John Stanfield was called up to the army at the beginning of the war in 1941 at the age of 20.

After Officer Cadet Training he was commissioned into the Royal Signals. He went to India to the South East Asia Command under Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.

He was then posted to Special Operations Executive to go to China as 2nd in command S.O.E China signals. The Japanese Surrendered in the Forbidden City in Peking, which he signed as the Senior British Officer for the British Army.

These are his letters sent home & filed by his father.