WAR GRAVES

George Tullis is going to do a write up about each Cemetery starting with The Christian Cemetery at Taiping. As you can appreciate there is a lot of checking and rechecking to ensure that the fact are correct.

Please follow the link below.

The Christian Cemetery KAMUNTING ROAD

SEREMBAN CHRISTIAN CEMETERY

At the entrance to "Gods Little Acre" the Christian Cemetery at Batu Gajah Perak.

There is a large Roll of Honour Plague Erected by the Perak Planters Association.

To go straight to the Roll of Honour click here and then on the page number.

Foreword

First Edition 2001                                                         updated 28^th March 2010

This Roll of Honour is in memory to the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces who paid the supreme sacrifice when they were on active service during the Malaya Emergency 1948-1960.

Their mission was to defeat the Communist Terrorist that was in the process of trying to take over Malaya at that time.

Apart from the regular forces there were many national servicemen and officers, ages ranging from 18-20 year olds engaged in the conflict that lasted 12 years.

For many it would be there first time away from home and out of the U.K having all grown up during the world war two years as children with many already having lost fathers, brothers, and other relatives during that conflict.

Not all of the armed forces mentioned in this Roll of Honour died in action, others died in accidents, tropical diseases and many other reasons too numerous to give details off.

But they all played their part (whether sitting in an office or up in aircraft dropping supplies to troops in the jungle) to defeat the communist terrorist and ensured the freedom of the people of Malaysia.

In conclusion I must give credits to John Sharp of the Bristol Branch of the NMBVA for the use of his casualty lists for the Malaya Emergency, which has assisted me to compile this booklet.

Finally my apologise for not setting out the Regiments, Corps or other services in order of seniority, also for any inaccuracies in spelling of names or any other details.

It has been a long and hard task and I doubt if we will ever discover the true number of people whose graves are still somewhere in the Malayan Jungle.

However should you wish to have anything changed or corrected please do not hesitate to contact the writer on: -

 g.tullis@ntlworld.com or telephone 01788 331043

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No permission is granted for the copying or storage or re-distribution of all or any part of this Roll of Honour. Applications for permission to reproduce any text, photographs or graphic images should be submitted to

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Where we have used material from other sources, we have endeavoured to attribute copyright to the originators but if you think we may have missed an attribution, then please advise us at the above address and we shall take immediate and appropriate action to rectify any oversight.

2^nd Edition May 2003                          updated 28^th March 2010

Since completing the first edition it has been possible to include the Commonwealth Forces and local enlisted personnel (LEP's) or Malayan Other Ranks (MOR's) and the Federation of Malaya Police who died during the Malaya Emergency.

Also added is the Indonesia Confrontation, which covers all British and Commonwealth forces that died during that period.

Though the Malaya Emergency officially commenced on the 16^th June 1948 and ended on the 31^st July 1960 and 31^st January 1959 for Singapore

 For the Indonesia Confrontation it was December 1962- August 1966

For Malaya & Singapore the lists of casualties have started

  From January 48 to the end of 1961 after that they can be found in the Indonesia Confrontation Section

Though buried in Singapore it is important to point out that many died serving in Johore and the other States of East & West Malaysia.

Most of the additional information has come from many of the Internet Websites that have come on line during the past few years.

Other Rolls of Honour can be found on

http://www.nmbva.co.uk     (Non World War Graves List)

in process of being updated

Finally I must give thanks to the Bill James of the Swansea Branch for having the original

1^st edition list checked out by the MOD and for contacting the Navy, RAF and others to obtain more information.

Dated 1^st June 2010

Additions to the Roll Of Honour  

During late 2009 and early 2010 I have been able to revise the R if H by adding the following:- 

1        The ages of those that died (British Forces only) are entered in the right hand column.

2        Photos of the graves layout and cemeteries where Gurkha soldiers and families are buried.

3        Malay Regiment casualties from 1948-1957 when under the command of British Forces.

George Tullis

Foreword

3^rd Edition   5^th May 2004                                                updated 28^th March 2010

This edition now contains many changes and corrections that were received by the late Bill James, Swansea Branch NMBVA from the following sources

    Royal Navy                             Ministry of Defence                    Royal Air Force

  HM Naval Base                  Personal Services 4 (Army).               RAF Personnel                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

    Portsmouth                                    Pewsey                                        Gloucester                         

There is now a combined services record office and the above offices do not exist.

Contact should be made with   www.veterans-uk.info  for further information.

The Gurkha Museum & HQ’s Winchester

 Much detail was received where service personnel had been cremated and what happened to their ashes (scattered or returned to next of kin) or if their bodies had been exhumed and repatriated.

 For Example: - After the withdrawal of British Forces from Singapore in 1971, the Singapore Government wanted the graves of military personnel and dependants who were buried in Pasir Panjang and Ulu Pandan and other Christian Cemeteries moved to the new military cemetery adjacent to Kranji World War11 Cemetery.

 However before this was carried out in 1975-76 the MOD wrote to all of the next of kin and with their agreement one of three courses of action were taken:

  1)     The body would be exhumed, cremated and the ashes placed in the care of the Family.         

  2)  The body would be exhumed and re-interned in Kranji Military Cemetery

3)     The body would be exhumed, cremated and the ashes scattered in Kranji Military

       Cemetery.

If no contact was made with the next of kin, the second option was to be taken.

Regarding the Cemeteries in Malaya at that time, no approach was made by the British or Malayan Government to move them.

However, there seems to have been requests from next of kin for bodies to be repatriated or cremated and ashes returned to families.

For this Roll of Honour the heading: -       Remains Cremated or Repatriated will be used for options 1 & 3 and no reference will be made to which crematorium or what happened to the ashes or if the remains were repatriated

 The actual date of death is recorded and not when the remains were cremated or repatriated.

 Considerable amount of time has been spent on checking all entries but it cannot be guaranteed that they will be wholly accurate.

Compiled & edited by         George Tullis

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