Crawford, Archie

Archie was born in Glasgow, Scotland where he lived for 21 years before being drafted into the British Army in August 1943. in 1944 he was shipped out to India, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya and other countries in the Far East. He took part in the invasion of Malaya, landing via barge on the Moreb beaches located on the West Coast of that country. He was "Mentioned in Dispatches" for distinguished service for his actions in setting up ship-to-shore VHF communications during the invasion and for installing and maintaining a technically advanced secret digital radio link from Singapore city to the...