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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Clipped Signature - James Ford. In 1940 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots regiment, and was promoted in the field to Acting Captain. Posted to Hong Kong, he won the Military Cross during the failed defence of the colony, spending the rest of the war as a prisoner. He died in 2009. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! Item Code : CLP2920 Clipped Signature - James Ford. - This Edition Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING CLIPSIG Clipped Signature. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Ford, James (signed in person) Signature(s) value alone : £40 £10 Off! Now : £30.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

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James Allan Ford CB MC (deceased) *Signature Value : £40	Born 10th June 1920, educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. 2nd Lieutenant in Royal Scots 1940 and promoted in the field to Acting Captain. Posted to Hong Kong with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots five weeks before the fall of the colony. He won the Military Cross during the defence of Hong Kong but he was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Japan. After the war Jim Ford rejoined the Civil Service and became Registrar General for Scotland 1966-69, the Principal Establishment Officer for Scotland 1969-79. He was also a trustee of the National Library of Scotland. He retired in 1979. He died on 30th March 2009. He was the younger brother of Captain Douglas Ford, also of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots who smuggled medical supplies into one of the POW camps and although caught and tortured by the Kempeitai he refused to implicate others and was executed by a firing squad on 18th December 1943. He was awarded a posthumous George Cross.

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