Conway Pulford

Conway Pulford
Born	(1892-01-26)26 January 1892 Agra, India
Died	10 March 1942(1942-03-10) (aged 50) Chibia, Dutch East Indies
Buried	Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy (1905–18) Royal Air Force (1918–42)
Years of service	1905–1942
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	RAF Far East (1941–42) No. 26 (Training) Group (1937–38) RAF Heliopolis (1932–34) RAF Bircham Newton (1931–32) No. 7 Squadron (1929–31) No. 210 Squadron (1920)
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France)
Spouse(s)	Elinore Mildred Pulford

Air Vice Marshal Conway Walter Heath Pulford, CB, OBE, AFC (26 January 1892 – 10 March 1942) was a senior Royal Air Force officer during World War II. Pulford commanded British forces in the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore.

Pulford died of exhaustion and malaria after his evacuation vessel was attacked by Japanese aircraft and ran aground on an uninhabited island.