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, therefore it is anticipated we will get a new one every 6-8 weeks.

Please follow the link below.

The 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

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 having 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 a office or up in a 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 M 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.

Foreword

2^nd Edition May 2003

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 Malaysia.

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

In late 2002 the Military Section of British High Commission in K.L. Malaysia published a very comprehensive list (less Kranji Military Cemetery) and can be found on

www.ukmilitarygraves.org.my

Other Rolls of Honour can be found on

http://redcoat.future.easyspace.com/Falk/malaya.htm

 http://www.petrowilliamus.co.uk/kranji/military/military.htm

 http://www.britains-smallwars.com/gt/Graves.htm

 http://www.britains-smallwars.com/malaya/ROH/index.htm  

This website will shortly be up-dated

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootweb.com/~sooty/malaya.html

 Many more can be found when you put the appropriate wording into any Web Search Engine.

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.

Foreword

3^rd Edition   5^th May 2004

 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 Management

Portsmouth                                     Pewsey                                           Gloucester

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 Cemeteries moved to the new military cemetery adjacent to Kranji World War 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.

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 all options 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

(A)   Last updated   3^rd May 2004

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 not be on this list (only those having Casualties)

Also some of the Regiments shown on this list were not in Malaya but their men were detached to regiments that were.

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