25/7/2010

Can anyone remember this visit by the Duchess of Kent at the WRAC Tanglin, Singapore,1970. Please contact me if you are in this picture. The young lady in the centre is Maggie Dangerfield.  Ben Lowe

25/7/2010

I was a member of 15 (F) sqdn based at RAF Changi in the early 60s. Detachments of the sqdn were posted to Labuan on several occasions, there, they travelled with the Wessex & whirlwind helicopters manning an LMG which was mounted on the side door.

Our role was to drop supplies, troops & equipment to the forward positions in Long Sumado, Bario, Tawau, supolot, and many other jungle outposts in Sarrawak & Saba.

The job of bringing in the bodies of casualties and prisoners was one of our roles also.

R & R periods were in Labuan where we had light duties such as airfield perimeter defence and local curry tasting duties.    

One of our interesting detachments was a journey from Chiang Mia in Thailand down into Singapore. We were to guard a train and its cargo of British equipment from the remnants of the Malayan rebels. The journey took four nights and five days.

Other detachments included RAF Gan.

What a grand experience for a young lad from the lakes. Proud to have been a 'Rockape' 

 I have a  picture of a patch that I got from a 'Jungle Green' jacket on a D.Z. somewhere in Borneo.

Does any of your members know to which unit it belonged to? It might have been Indonesian. Your help would be appreciated,

Thanks Allan Bradbury

Greetings friends:

I have just discovered your interesting website. Unfortunately, I am unable to contribute anything towards its purpose. However, I am also looking for information as regards the Royal West Kent Regiment.  This is what I am hoping to find out.

The Royal West Kent Regiment was stationed in the George Cross Island of Malta at the beginning of World War 2. At some point later on this regiment left the island in the dead of night; of course I have no idea to which destination it headed. For several years now I have been trying to establish contact with any surviving soldier associated with this regiment. Obviously, anyone at all who is still with us would obviously be in his advanced years.

The only way I would be able to contact anyone at all is through an ex-servicemen's association (veterans).  Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of any such association or club in the United Kingdom. I am hoping to find someone who may at least inform me where I can make contact to follow up in my search. I am hoping that perhaps an email address would be offered which would certainly start the ball rolling for me.

A reply will be truly appreciated and I do thank you in anticipation.

Kind regards,
Joe Farrugia
Norwalk, CT
U.S.A.          joefarrugia33@aol.com

       I am trying to find any information regarding my fathers "Exploits" during his time with the RAMC Airborne

   He was pte. R.(Roy) Cook 23115313        13/8/36 - 2/2/65

       We are from the Middlesbrough in the North East, some may call us Geordies but we are Yorkshiremen.

       I'm just trying to jog memories here?  Unfortunately my father passed away before my 5th birthday and there are no surviving relatives who can help.

 My father "Flew" to Cyprus where they boarded the Theseus for Suez so I dont think he will have spent much time in Cyprus and unfortunately I don't know where he was stationed originally. He went ashore with the second wave of commandos and worked in the Casino Palace Hotel field hospital and was attached to the Royal Scots. I have his G.S.M. with Near East Bar and Oak Leaf. I can not trace how he came to be awarded for the Mention in Despaches and I'm currently applying for his service records.

I've been trawling the London Gazette for the M.I.D. but, even if i could find it it would not give any information as to why it was awarded. I was always told he was "Dropped"into suez and was the first medic to land but the local newspaper cutting tells of the Theseus route??

      There is a piece on the smallwars site by a R.A.M.C. corporal who was based near us in North Yorkshire and was sent to fly out to Cyprus for Suez with a couple of Privates but no names were mentioned, I've tried to contact him from the link to his email but, as yet no response. The piece was wrote some eight years ago so he may no longer be with us? Also some of the addresses no longer exist as a mailserver. I have contacted the sites secretaries but they can't help with addresses.

Kevin Cook

home 01642 276774   kevin.cook@ntlworld.com

 work

01642 405035

I am writing a piece on the demise of the Military Hospital.  My research is almost complete, but information about one hospital is proving difficult to find.

 There was, in KL, a hospital called BMH Kinrara.  This is the one that is causing the problem.  I have not managed to find anything on this hospital.  I am particularly interested in the date it opened and closed, what happened to the buildings and the staff.  I have a sneaking suspicion that Kinrara closed as Terendak opened and that the staff were transferred across to 34 Company RAMC.

Would you please be so kind as to publish an appeal for information on the appropriate page(s) of the website in the hope that someone out there can supply the information I need to complete my piece.

 Best regards,

Ernie Yeomans   ernest.yeomans@orange-ftgroup.com

My name is Daniel and I work for Ipohworld ( www.ipohworld.org ). We are a volunteer group interested in preserving Perak's history.

 Currently, I am working on a story regarding a landslide that killed two troopers from the 15/19 Hussars on 18/12/1956. I have a few photographs but trying to be in touch with any one who was there is pretty difficult.

 The 2 troopers who were killed were:

 i) 23213011 Trooper A.G. Walker

 ii) 22980204 Coporal S.W.J Wells

 One of the survivors was a Trooper Don Hawkins, he was nicknamed 'Lucky' for surviving the 300 feet plunge down the ravine in a Saracean APC.

Would really appreciate any information provided. Please do visit our website as well.

 Regards,

Daniel Prakash James  d_warmonger@yahoo.com

MALAYSIA

Dear sir,

I am a teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Iskandar, 32600 Bota, Perak , Malaysia . At the same time, I’m also a final year student at University  Science of Malaysia, Penang . I am present doing a dissertation for my coursework on the Emergency in then Malaya from 1948-1960. The title that I have chosen for my dissertation is the  Emergency in Sungai Siput. I need your office help to give some information about the emergency in Sungai Siput (U).

I hope that you could oblige me by giving some information on:

a.       The details on Emergency 1948-1960  in Malaya and Sungai Siput.

b.      Your involvement in the emergency.

c.       Any relevant documents on planters, civilians etc who killed and attacked by the bandits in Sungai Siput. 

d.      Any other personal details relevant and appropriate for this dissertation.

I sincerely hope for your kindness and co-operation in providing me with information that I need. Your reply will go a long way in proving the authenticity of my research and my thesis on the history of Malaysia .

Once again, I wish to express my sincere heartfelt thanks to you and hope for co-operation. I will pray for  good health and a long life for you.

Thank you very much.

Jayakumary Marimuthu

No 49A, Jalan Inai Taman Changkat Jaya

31000 Batu Gajah, Perak.

mannanjaya@yahoo.com

My name is Gerry Stevens and I am now retired, having served 35 years with Malaysia-Singapore Airlines and then Singapore Airlines. I was based mainly in the UK, for 18 years at Heathrow Airport and the remainder at the UK HQ in Chiswick.

 I wonder if any of your members, (the older ones !), might be able to help with the following. I have collected Pilot Wings for well over 45 years, (I was in the RAF Cadets for 6 years), and have around 8000 examples, military and civil.

 I am trying to locate actual examples of the following pilot wings:

 Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force

Malayan Volunteer Air Force

Malayan Auxiliary Air Force 

Federation Air Services

Borneo Airways

 These all date back to the late 1940s/50/60s prior to the independence of Malaya and Singapore. 

Ideally I wish to obtain examples; however I recognise that if such items are still around they may be of sentimental value. In such cases, I would very much like to have good pictures of these badges. Naturally I would be happy to purchase any items or pay for photographs.

 If any of your members can help, my contact details are as follows: 

    Gerry Stevens

     29 Syon Park Gardens, Osterley, Middlesex, TW7 5NE

     Tel: 020 8569 7267

     Email: gerry789@tiscali.co.u

 With very many thanks.

 Sincerely

 Gerry Stevens    

My name is Juneiddy bin Mohamed Said. I am looking for my long missing father of whom the details are as follow:-

 He is a British army based in Singapore and he is under Capt. JH ROBERTS Royal signals.(1971)

 Name: Mohamed Said bin Mohamed Amin  @ Mohamed Satar

          (Mohd. Said b. Hj Mohd. Amin)

          (1096 L cpl Mohamed Said bin Mohamed Amin)

          1 Squadron 19^th Signal Regiment (AS)

          RAF Changi , Singapore 17.

 Nickname: Sattar

Service No: 18191096

DOB: 14^th January 1939.

Birth cert: 29/39 dated 21^st  October 1950.

Born: Muar, Johore , Malaysia .

Old IC: 007005.

Date of joining army: 3^rd September 1957.

Date of enlistment in the army: 4^th September 1957.

Fed I.D. No. prior to joining the army: S.GGG.GG.09804.

 Spouse: Barbara Helen @ Ramlah Masafi

Mother: Habsah binti Md. Said ( still alive )

 Children:

Hariss - 46yrs, Harissa - 44yrs, Juneiddy - 42yrs, Juneidda - 39yrs, 

Sahrina - 37yrs.

 Siblings:

Hassan, Hussein, Ismail, Azmi, Rohana, Ruhaizat, Rohani, Rosli.

 Address in Malacca: Batu 11, Kampung Serkam, Melimau, Malacca

Address in Singapore: 21A Jalan Kangkong, Off Geylang Road, Singapore 14

Year move to London: 1972.

 Last address in UK: 39, Laravan Site, Careless Lane, Higher Ince,

                             Wigan, Lancashire, England, W-N-2-2.

 as told by his brother, his name was change to S. Eddie or S. Eiddy

and one of a Liverpool Fan Club.

  If there is any information of this person, kindly response to me as following:-

 Name: Juneiddy bin Mohamed Said

Contact no: HP +60123767161 (zana) or +60173949435 (juneiddy)

Email: eiddy_ms@yahoo.com

Thank you in advance.

 Yours sincerely

 Juneiddy_MS

I am a textiles student and I am trying to find out about army wives who joined their husbands in Hong Kong 1950 - 1953.  My mother, Clare,  joined my father, Warrant Officer Len Kimber who was in the Army Catering Corps.  While she was there she did a lot of embroidery.  She returned to England on a troop ship with my father in 1953 but unfortunately died shortly after I was born in June of that year.  I understand that the MOD provided embroidery patterns to keep the army wives occupied.  I would be extremely grateful for any information anyone could provide regarding these embroidery patterns and in particular put me in touch with any army wives who may have been in Hong Kong at that time

lynnopenshaw@btinternet.com

My name is Diana Hoedemakers - Ruff. I'm 43 years old and living in Rotterdam - Holland.

My father was stationed in Terendak Camp Malaya in 1965 in the 11th ind. fld. squadron. His name was Jerry Ruff and was married to my mother Jo/Joanne Ruff.

At that time they had 3 children. 1 boy,  Leslie and two girls, Elaine and Linda. I am not sure how long they were over there, but 1965 was an important year for my mother, who has recently passed away.

Anyway, I am trying to find a friend of hers: Ken/Kenneth/ Kenny who was there around the same time. They spent some time together.

I hope someone can help me find him. If needed I can post a photo of him.

 Thank you;

Diana Hoedemakers  d.hoedemakers@chello.nl

Unfortunately I have very little information to give, but I am hopeful that some of the regular visitors to the site will be able to help.

 My father died when I was very young and for most of my life I understood that my father never served in the military. However, when my mother died two years ago, I discovered some old photographs which feature someone who looks very much like a younger version of my father (although I am not 100% certain it is). Some of the photos have writing on the back, including one that says Singapore '47. I have scanned the photos and attach them to this message.

 I am hoping that someone will be able to confirm if the man in the photos is indeed my father (James Robertson from Glasgow. Born 1929) and perhaps give a bit of background on his service. 

My e-mail contact is c.robertson@eipa.eu

Craig Robertson

 I am trying to trace my late fathers Military Service. I have only scant details. He enlisted through National Service I think maybe at Brecon Barracks and then his Basic Training at Oswestry for 6 weeks before finishing off at Kinmel Camp. He was then shipped to Malaya via Hong Kong and Singapore where he served from 1949-52 in the Royal Artillery. His campaign medal had the inscription GNR. G.O.Brute  R.A. 22166477.

While on active service the convoy he was in was ambushed and one of his mates was killed.I believe a Ken Munn was his best mate while in the army. I would appreciate any information as to the Regiment my father served in and where they were stationed and their role in the conflict. Perhaps someone might have photos or stories of my father.

I look forward to hearing from anyone who might be able to help.

                              yours sincerely

                                  Michael Brute

       mikeowenbrute@yahoo.co.uk                      

I am visiting Malaya next month in connection with my deceased fathers service during the Emergency.
Sgt. JOE MULHOLLAND 95 RAF Regiment based at Tengah1955-57.
My father was posted on operations to the Slim River area where he was taken ill and sent to hospital in KL
Does any anybody remember my father or know where the RAF base and hospital where in KL?
What about Slim River, has anybody been back or know what the place is like now .
Happy New Year
JIm Mulholland
mulhollandjm@hotmail.com

I am a teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Iskandar, 32600 Bota, Perak , Malaysia . At the same time, I’m also a final year student at University  Science of Malaysia, Penang . I am present doing a dissertation for my coursework on the Emergency in then Malaya from 1948-1960. The title that I have chosen for my dissertation is the  Emergency in Malaya ( especially in Perak). I need your help to give some information about the emergency in Malaya because I came to know that you’d served in Malaya .  

I hope that you could oblige me by giving some information on:

1.  

   The details on Emergency 1948-1960  in Malaya and your point of view on the Malayan Emergency.

2.  

   The involvement of you in the emergency; the unit/regiment, base, the operations etc.

3.  

   I hope that you can send your  biodata and recent photo to me for my dissertation.

4.  

   Any other personal details relevant and appropriate for this dissertation.

I sincerely hope for your kindness and co-operation in providing me with information that I need. Your reply will go a long way in proving the authenticity of my research and my thesis on the history of this country, now Malaysia .

Once again, I wish to express my sincere heartfelt thanks to you and hope for co-operation. I will pray for  good health and a long life for you.

Thank you very much.

 

Yours truly,

 

Ms. Jayakumary Marimuthu

No 49, Jalan Inai

Taman Changkat Jaya

31000 Batu Gajah,

Perak , Malaysia .

mannanjaya@yahoo.com

 Since the end of the war I have been working with others in trying to bring to a close the stories of several wreckages of aircraft and other war time wrecks including the following.

 Remains of 12 plane crash victims exhumed, airlifted
By IAN MCINTYRE
15-11-2008

KOTA BARU: The remains of the 12 crew of the ill-fated British Royal Air Force (RAF) Douglas DC 3 Dakota KN630 aircraft which crashed 58 years ago, was airlifted from the rough terrain of Gua Musang to Kota Baru.
The remains, which authorities are hoping would be that of nine British military personnel and three Malaysians, were brought to the Hospital University Sains Malaysia (HUSM)’s forensic unit late Friday.
There DNA testing is being done to verify the identities of the 12
crewmembers who perished during the height of the communist insurgency in the then Malaya.
HUSM director Datuk Dr Zaidun Kamari confirmed the arrival of the remains but declined further comment, saying the Armed Forces headquarters (Mindef)  would be release further information.
On Aug 25, 1950, flight KN630 took off from its base in Changi, Singapore to Kota Baru where it picked up three local passengers, a Royal Federation of Malaya police constable Mohamad Abdul Lalil @ Jalil (service number 9364), an unnamed orang asli and a civilian attached to the Kelantan development agency arm, Yaakup Mamat.Enroute to a mission to lay down smoke markers for RAF Bombardier aircraft, the DC3 Dakota crashed in the steep forested foothills in the Gua Musang district.
A platoon of British troops went to the rescue and they reached the crash site, but due to the communist threat, they hastily buried the dead in makeshift graves.
In 2006, relatives of the British men appealed to London and Kuala Lumpur to help recover their remains.
A team led by the army and aided by the police museum, local historians and
representatives of the British High Commission, including their military forensic experts, was formed to extricate the remains and debris of the historic aircraft.
It took the team some 12 months to find the exact location in the heavily forested rough terrain and airlift the remains in Nuri helicopters due to the difficulty in
However, they only managed to recover a 10m right wing and part of the plane’s tail. The rest of the America-made aircraft is believed to have rusted away or carried away by river water during floods.
The actual site was discovered off Kampung Penchang in Gua Musang with the aid of orang asli trekkers and soldiers under the Eighth Brigade based in Pengkalan Chepa last month after several earlier scouting missions.
In a related development, Police Museum director and historian Supt Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Zain said the police managed to trace the next of kin of Abdul Lalil and Yaakup last month.
The initial relatives traced were Abdul Lalil’s younger brother and Yaakup’s grandchild in Muar (Johor) and Kuala Lumpur respectively.
He said if the DNA testing confirms the kinship, they would be invited to a series of joint Malaysia-British military ceremonies soon.
The highlight would be a full military burial for the crewmembers at the Commonwealth Military burial ground in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
The DC3 Dakota aircraft was a workhorse after World War II for the RAF in Malaya with bases in Butterworth, Penang and Singapore.
This aircraft also flew over 2,500 sorties and did 4,000 hours of aerial broadcasting in the psychological warfare against the communists who hid in jungles.

We now need to find relatives of the following people for DNA testing

Cpl F Bryant RASC

Dvr P Taylor RASC

Dvr A Wilson RASC

Dvr M Goldsmith RASC

 RAF Crews

P2 Edward Robert Talbot Pilot  FOUND

S1 Thomas O'Toole DFM Signaller 

Any assistance your  can give would be very much appreciated

 Arthur Lane

0161-480-0114   arthurlane@ntlworld.com

I am Malaya/Singapore ex RE 1956/7. Visiting Changi & Singapore this Nov 3rd.

 Can anyone remind me whih streets were the Engineers bases were, Gillman Barracks was one. It had a swim pool fairly close down the hill as I remember.

 We went to work at large parade ground area some way away. 84 Field Survey Squadron. Field aerial surveys were done there I can't remember name or location !

 Also in 1960s my brother's wife had baby in army Singapore Hospital . Where would that have been in Sinapore.

 He was in an Royal Engineer Machine Plant group  (JCBs) any ideas where that would have been in Singapore ( and Malaya?)

 I have looked at the web for references and locations of post war in Malaysia but almost nothing there. We seemed to have been almost erased from the maps and records ! 

Any help welcome.

 Thanks

 Tony (Anthony) Rickard Sapper 23137819. Surveyor.  Rickard2525@aol.com

I am desperately trying to contact a family hero!!
my great uncle... Kevin Murphy.. My namesake....
My name is Kevin Murphy. I am a 26 yr old Pharmacist from Doenpatrick, Northern Ireland. My granddad, passed away a few years ago and I am fruitfully trying to trace information on his brother Captain Kevin Murphy a member of the West Kent Regiment. that Ii know of this man s ambiguous. What I do know is that he was a war hero and a family emblem.

I have heard that he was shot in the stomach at a battle called 'bald hill'. However, my internet searches have proved unsuccessful.

I would greatly appreciate any information you have on this matter.

Yours, (with great admiration in both your website and the cause of those who are forgotten all so quickly)

Kevin Murphy (The III)

murphyitsyou@hotmail.com

I am looking for anyone that may have known the following FOM policemen:-

 Arthur Cecil Stopher, Francis Gerard Howell, ASP Burnett, Captain Roderick "Bill" Cowan, Police Lieutenent RO Donald

James Barbs

 jamesbarbs@btinternet.com

I am researching an ambush by 30 CT’s of a Land Rover & Recovery Vehicle which occurred on Boxing Day 1956, at mile 98 on the road between Manchis and Bentong. They were heading back to Mentakab.  A REME S/Sgt and 7 soldiers from 6 Bn Malay Regiment were killed, and three wounded, one of these was S/Sgt Harris’s 15 year old son.  Can anyone tell me what Units were stationed in this area or anything about the ambush.

Bill Ashby member@hisbunker.freeserve.co.uk

I have been reading through your website with great interest and I notice that you have used articles from the press.

I am a Journalist from Newmarket, Suffolk researching for an article that I am writing on the Malayan Emergency and a medal that was posthumously awarded to one of the towns local residents.

I would be very grateful if you or someone else from your organisation could share some information to help me write the article.

As I understand it, many veterans have been campaigning for recognition, or for medals that should have been awarded in the conflict, is this correct?

You may have seen in the news, medals were awarded last week in Norwich to some veterans, but I have been told that the presentation of the Pingat Jasa Malaysia, service medal was not approved by the Foreign Commonwealth Office for quite a while, indeed, I have spoken to the soldiers family, and they weren't even aware they were entitled to a medal of any kind.

 Also, would you know of any other war heroes in Newmarket or surrounding villages who may have won awards from the 'emergency' in the past? (I appreciate this is a long shot!)

 When I have finished the article I would also be more than happy to send you the link, and perhaps you can add it to your web page, with a link to our web page?

 Kind regards,

 Robert-James Andrews, Reporter, Newmarket Journal: contact webmaster

Please help we are trying to find anyone who Knew of Corporal Albert Howitt, Royal Army Service Corp was first in the transport and then in air despatch.  He lived with his family in Petaling Jaya 1959/60,  but was last posted to Singapore were he tragically died in a troop carrier plane accident in 1961.

 We are looking for any information to share as a family.

Trevor Howitt  Howitthawk@aol.com

 As part of the process of researching my time in the Far East with 35 Field Battery 25 Field Regt RAI have been particularly interested in the exact cause of two premature explosions suffered by both A & B Troop of the battery while in Northern Perak Malaya during 1955 which resulted the death of one member and serious injuries to other members of the crews. I already own various photos of the results and am in possession of some of the Battery Diaries and hope to obtain  others when the present Battery returns from active service in Afghanistan. My problem is I have so far been unable to establish the exact cause of the accidents beyond the usual unreliable rumours passed around at the time which ranged from the unlikely to the ridiculous !!. There would of course have been a court of enquiry to determine the cause or even causes but nothing ever came down to those of us involved and in an attempt to rectify this I have contacted the usual museums and Public records office without success and am left wondering if any member could  direct me as to any other possible avenue of  information. All suggestions or advice would be most appreciated,

                                                                                                               regards

                                                                                                         Tom Eadie.

 tom.eadie@tiscali.co.uk

 I wonder if you would be kind enough to put out an appeal for me,   asking if  any  members have any information about the jungle forts in Malaya. To explain. While serving with the Malay Police during the emergency  I was for 8/9 month in 1954/55  the commander of Fort Brooke , a bamboo stockade situated i high in  the mountains north of The Cameron Highlands.  There was ten or eleven of these  jungle forts, all of which, because their remoteness and inaccessibility,  were supplied  by air drop, involving not only the R AF, but also air dispatchers from  55 Company RASC.   With having wrote a book  'The Jungle Beat ' which was published some years ago , and is a true account of my time spent on jungle operations, I now hope , if I can obtain enough supporting information ,photographs etc to write a book  about the little known jungle forts, and the important role they played during the emergency. Although it was the SAS  that usually operated from them , other Regiments also did . A unit of The West Yorks operated from Fort Brooke  during my time there plus Gurkhas, Malaya Regiments and Police Jungle Companies.  So should any members of photographs etc of any of the jungle forts, I would appreciate if they would kindly email me .  

 Image shows supplies being air dropped into Fort Brooke.

Thank you.

Roy Follows  royfollows@dsl.pipex.com

Can anyone assist by providing information on a retired member of the Royal Signals Regiment, now deceased through natural causes.

 I am seeking general information about my second cousin, Ronald Burrows.  My father mentions him serving with the Royal Army Signal Corp.  I am not sure if a military unit name change is involved or father has the unit name wrong.  I understand Ronald Burrows retired as Brigadier-General and may, at one point have been the Commanding Officer in Charge of Signals in Germany, as well serving in Cypress and carrying out Nato duties in Brussels along the way.

 What is left of our family in Britain is quite elderly and the information is vague at best.  If you could help I would appreciate it greatly.  If you want information on my background before sharing information, I will provide it.

 Thanks in advance.

 Paul Briggs  paulmichaelbriggs@telus.net

I am trying to trace my late Fathers footsteps in his military career. I wondered if you may be able to help direct me to a starting point? All I know is that he was a PVT in the Parachute Regiment (13th Battalion) (I have his service number) during the second world war. I know he was stationed throughout North Africa and also during his later years, I believe during 1944 - 47 he was in Java, Borneo, Singapore & Malaya. He then went to the Cheshire Regiment at Preston, Lancs before he was discharged in 1952.

I know from family discussions that for some reason he spent some time in a Prison of War Camp somewhere in Malaysia, I am told that, in an unprecedented event, his entire regiment mutinied as they were being asked to stay in such diabolical conditions, at a time when the war had just ended and they were all looking forward to coming home. This event led them all being placed under house arrest and effectively imprisoned and they were then looked after by Japanese Soldiers, who were effectively prisoners themselves!!  I am also told that The British Government of the day disbanded them and it was during his time in this prison that he caught Malaria and a lot of his chums fell desperately ill. This whole story sounds so bizarre I want to try and find out more about this event.

Anything you can do to help me find some sort of staring point would be of great help. I am guessing that I will need to apply to the Army Personnel Centre in Glasgow first of all??

Tony Davison

Tony.Davison@btinternet.com

dorothy.langley@talktalk.net

I wonder whether there is anyone in your organisation who would have known my brother Paul Skeaping, who was stationed in Bulawayo and RAF Butterworth in the late 1940,s and early 1950,s, and who was killed (along with F/O John Williamson ) in action in 1953. And I would very much like to send my condolences to John Williamson's family who might still be alive, and who might have known him.

It would have been nice to have had any information, or memories of Paul, and perhaps information about his time in Malaya.

I was Paul's younger half-sister, along with my brother and sister of the same

age as me..(1934).

Yours Mrs Rachel Kidd (nee Hepworth-Nicholson).  rokidd@ukonline.co.uk

Falcondavid3@aol.com

Richard Fabb

richard_fabb@yahoo.de

rogersfiggins@slingshot.co.nz

My wife and I are due to travel to Penang later next month and would love to hear from anyone who might have known my father.

Many Thanks.

email darren33uk@yahoo.com

aljuned@rocketmail.com

jeannearnold@hotmail.co.uk

Jonathan Hall   jonathanhall@kingston2005.wanadoo.co.uk

I am trying to find out information on my father-in-law Sidney Anthony GAIT (died 1999), who served for two years in the Coldstream Guards.

He was 18 when he joined.

I know he was in Malaya from about 1948.  I know he saw action and was, apparently, commended for something. Although there is no record anywhere.

I would just like to know of the experiences etc.. he and his mates went through.

Or information on Sid or Tony GAIT?

James Rochford, Bristol

 I was serving in the area of Seremban in 1948,and spent some time in medical centre at Port Dickson cant say I recognise any one from the mini photos, but would be happy to help if I can Best Regard Len Taylor  leonardtaylor4@yahoo.co.uk

Bob Brunsdon   rougelapin@madasafish.com

PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS FROM MALAYA

 I am a collector and researcher of propaganda warfare leaflets, with my area of interest focusing on Malaya. I am currently working on an illustrated book about leaflets of the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) and wish to get in touch with veterans who may wish to share personal experiences, photographs, leaflets or other related materials from this period. I can be contacted at  benseet@yahoo.com

 Thank you, Benjamin Seet 

Searching for Frederick Walker Jackson

I found your website on the internet and wondered if you might be able to

help. I am searching for my great uncle, Frederick Walker Jackson who served

in the RASC, his last posting being in Malaya in 1948 where he was a

corporal. I have been told that it's probably that he was in 24 company but

wondered if there was anyone out there who knew him or anything about him.

His service number was S/14961894. He was the youngest brother of my

grandmother who has recently died and later emigrated out to Australia due

to family problems so I am desperate to know if he is still alive or to

learn any information I possibly can about him.

Many thanks

Carolyn Gibbeson

My name is Mrs Sharon Taylor I am the youngest of four children I was told many months ago that my name had been passed on to the Malayan Emergency Veterans Ass By a Captain Bonner who served in Malaya with the Manchester Reg, I was hoping this was true but to date I have not heard anything I know you must be very busy and I apologise for the inconvenience, I am trying to trace any information about my farther Ronald Mellor who died over 36 years ago. I have no family as such of who to ask. The only information (which I have just found) is his Soldiers Pay Book, inside it tells me That on the 23^rd of February 1948 he trained at the 12^th Lancers and completed his training on the 2^nd of July 1948. He was awarded the

GSM’s clasp MALAYA

AUTHY AO 58/50 RAC LETTER

13/15/MEDALS/4^th of 6/2/51

I know he was in Hong Kong on the 29/6/51 because it says he had an Examination

All these years I have always thought that he was with the Manchester Regiment as he was a member of the Territorial Army based at Ashton-under-Lyne up until his death in Jan 1970

sharonofpenrith@ntlworld.com

Best Wishes

Joseph D Harley

See photo on REME page

Cheras Road

I was wondering if any one can tell me how far it is from City centre is the Cheras Road cemetery as we are only on a day trip from  a Cruise ship in February and would like to visit as I have a old army friend in the cemetery.

regards Roy Birchall.

gregorycomputers@hotmail.com

I am trying to find out information about my uncle Pte James Bardell  22439555, 1st Bn. The Queens Own Royal West Kents. He is buried at Cheras Road Christian Cemetery Kuala Lumpur and died at the age of 17 on 22/10/1951.

Kind Regards

Nicola

My cousin Richard Moore Galbraith was killed in a helicopter crash in Borneo in 1965 aged 18 while serving with the RAF. He left behind a wife from Newcastle called April and a baby daughter called June. Richard’s father and my father were brothers. We went to school together and ran about together. It is only recently that I found out Richard’s families names and so I am using the internet to try to trace them. If anyone knows where I can get in touch with them to say hello, please contact me at lozandfloz@ntlworld.com     Laurence Galbraith

Does anyone have a copy of the UK "Anti-Terrorist Operations Manual" (ATOM) or know where I could find one for sale? Would be much appreciated by a U.S. student of 4th Generation Warfare (4GW). Will pay for postage as well.

Thanks

wilcox@wdc.sri.com

Can anyone remember the name of the local `village` community that would

have been nearest to 9 Infantry Workshops REME, Brunei Borneo in 1966?

Your help would be appreciated as my memory is not co-operating, Cheers to

all.

jim8354@hotmail.com

Dear Sir or Madam,

I was wondering if your organisation could be of use to me. I am a student at Dartmouth College. I am currently studying history, with a focus on European Military History. Soon, I will travel to London to conduct advanced research. I will be studying the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960. I would very much like to meet with and interview veterans from that conflict and it would be really appreciated if you could help me achieve my goal.

Any references or contact information that you provide would be invaluable to my efforts.

Thank you so much,

David Zubricki

Dartmouth College

dzubricki@gmail.com

Were you a prisoner of the Japanese in Kuching or Jessleton between 1942 and 1945?

If so did you know a Mr. Don Tuxford or his son George Tuxford, who was at the time about 9 years old?  If so, could you please ring, Mr John McAulay on 01226 717419.

I am a serving British Army Medical Officer currently attached to the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.   I am researching the history of the RBAF’s Medical Service, and that of its predecessor, the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (RBMR).   In particular I am interested in finding out about Maj (later Col) John Gerard Moran OBE RAMC, who served with the RBMR/RBAF as a medical officer from 1963 until his death in 1992.   I wondered if any of your members might have served with him.   I understand that prior to serving with the RBMR he was attached to 99 Gurkha Brigade.

I am most grateful for any information you can provide me. 

Many many thanks

Phil Carter   

Maj Philip Carter RAMC

Loan Service Team

RBAF Berakas

BFPO 11

United Kingdom

 

There must be many people who can tell you about John Moran amongst the Brunei Officers – he was an institution with RBMR and about the only permanent resident of the Officers Mess.  I first met Dato John in 1970 when I was in Brunei with Worldwide Helicopters and made the mistake of sitting in his chair at breakfast – didn’t happen again.  I was Contract Officer up until 1980 and saw him regularly in the Mess or when I was unfortunate enough to report sick.  The first question on any office visit was “have you been eating shellfish?”.  I last saw him in 1982 when I visited Berakas on a trip for RACAL (now Thales) – he was sitting in “his chair” at the lunch table.  Unfortunately I knew very little about his personal life.

David Lee

My name is Emma Tatton-Jones, and my Grandma Beryl Tatton-Jones who may have been known as Beryl Northridge used to tell me of stories about Johnny Jhonson being a distant cousin and showed me photos of herself and Johnny with other pilots when I was a little girl. I was wondering if anyone can remember my Nanna. Don't really have many details as she died a few years ago and so did Johnny. I never got to know what I consider fascinating tales now but as a child I never had the patience to listen, and I am sad about that. My Nanna was a courageous woman, and a bit of a tom boy like myself. I hope someone reads this and remembers her, and If you find a few spare minutes one day, it would be nice to say hello.

I hope you are all in good health and living life to the full as the people who fought for Britain have allowed my generation among others to enjoy being British.

God bless and hope to hear from someone soon.

Emma.

Buzsef@aol.com

I am trying to find any information that may be out there about Ralph Heaton, my Granddad's twin brother, who was in Malaya (and who knows where else!) between late 1944 and 1946. Prior to being in the Far East he was in France, we think he was in Caen a couple of days after D Day. At that time he was in the South Nottinghamshire Hussars, but we are pretty sure he changed units before being redeployed to the F/E.  He hardly talked about it and as such we don't have much to go on. We know that he was in Ipoh at some stage because there was a photograph taken of him with some children there.

Also we know that his role was to 'take out' the Japanese without using rifles if possible. We also know that at one stage they were going through the jungle in pairs, one with a radio and one with a rifle. He mentioned both Wingate and Slim to my Granddad, but didn't give a context. Any information would be gratefully received as we'd love to find out where he went and what he did.

Thanks very much,

Kate Darnell

Do you have any information or know where I could find information on Geoff Bradley of the Green Howards regiment. I am aware that he did serve in the 1939 – 45 conflict. Any information u could forward to me would be gratefully received.

Yours sincerely

Aiden Bradley

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Sally Neilson  (nee Hollands)

I am trying to find my Uncle - Norman King - or his family.

 My father, Harold Charles King died many years ago and was estranged from his brother Norman.  I have the opportunity to travel to England next year and would like to contact any immediate descendants.  In order to trace him I need a birth date and some history.

 My father was born in Benoni in South Africa on 17.5.1914.  I suspect that Norman may have been born in England and he is younger than dad. 

Their father was Percy King who had changed his name from Rowbottom.  Norman's mother is Ethel Mary and I believe her maiden name may have been Brinkley.  My father served in the British Police in Palestine and we believe that Norman received a Field Commission as a Brigadier in Malaysia.

 Can you assist?

  thanks Jim King

Yours Faithfully

Derek Crowe

garreth.f@btinternet.com

Thank you  James Creasey

Reply

Hi' Thought you might be interested to know V.R.Creasey 22442022 Joined up

with us on 4th January 1951, we did our initial training at Shorncliffe camp

in Kent.

We were then shipped to Malaya in June 1951 to add to the under strength

1st Batt. Royal West Kent Regiment serving there. I am asking round the men I

have been reunited with during the past few years to see if any of them

remember what became of Vic. at the moment I have no news but will keep on

trying. as we were all split into different groups. eg. Transport. Infantry,

etc. this is very difficult. but I will keep on trying, meantime good luck to

James. Norman Martin, 22442058.

From his daughter   Marilyn

yinscol@gil.com.au

website  www.yinscollegesworldwide

Did you serve with the platoon (of volunteers) we formed in \'63 to support the Royal Leicester\'s in Borneo ?

I am trying to get our unit recognised in the list of units in the Confrontation on the \'The war against Sukarno\' web page, and will need more details. Afraid my memory for detail is fading as the years go by. David McAlister

DAVID Mc ALISTER

I was the platoon commander for most of this time, and can offer any help required. I visited Kemabong (where we were stationed for about a month in Feb 64) in 2002. It had hardly changed, except that there is now electricity, a telephone and a footbridge across the river where we had a ferry. I have photos of both periods. Peter Barker

  j.blackham@blackhamr.freeserve.co.uk