Pte RA Bostick: reminiscences (Malaya) (Y1/463) Unidentified soldier, 5th Battalion: Gallipoli 1915 (Y1/636b) The initial first few months in the Norfolk area consisted of performing guard duties at river bridges; coastal defence in the sand dunes of Hemsby (where the accommodation was in commandeered holiday bungalows), and also in and around stately homes. They set sail for Singapore on 19th being told to be prepared for battle against the Japanese. The 5th Suffolks now took up a position in the North East of the island where they were to suffer the first casualties caused by Japanese mortars which were operating from Southern Malaya. The regimental archive is administered for the Museum by the Suffolk Record Officein Bury St Edmunds. Meanwhile the warships which had escorted them from Liverpool turned around heading back to England with the merchants. These were supported by special forces like the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. The Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) - the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) - began attacking rubber plantations, mines and police stations, derailing trains and burning workers' houses. Here at Cape Town in glorious warm weather they were given three days leave. There are printed examples listed in the Printed Sources page. [27], As an example of their valour and the level of training they had been subject to as a peacetime unit, it is noted that 720 men of 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment total roll call of some 1,000, many of whom had been with the battalion since the 1899 posting to Quetta, were killed, wounded or captured. The Malayan Emergency (1948-60) was one of the few successful counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Western powers during the Cold War. 142 RAC was present when the Allies overcame the Hitler Line and the Gothic Line in late 1944. Men of the Reserve Battalion who sailed on the Birkenhead, 1852 (Y1/303(j)) We were in Cape Town from the 9th to the 12th of December 1941. Your destination for buying luxury property in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes, France. After a short time at the barracks a party of us was moved to a small, former R.A.F. The 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment had just returned from fighting in Mayala and are seen here . In this action the 2nd Battalion undertook a fierce rear-guard defence out-manned and out-gunned by superior numbers of enemy. The 2nd Battalion held their defensive position despite losing their commanding officer, Lt. Col. C.A.H. On disembarking at Singapore on 29th January 1942, one fact was alarmingly obvious to the newly arriving troops. On 6 July 1952 'B' Company, deploying nine patrols, began to search the . Papers, Graudenz, including list of British officers, 1916-1919 (Y1/28b, Z2/2, 10) Pte AG Stiles, 5th Battalion: Egypt 1917-1918 (Y1/384), Unidentified soldier, 2nd Battalion: India 1930 (Y3/11), Pte FE Hammond, 5th Battalion: Japanese POW 1941-1943 (Y1/134) 1203 Uatted Flngdom es ess. British battalions normally spent three years in Malaya. Watch as the Suffolk Regiment are welcomed back to Ipswich on their return from Malaya in 1953 . [34] Equipped with Churchill tanks the regiment landed at Algiers in 1943, fighting at the Battle of Medjez-el Bab in the Tunisia Campaign in April 1943. [6], As a result of the 1751 army reforms, it was renamed the 12th Regiment of Foot and in 1758, the second battalion was detached to form the 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot. [22], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[23] the regiment now had one Reserve and three Territorial battalions. The Royal cipher is placed at the centre, and the whole medal is suspended from a 38mm wide purple ribbon by a plain silver suspender. Major FA Godfrey was a young Second Lieutenant when he was awarded the Military Cross in Malaya in 1951. The 1st Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Goodwin, landed on Sword beach and was involved in attacking and taking the Hillman Fortress on D-Day itself. Lieut-Col AG Taylor, 4th Battalion: France 1915-1919 (Y1/251b, c) 2nd Lieut MCM. Abdullah bin Shamsudin, Lt.Gen Datuk : One of the first groups of 11 Officers commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant to serve the Federation Regiment which was established in 1952. This was despite the fact that the German Army, knowing the 2nd Battalion had no hope of survival, entreated them to surrender, even ordering the German buglers to sound the British Cease Fire and gesticulating for the men of the 2nd to lay down their arms. General Sir Gerald Templer was appointed both Director of Operations and High Commissioner shortly after. Regiment Walking-out Dress has A Sarong!. After allocation of deck and bunk hammock spaces, they set sail the next day together with two other similar troopships, the 'Mount Vernon' and the 'West Point', both former American luxury liners of similar tonnage to the 'Wakefield' and carrying the 53rd Infantry Brigade. [1] It consisted mainly of small garrison forces in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Taiping, Seremban and Singapore. When ordering documents from the collection all references (e.g. A tough soldier and Britain's youngest Lieutenant-General at age 44, Templer directed the Emergency into an offensive against the 'Communist Terrorists' (CTs) (CO . The 2nd was also regarded as a good shooting battalion with high level of musketry skills. [28], The 1/4th Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the Jullundur Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division in November 1914 for service on the Western Front. Interviews with veterans of World War 1 and 2 (1985) (A16/44) Our food, still mainly boiled rice, was necessarily becoming more acceptable, at times with the addition of fruit - bananas and pineapples - and some eggs. POW magazines, c1900, c1901 (Y1/35(i),(j)), Lists of NCOs and men, 1916 (W/24) Arriving at the region's main airport of Lyon . They saw another ship about to leave the docks and were surprised and more than a little dismayed to learn that on board were the remnants of the R.A.F. [21], The spirit of independence and self-reliance exhibited by officers and non-commissioned officers led to the 2nd Battalion taking first place in the Quetta Division of the British Army of India, from a military effectiveness point of view, in a six-day test. Lieut HM Brown, 4th Battalion: France 1914-1917 (Y1/42b) The only 'friendly' planes spotted were Vildebeeste and Brewster Buffalo, both being ageing aircraft. In an effort to split the active insurgents from their passive supporters, Chinese squatters were rehoused in purpose built new villages. His killing marked a high point in the 1st Battalion's tour of duty in Malaya. The rare exception to this was the deaths of over 20 civilians at Batang Kali in December 1948. Knife and belt used by communist forces in Malaya, 1955. L/Cpl S Bamford, 1st Battalion: Salonika 1916-1917 (Y1/15) [2] He was replaced by Henry Wharton and the regiment fought throughout the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, including the Battle of the Boyne, the Capture of Waterford and the Siege of Limerick in 1690. Eventually, along with many others he was soon to find himself in captivity and marched to Changi and some time later was transferred to a camp on the Bukit Timah Road. Malaya Emergency (1948-1960) Men of the Worcestershire Regiment who awarded the Military Cross for action in Malaya. 2nd Lieut AG Taylor, 1st Battalion:1900-1901 (Y1/251a) Arrindell, 4th Battalion: Singapore 1942 (Y1/5) (Ponggol Point Beach was later to be the burial ground for hundreds of Chinese Singapore residents, rounded up by the Japs after Singapore fell, murdered and buried on this beach. Arrested and imprisoned for his role in the killing of two UDA members, Mitchell served fourteen years in prison. 1914-15 Star Casualty Trio East Surrey Regiment. (See also DIARIES and BIOGRAPHIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES). L/Cpl ER Miller, 2nd Battalion: France 1915-1916 (Y1/484) In 1943 the battalion transferred to the 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade, part of the 5th Indian Infantry Division and served with them in the Burma Campaign. The command was disbanded on 15 February 1942 with the surrender of all Commonwealth forces in the conclusion of the Battle of Singapore. 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot), 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot, 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment, 163rd (1/1st Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade, 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), "St Edmundsbury Borough Council - Local Military History - Suffolk Regiment", "Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907", Friends of the Suffolk Regiment - Museum Information, Regimental history from the St. Edmundsbury Borough Council, 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry), 14th (Buckinghamshire The Prince of Wales's Own), 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding Princess of Wales's Own), 42nd (The Royal Highland) (The Black Watch), 45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters), 49th (Hertfordshire - Princess Charlotte of Wales's), 51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment), 51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry), 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, 77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry), 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders), 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot, 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot, 103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters), 103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry), 107th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers), Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_Regiment&oldid=1146793221, Regiments of the British Army in World War II, Regiments of the British Army in World War I, Military units and formations established in 1685, Military units and formations disestablished in 1959, Military units and formations in Burma in World War II, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, [5th] 1st Suffolk Rifle Volunteers based in, [6th] 6th (West Suffolk) Suffolk Rifle Volunteers based in, [7th] 1st (Cambridge, Essex and Huntingdonshire) Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers based in, [8th] 3rd (Cambridge University) Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps based in, 1688: Col Robert Carey, 6th Baron Hunsdon, 18521857: Lt-Gen Sir Richard Goddard Hare Clarges KCB, 18571864: Lt-Gen Charles Anthony Ferdinand Bentinck, 19041918: Lt-Gen Hon. All ranks, 2nd Battalion, 17 December 1889 (W/2) Honours and awards, 4th and 5th Battalions, 1914-1918 (G1/1) The next four years were spent training in the United Kingdom for the invasion of Normandy in 1944, otherwise known as D-Day. Now came the realisation that the 5th Battalion of The Suffolk Regiment, part of a Brigade considered to be a most efficient and well-trained fighting force, had travelled 20,000 miles simply to surrender. In the 1940s, the British Army found itself stuck in the middle of a growing conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. Citations for the DCM (1914-1918) (A8/1) The Suffolk Regiment served during the Malayan Emergency from 1949 to 1953 when British troops resisted attempts by Communist Terrorists to take over the country. Pte GJ Steele, 5th Battalion: Japanese POW 1941-1943 (Y1/729) 4th Battalion officers casualty list, 1914-1917 (G4/2) Officers careers can be traced through successive issues of the Army List (A11). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The guerrillas were frequently arrested or killed as they approached them in search of food. Still studied today, itprovides many important lessons on how such campaigns should be conducted. The culpable lack of information, instruction and physical back-up support whilst occupying a front line disposition meant they had been absolutely static. The printed histories do contain many names but these tend to be of officers or senior NCOs, and are selective rather than comprehensive. Ken Baileywrote - "To say that we were humiliated by what we were seeing as victors in a conflict against a supposedly top class army as ourselves, would be a gross understatement. General Sir Gerald Templer (left) testing a De Lisle carbine, south Perak, 1952. Stewart Papers of General Sir Rob Lockhart, Indian Army, 1914-53, covering service in India, including the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, 1946, North West Frontier, 1947, Sarawak, 1951-52, Malaya, 1952-53 and Punjab Frontier Force Association, 1945-77. Boys' Training, Director Brigade of Gurkhas Brigadiers British Army of the Rhine Guiana Honduras a British West Indies Regiment .. . It was very plain that in one of these vehicles a Union Jack was being held aloft by someone, and in another a large white flag was displayed. Pte C Allman, 4th Battalion: France 1914-1915 (Y1/2b) He later went on to lead a successful counter-insurgency operation in Malaya. This Regiment included men from Norfolk and Suffolk and incorporated a company at Windsor Castle. [32], The 1st battalion saw action in the campaign against the Moplahs in Malabar in 1922 while the 2nd battalion was deployed to Shanghai in 1927 before moving to India in 1929. [17] Under the reforms the regiment became the Suffolk Regiment on 1 July 1881. "Jimmie" James, 3rd Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Negeri Sembilan) Lt. Col. C.F.H. In the early 1950s, a revolt in favour of union with Greece began in British-controlled Cyprus. Lieutenant T. E. Watt of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire was attached to the Suffolk Regiment. The insurgency was described as an 'emergency' because insurers would not have compensated plantation and mine owners if it had been labelled a 'war'. Be the first to hear about our latest events, exhibitions and offers. Colonel Godfrey's grandfather, Arthur Hayward Godfrey served as an officer in both world wars. A few days after Christmas, 1944, he was eventually put aboard a small, dirty, rusty old merchant ship of Dutch origin, the 'Fuij Nord' built in 1909, tonnage 3,500. Now came the official order that all weapons were to be handed over to the enemy, followed by much activity between British officers and the Japanese. George Forty (1998), "British Army Handbook 19391945", Stoud: Sutton Publishing, pp. The roads having been completed, the next step was to build a walkway from the foot of the hill on the other side of the reservoir up to the site of the proposed shrine at the summit. He told COFEPOW this story: He arrived in Singapore, along with hundreds of other young men, eager to play his part in bringing an end to the Japanese invasion as they were swarming down through Malaya. However there are a number of sources in the collection which can be used to research the career of an officer or soldier in the regiment. [15], The 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was a Regular Army unit stationed in Devonport as part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and served with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France from late 1939 to May 1940. Pte FC Lambert, 4th Battalion: France 1918 (Y1/583) Papers, 1914-1919 (Y1/270b) Honours and awards, 8th Battalion, 1915-1918 (K1/1) In 1950, the Cold War significantly heated up, with the outbreak of the Korean War. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment; . Dave for the occasion played the piccolo. . The battalion, due to the casualties sustained, was transferred to GHQ Troops before, on 25 October, transferring to the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division and, almost a year later, transferred to 76th Brigade of the same division, where they were to remain for the rest of the year. Never, Just a Forgotten War Joe P. Plant 2019-06-14 MALAYA 16th. B Company, 7th Battalion, NCOs and men, 9 March 1918 (J2/1) The 1st Battalion Royal Malay Regiment acts as the ceremonial battalion for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and is usually accompanied by the Central Band of the Malay Regiment. The guerrillas had the benefit of local knowledge, while the British Army was hampered by a lack of good intelligence. The Auvergne - Rhne-Alpes being a dynamic, thriving area, modern architects and museums also feature, for example in cities like Chambry, Grenoble and Lyon, the last with its opera house boldly restored by Jean Nouvel. In November 1940, the total strength of Malaya Command was 17 battalions. Ken left Singapore and was sent overland to Thailand and the Burma railway where he worked for the most part at Chungkai. Pte GW Durrell: CD of reminiscences of service in the Great War (Y1/754) The cutting is fairly old and will probably show signs of age and use. Object details Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Creator British Army official photographer HQ: Port Dickson, Commanding Officer: Lt-Col Charles Malet Lane All ranks, 2nd Battalion, 25 January 1906 (W/18) THE SUFFOLKS IN MALAYA. With the bulk of British forces being tied down in Europe and North Africa, the command was mainly augmented by units from India. 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Col. James Oliphant Mackellar (d.12 March 1945), 88th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment RA Lt. Col. Sylvain Claude D'Aubuz, 3rd Field Company (King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners) - Major A.R. Contents 1 History 1.1 Battle of Pasir Panjang Ridge 1.2 Battle of Bukit Chandu 1.3 Post war It saw British and Commonwealth forces defeat a communist revolt in Malaya. camp situated close to the Singapore Bukit Timah Golf Club and adjacent to the McRitchie Reservoir. The newly arrived troops set up positions near villages and then sent out patrols. Photocopies of recommendations and citations for gallantry awards, 1940-1958 (A8/7) During the Malaya Emergency, the British Army witnessed the rebirth of a very specialized unit, the SAS. The three year long struggle left millions dead, and its legacy still has explosive global impact today. Pte J Farrant, 5th Battalion: Japanese POW 1941-1946 (Y1/779) The Malayan Police and Special Branch were given the task of gathering information. Maj FTD Wilson, 1st Battalion:1900 (Y1/270a) Of particular note are: Trench maps, Western Front (A13/5-7; C2/2; C7/3; Y1/36b, 116, 164a, r,168a, 212g, 244c,323p, q) The Volunteer Force List, January 1918 (Y1/72c) is the equivalent to the Army List for officers in the home defence Volunteer movement. Alternatively, send a cheque to our treasurer, Cheques should be made payable to COFEPOW and sent to the following address:-, Mr. David BrownCOFEPOW14 RidgecroftAshton-Under-LyneLancashireOL7 9TGUnited Kingdom, Choose between a single or joint membership. A Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783 by Captain Spilsbury, 12th Regiment, ed BHT Frere (1908) (A4/2) 4th Anti-Tank Regiment (Equipped 12 2-Pdr / 24 75mm) Lt. Col. 2/10th Field Company - Major K.P.H Lawrence, 2/6th Field Park Company - Capt. 5, September/October 1943 (Y1/582c). It is a pleasure for me to write the introduction in this, the 2021-2022 edition of the Old Ipswichian Journal. Malaya 1948-1960 - Emergency!! The dropping of the atom bombs caused the Regiment to be withdrawn from any landings on the west coast of Malaya. Lewis, 2nd Battalion, Malay Regiment Lt. Col. Frederick Walter Young, 2nd Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (Singapore Volunteer Corps) - Lt. Col. Donald G. Macleod, 4th Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (, Singapore Armoured Car Company, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery Lt. Col. Howard Wincent Allpres, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. Denis Vivian Hill, 7th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery Lt. Col. Hereward Douglas St. George Cardew, 9th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery Lt. Col. Charles Philip Heath, 16th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery Lt. Col. M.S.H. The Regiment suffered three dead as a result of a parachute drop into the jungle in . WOs and Sergeants, 1st Battalion, 1955-1959 (W/51), OCA membership registers, 1908-1955 (V1/1-2) They received no orders or instructions concerning battle plans nor enemy troop movements at that time - the whole unit felt completely isolated and unattached. Letter from Weilburg, 1916 (Y1/53) In 1944 the battalion was flown to Imphal to clear Japanese positions. The communists of the MNLA were jungle based and supported by the impoverished Chinese population. A picturesque feature of this walking out dress, which has been approved for the Royal Air Force Regiment, Malaya, is the sarong of light blue interwoven cloth, with a vertical panel, worn to the rear, in the Royal Air Force colours of maroon, light blur and dark blue. Riches, 1st (Light) Field Regiment, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Equipped 4 x 3.7" How), Armoured Car Squadron, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Equipped 9 Armoured Cars) Major C.E. They didn't have long to wait before being given the fateful news that the Japanese now had a foothold on the island. Those remaining alive were taken captive by the Germans, spending the next four years as prisoners of war and not returning home until Christmas Day 1918. India (A12/12, 15; B13/5; Y1/35c-f, 179cc-ff, mm, nn) Burma (A13/15; C7/5) Communist losses are estimated at over 6,000 killed and 1,200 captured. Pte CW Baskett, Volunteer Company:1900-1902 (Y1/19) Pte AJ Coote: reminiscences of service in Malaya 1951-1953 (Y1/436) Letters, 1900 (Y1/35(u), (v), (bb) Letters, papers and photographs, 1942-1945 (Y1/460, Y1/261, Y1/410, Y1/460, Y1/551, Y1/564, Y1/582) A14/8) should be prefixed with GB 554/ Special Air Service patrol in the Malayan jungle, 1957. It was stationed for the majority of the time in India. This won him the support of many nationalists. In early 1942, both the 4th and 5th battalions fought briefly in the defence of Singapore against the Japanese, with the 18th Division, before British Commonwealth forces on that island surrendered on 15 February 1942 under the orders of Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival. However the four official histories provide the best general overview of the reg iment's activities. Commanding Officer III Indian Corps Lt Gen Lewis Heath, Commanding Officer Maj Gen Frank Keith Simmons SC275468A-1. aShoai': + 3808 Aalltary | jchooi ss 2823 Connaught Rangers aie sy . Another disheartening happening was the sight of clouds of smoke billowing from oil tanks set on fire by British troops in a 'scorched earth' policy to prevent them from falling into Japanese hands. 1914-15 Star Casualty South Wales Borderers. On 14th January 1942, having regained fitness with all the route marches, training exercises and sport after the long sea trip from England, they departed Ahmadnagar and rejoined their ship at Bombay the next day. The convoy was escorted by American warships, including an aircraft carrier 'The Saratoga'. Awards, 2nd Battalion, 1914-1918 (C1/5) Main titles 'Jungle Operations: Air Supply: Malaya 1949/50' and 'A military training film supervised by an officer appointed by the General Staff - Crown copyright approved March 1950'. 12/02/1952. Pte E McComish, 1st Battalion: biographical account of service (1853-1865) (Y1/493) (The Museum holds an almost complete run of the Army List from 1826 to 1959), List of graves in the Transvaal, 1902 (A14/8) Although many Chinese lived in the cities, others - known as 'squatters' - lived at the fringes of the jungle and could aid the guerrillas. He was commissioned into the Territorial Force in 1915 and served in WWI in 5th Bn (TF), The Suffolk Regiment, throughout the Palestine Campaign. The Centre is part of a particularly dynamic ecosystem, within the second French . In mid-ocean the fleet manoeuvred so that it had turned in a position to be then escorting the troop ships. 7th Battalion wounded to 1944, Y1/433(i) On 6 October 1951 the communists managed to ambush and kill the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney. Col PSW Dean, 4th Battalion: Japanese POW 1941-1945 (Y1/512) His first public engagement came in 1948, when the combined massed bands of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and Suffolk Regiments beat retreat in Aristotle Square, Salonika. Scattered throughout the collection are lists of POWs and papers which throw light on the experience of being a POW. With his skill at woodwork, he was one of the first men to make wooden legs for the many amputees who lost their limbs through contracting tropical ulcers. The Regiment was sent to Tanjong Priok, Batavia, Java in December 1945 in an infantry role but saw little action because it was called back to India after a very short period arriving Calcutta . Pte AW Fenn, 2nd Battalion: France 1917 (Y1/109) [35], The regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Norfolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) in 1959. 1st. were leaving the island, it was unmistakably and painfully obvious that they were doomed. These measures helped unite the racially divided Malayan people against the insurrection. Officers, WOs and NCOs, 1st Battalion, September 1890 (W/2) The company at Windsor Castle had origins dating back to 1660 and had seen active service in . Brett DSO, at the commencement of the action and their second in command, Maj. E.C. He was then forced to leave Tamakan and moved on to other camps further north. B Company, 5th Battalion, 1915-1919 (Y1/165(p)) 2nd Lieut RC Farmer: Memoirs of a National Service subaltern (Malaya 1951-1953) (Y1/107c) These items could be purchased from native Malays or Chinese who now and again were allowed up to the site perimeter. These units came under the control of Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force) under the command of Air Vice Marshal C.W.H.Pulford until February 1942 when Air Vice Marshal P.C.Maltby[7] took command. With his piece of round teak and array of tools he began to secretly carve his piece of wood into the insignia of his regiment -The 5th Suffolks. Soldiers of the 12th Foot involved at the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, 1854 (B13/1) [7] During the 1756 to 1763 Seven Years' War, it fought at the battles of Minden, Villinghausen and Wilhelmsthal, as well as the Siege of Cassel.

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