 Archibald Paris

Brigadier Archibald Charles Melvill Paris, (28 May 1890 – 3 March 1942) was a British Army officer.Although he is better known for having died during the events that followed the sinking of the Dutch ship "Rooseboom" off Sumatra in 1942, he was also one of the few British commanders that put up a good fight against the Japanese during the Battle of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore.