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Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, a British Army officer with a notable military career, served with distinction during the First World War and achieved significant success in the interwar period. He is most remembered for his leadership of British Commonwealth forces in the Malayan campaign during the Second World War, which culminated in a significant defeat at the Battle of Singapore. Percival's surrender to the Imperial Japanese Army marked the largest capitulation in British military history and had extensive repercussions on Britain's reputation and military influence in East Asia.