BRITISH DESTROYER FLIES CAPTURED JAPANESE FLAG. 3 MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS PATHFINDER, COLOMBO. THE FLAG WAS A GIFT FROM THE ROYAL GARWHAL RIFLES, WHOM THE DESTROYER HAD BEEN SUPPORTING WITH HER GUNS IN THE ACTION ON RAMREE ISLAND. THE FLAG WAS CAPTURED BY THE GARWHALIS FROM A JAPANESE PLATOON. - With their Japanese flag. Left to right: Lieut A Liddicoat, RN, of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the First Lieutenant; Lieut (E) G G MacLennan, RN, of Rugby; and Lieut Cdr T F Halifax, RN, of Chelsea, London, the Commanding Officer. The flag is covered with Japanese 'pep' messages

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