Lt-Gen. Arthur E. Percival became General-Officer-Commanding Malaya in May 1941.
He was a graduate of both the Army and Naval Colleges. In the early years of 1938, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he had drawn up a plan, code-named "Operation Matador," detailing a possible Japanese attack based on landings at Singora, Patani, and Kota Bahru. It was therefore surprising that he was so ineffective in the Malaya Campaign. He was interned at Changi during the Japanese Occupation and was later moved to Formosa (Taiwan). He died at the age of 78 at the King Edward VII Hospital in Britain on February 1, 1966.
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