941. He was subsequently transported from Hong Kong to Japan where he was incarcerated at a POW Camp in Osaka, from where he was assigned as labour to work at the shipyards and industrial plant in the adjoining great port-city of Kobe

Acts of Sabotage: While interred in Osaka, and used as POW labour in kOBE, Private Alfred Pugh is confirmed to have carried out acts of sabotage against the enemy - the recipients extant POW Questionnaire, held and accessible at The National Archives, referS. If detected, any acts of 'Sabotage' performed by allied POW's, in Japan, would have been met with extreme punishment, and quite possibly execution for any POW who performed acts of sabotage

Kudos to Private Pugh - by the deeds of such citizen soldiers, who remained unbroken, and continued the fight 'against all odds', was victory assured over the forces of fascism in 1945

Medals Verification: The medal rolls for Second World War era campaign and long service medals are not extant and or accessible in the United Kingdom as of 2025. However the recipient is confirmed to have een issued and sent all 4 x campaign medals, per the extant British Army Second World War medal index cards, below:

- The 1939-45 Star. No clasp: Medal sent to recipient 30 June 1949
- The Pacific Star. No clasp: Medal sent to recipient 30 June 1949
- Defence Medal: Medal sent to recipient 30 June 1949
- War Medal: Medal sent to recipient 30 June 1949

The recipients campaign medals were sent to:

27 Station Approach
Hinchley Wood
Surrey
England

He took his discharge from the British Army on, 27 July 1946

All medals each fitted with a good clean lengths of original silk riband

Condition: Mostly about EF

Code: 25709