 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwa1942, pashure pemavhiki akawanda vari mugungwa, boka raBeckwith-Smith rakasvika kuSingapore. Mauto eJapan akapinda muSingapore Islandmusi wa8 February. Nemhaka yenzira yokuzvidzivirira yakashandiswa nomutungamiriri weAllied, Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, vazhinji veBritish 18th Division vakaona zvishoma kana kuti havana kumboita chiito. Percival akaisa mauto ose eBritish neCommonwealth kuSingapore musi wa15 February, kusanganisira Beckwith-Smith nedhivhizheni yake. 