The flags had been taken down from their masts at Tanglin Barracks when Japanese forces attacked Singapore in 1942 and hidden in defiance of the occupier. But the flags went missing for 20 years after World War II when crates of the lieutenant’s belongings disappeared en route to London in the post-war confusion. In the 1960s, the British Royal Marine returned them to Lt Col Geoffrey when his trunks were found in its depository. “I felt, as did the rest of my family, that it was important that the flags be returned to Singapore. “We can learn more from the past to see where we can head into the future, ” he added.

Source: The Star January 04, 2020 00:33 UTC