Revised 1/10/2011

Dead of the British Armed Forces During the Malaya Emergency 1948-1960

This is a list of the British Armed Forces that died during the Malaya Emergency 1948-1960;they were all classed as being on active service. However it does not indicate whether they died in action, or by accident tropical disease or any other reasons.

Not all of the British Regiments that served in Malaya may be on this list (only those having Casualties)

Other Regiments shown on this list were not in Malaya but their men were detached to regiments that were.

The Cemeteries where they are buried :-

  1. KR- Kranji Military Cemetery Singapore and Belait Cemetery Brunei.
  2. TM-Terendak Military Cemetery Malacca & Memorial Wall in memory for those who have no known Graves also those buried at the Bukit Serindit Christian Cemetery Malacca.
  3. SN- Seremban Christian Cemetery Negri Sembilan.
  4. KL- Cheras Road Christian Cemetery Kuala Lumpur.
  5. BG- Batu Gajah Christian Cemetery "God's Little Acre" n/r Ipoh Perak.
  6. TG- Kamunting Road Christian Cemetery Taiping.
  7. PG- Western Road Christian Cemetery Penang.
  8. CR- Those whose remains have been Cremated and or Repatriated.
  9.  MOR - Where the bodies were claimed by next of kin of Malaya Other Ranks (MOR's).
  10. Totals for each Service or Regiment.

. Cemetery No. and Location

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9

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Page

Service, Regiment Or Corps

KR

TM

SN

KL

BG

TG

PG

CR

MOR

Total

1,2,3

Royal Navy & Royal Fleet Auxiliary

29

1

-

1

-

-

3

23

-

57

4

Royal Marines Commando Bge

1

-

-

-

11

11

-

11

-

34

5

1st Kings Dragoon Guards

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

4

"

4th Queens Own Hussars

1

-

-

11

8

-

-

-

-

20

6

9/12th Royal Lancers.(Prince of Wales)

-

-

-

4

-

2

-

1

-

7

"

11th Hussars(Prince Alberts Own)

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

2

-

5

"

13th 18th Royal Hussars Queen Mary's Own

4

-

3

1

-

3

-

1

-

12

7

15th 19th Kings Own Hussars

-

-

-

-

-

9

-

1

-

10

"

3rd Royal Tank Regiment

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

8-9

Royal Artillery Regiments (R.A.)

13

6

4

22

1

2

1

7

10

66

10-11

Corps of Royal Engineer (RE)

19

-

1

13

-

3

2

4

17

59

12

Corps of Royal Signals (RS)

8

2

-

13

-

-

2

4

6

35

13

2nd Guards Bge Commander

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards

1

-

-

5

-

-

-

1

--

7

"

2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards

-

-

-

1

6

-

-

1

-

8

"

2nd Bn. Scots Guards

-

-

-

12

-

-

-

1

-

13

14

1st Bn.The Queens Royal Reg(West Surrey)

2

-

2

6

-

-

-

2

  

12

"

Royal East Kents(The Buffs)

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

East Surrey Regiment

-

-

  

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

15

1st Bn. Queens Own Royal West Kents

1

-

-

24

-

-

-

-

-

25

16

Border Regiment

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

Royal Fusiliers

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

"

Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

Kings Regiment

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

1st Bn. Manchester Regiment

-

1

-

-

-

6

6

1

-

14

17

1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment

-

-

-

20

-

-

-

1

-

21

"

1st Bn. Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

2

-

-

2

-

4

-

2

-

10

"

Essex Regiment

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

18

1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment

8

-

-

13

-

-

-

3

-

24

19

1st Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Inf.

1

-

-

1

11

5

9

3

-

30

20

1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry

1

-

-

18

2

-

-

1

-

22

"

Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

21

1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (P.W.O)

-

-

-

1

-

2

-

2

-

5

"

1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment. (D.Y.O)

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

10

"

1st Bn.Green Howards

1

-

8

7

1

-

-

2

-

19

22

1st Bn.Royal Scots Fusiliers

2

-

-

1

-

1

2

2

-

8

"

Highland Light Infantry

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment

4

1

-

1

-

-

-

2

-

8

23

2nd Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers

2

-

-

8

-

-

-

3

-

13

"

1st Bn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

3

"

1st  Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

24

1st Bn. Cameronians(Scotttish Rifles)

10

-

-

1

-

-

-

 11

-

22

25

Gloucestershire  Regiment

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

"

Royal Berkshire Regiment

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment

10

-

-

-

1

2

-

7

-

20

"

Black Watch (R.H.R.)

--

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

-

3

26

1stBn.Sherwood Foresters Notts& Derby

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

"

1st Bn. Loyal Regiment .(North Lancs)

1

1

-

1

-

4

-

-

-

7

"

Kings Own Royal Regiment

-

-

-

--

-

-

1

-

-

1

"

South Lancashire Regiment

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

1st Bn. Royal Hampshire Regiment

-

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

-

10

27

1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders

14

1

-

2

-

1

-

4

-

22

"

Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

28

1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders

2

-

-

8

-

4

-

4

-

18

"

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

3

"

Royal Ulster Rifles

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

2

29-39

Brigade of Gurkha (Total only see page 29)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

369

40

22nd Special Air Service Regt (SAS)

2

-

1

16

-

3

1

-

-

23

"

Army Air Corps

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

"

Glider Pilot Regiment

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

41-43

Royal Army Service Corps   (R.A.S.C)

19

9

-

40

7

10

2

11

18

116

44

Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.)

3

-

-

6

1

1

-

9

2

22

45

Royal Army Ordnance Corps (R.A.O.C.)

11

 

-

3

-

-

1

6

5

26

46  47

Corps Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers     (R,E.M.E.)

22

1

2

12

1

5

1

8

8

60

48

   Royal Military Police    (R.M.P.)

5

-

1

3

-

1

-

2

1

13

"

Royal Army Pay Corps  (R.A.P.C.)

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

4

"

Military Provost Staff Corps (M.P.S.C.)

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

"

Royal Army Education Corps. (R.A.E.C.)

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

3

-

5

"

Royal Army Dental Corps.     (R.A.D.C.)

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

49

     Royal Pioneer Corps           (RPC)

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

"

Intelligence Corps.

-

-

--

1

-

2

1

1

-

5

"

Army Catering Corps  (ACC)

2

-

-

2

-

-

1

1

5

11

"

Q.A.R.A.N.C.& Q.A.I.M.N.S.

-

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

3

"

Womens Royal Army Corps  (W.R.A.C.)

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

"

General List

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

"

Army Physical Training Corps

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

50-57

Royal Air Force

119

42

2

46

3

2

20

35

22

291

58-62

Fed of Malaya Police (Total only see page 58)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

139

63-70

Commonwealth Forces  (Total only page 63 ) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

159

 

(Totals each Cemetery)

353

68

27

356

53

90

53

197

94

1958

71-91

Borneo Confrontation (Total Only see page 71)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+451

92-109

Kranji War & Military Cemetery Singapore ,Graves Layout, Memorial &Gardens of Remembrance

110

Malay Regiment 1948-1957 Roll of Honour 

111

 Some History of the Malay Regiment

112

              Map of East Malaysia & Indonesia During Confrontation 1962 – 1963

                        Please Note:- Location for Cemeteries and graves for Gurkha Regiments  can be found on pages 29-91,92,,97-109  

                                                                                                                                     Federation of Malaya police                    58

                                                                               Commonwealth Forces                         63

                                                                            All Forces Borneo Confrontation              71-72