The formal surrender by Japanese General Itagaki Seishiro of his sword, Kuala Lumpur, 1946

Photograph, World War Two, Far East, (1941-1945), 1946.

Seishiro commanded the Japanese Seventh Area Army in Singapore and Malaya prior to the surrender. He had previously commanded an army in Korea and China.

From a collection of official photographs collected by Major General (later Lieutenant General) Sir Frank Walter Messervy.