Signals

Signals
GHQ Signal Regiment
17th (Gurkha) Signal Regiment
18 Independent Infantry Brigade Signals Squadron Located at Kuala LLipis, Pahang 1952-56 Commanding officer was Major Jim Boyland, followed by a Major Howat.
19th Air Formation Signal Regiment
24th Independent Group, Signals WRAC 1950-1952, Tanglin barracks, GHQ FARELF Singapore. C/o Maj Farlow. Thanks to Muriel Parr for this entry.
28 Commonwealth Infantry Brigade, Signal Squadron. Located at Taiping, Perak. Commanding Officer was Major Phipps, Royal Signals.
65 Gurkha Inf Bde Gp Signals Troop HQ Seremban, Rasah Camp. I was attached to 1 Green Howards at Kuala Pilah Approx June 1950 to early 1951. 63 Bde Sig Tp supplied rear link radio operators to all 63 Brigade Gp units. We were part of 17 Gurkha Div. Royal Signals trained Gurkha soldiers took over from us late 1951. I was attached to 13/18 Hussars aT Kluang and then Johore Bahru. I regret to say I cannot remember my OCs' name. I only met him once or twice as I was stationed at Kuala Pilah until my move to the 13/18 Hussars.
201 Signal Squadron 201 sig sqdn, located Singapore (ck2 for ops centre) and 201 sig sqdn detachment in Penang at Batu Uban. Colin Cattanach was part of parent unit being 101 sig squadron located in Queensland.
208 (Commonwealth) Signal Squadron It was 208 (COMWEL) Signal Squadron when I served with it in Taiping from August 1960 and remained with that title when it moved to Terendak, Malacca in October 1961. I left in Augusr 1962 and it was still operating under that name. The (COMWEL) in its title indicated that it was one of the very few "fully integrated" units in the brigade with troops from the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
230 Signal Regiment, Paroi Camp near Seremban 195?/1960. I was stationed there from 1959 till 1961, when we were all transferred to 18 Signal Regt. in Singapore.
Malaya Command Signals Squadron
Malaya Signal Regiment,
   2 Sqdn Malaya Signals, Taiping, April - July 1949 - oc Major Sinnock
   3 Battalion Malays, Kota Bharu, July - October 1949
   BMH, Taiping, Oct.- Nov '49
   2 Sqdn MSR as above, Nov - Dec '49
   1 Sqdn Malaya Signals, KL - Dec. '49 - April '51
   3 RTR, Gurun, April-May'51
   2 Sqdn MSR as above except that oc Mjr. Downs, May 51- Feb 52
   Also attached 2/2 Gurkha May-June '29, and at Singapore Sigs June 51.
   Air Support Signals Troop ASST was attached to Malaya Signals Regiment. Tentacles at Ipoh and Seremban. The unit directed Lincoln bombers from Tengah on Singapore Island on night ops against the terrorists.

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2 Infantry Workshops, REME, Taiping, Perak. Major Thomas/Thompson, provided LAD to Singapore Regiment Royal Artillery in Taiping.
10 Infantry Workshop, 40 Base District Workshop, Ayer Rajah, Singapore.
12 Infantry Workshop, Unit formed at Warminster September to October 1948 C/O Major Taylor-Thomas R.E.M.E. Embarked Southhampton on troopship Dunera. Disembarked Singapore stayed at Nee Soon holding camp then moved by road Kuala Lumpur Coronation park where 2nd Guards Brigade was supported. In May 1951 the unit moved to Batu Lima and used accommodation in a camp with the 4th Batt Malay Regt. To this point the CO. was Major Stirling-Baker. Major Sline then took command until late in 1953. The unit then moved into a Rubber plantation under canvas.
Before moving to Batu Lima Camp, Mentakab, the Wksps was located in tented accommodation beside the main road at the Mentakab Town Board Limit. They then moved to Batu Lima Camp Mentakab which was occupied by the 4th Bn The Malay Regt. (not the 5th). The Wksps occupied garage space opposite my MT lines. They moved again to Semantan Estate under canvas (where 4/Malay had previously had a company detachment) located about half way between Batu Lima Camp and Mentakab town. While at Semantan Estate 12 inf Wksks tragically lost a Cfn who was electrocuted when lightning struck a rubber tree and ran along lighting cable into a tent.
1955 in atap bashas, at Gunong Panjang Camp, Ipoh to (Jan 1957?) - moved to corrugated iron 'godolphins', at Lubok Bandan Camp near Jementah, Segamat, Johore with detachment in tents, at Malacca, supporting Royal Engineers constructing Malayan Army camp. Disbanded in Jan 1958?. Commanding Officer was Major J A Stewart (a hurdler), Captains Clarke, Dodds, Warren. Part of 26 Gurkha Infantry Brigade, 17 Gurkha Infantry Division (Headquarters in Seremban). Unit later re-formed in Germany.
13 Infantry Workshop 13 Infantry Workshop REME was based first in Kluang, Johore and Tanjong Rambutan, near Ipoh in 1956. It was disbanded in 1961. Commanded by L/C Butler, at Ipoh.
14 Infantry Workshop Embarked to Malaya 1948, Stationed in Kluang. Returned to UK 1951.
221 BVD R.A.O.C. 1958-61, Officer Commanding Major Wally Hammond REME.
REME District Workshop, based at District Workshop Singapore, from November 1948 to November 1949. Major Rogers commanding.
District Workshop Singapore, it was at the side of Singapore Base Workshop on Ayer Raja Rdbothe units billited in the same camp. Also the 1st Singapore Regt RA was stationed on Blanka Mati now Santosa we also did a stint at Kluang. In 1952 one Malay L/bdr lost his right arm in an ambush at the air strip.
Base Workshops REME/FARELF Base Workshops REME was located on the Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore. Its function was to maintain and repair a vast collection of military vehicles which were then supplied to units throughout the far east. The vehicle depot for storage of this mass of vehicles was located in Tebrau, Johore. One of the units claims to fame in the fifties was the creation of the Bedford 'Pig'. A makeshift APC which looked like a steel garden shed on wheels. During the period 1949-1952 Colonel Kennedy was OC of the workshops. Col Salt was OC troops, he replaced Col Winter. The RSM was WO1 Harvey (enough said). The accomodation was Rowcroft Lines which stood overlooking the Ayer Rajah Road and the W/Shops. Rowcroft Lines was shared with District W/Shops and the Training Unit. At the rear of Rowcroft Lines stood what is now known as the Kentridge. It is the historically significant area where the Malay Regiment stood aginst the Japanese Army in 1942. Thansk to K.B.Orrill for this entry.