Thoroughly enjoyed it. The paper quality is quite good. Douglas Charles. From friend to foe: Britain and the communist party of Malaya in the They continued to wear their Suffolk Regiment cap badge on the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps as did all infantry units converted this way. He had also managed to hide his Army jack knife and he now took this to pieces and to each piece he fitted a piece of bamboo which formed a handle and this gave him a small selection of tools. 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. There were 161 front line aircraft, including three Royal Netherlands Air Force Catalina flying boats, based in Malaya and on Singapore Island on 8 December 1941. In 1950, the SAS, known initially as the Malayan Scouts, became involved in the campaign and remained there until 1958. 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. Our food, still mainly boiled rice, was necessarily becoming more acceptable, at times with the addition of fruit - bananas and pineapples - and some eggs. Lieut CJ Hupfield, 2nd Batt (attached Machine Gun Corps) France 1916-1917 (Y1/147) . The new settlement at Petaling Jaya, 1957. It was stationed for the majority of the time in India. 1914-15 Star Casualty South Wales Borderers. These items could be purchased from native Malays or Chinese who now and again were allowed up to the site perimeter. In mid-ocean the fleet manoeuvred so that it had turned in a position to be then escorting the troop ships. (The Museum holds an almost complete run of the Army List from 1826 to 1959), List of graves in the Transvaal, 1902 (A14/8) However, in October, the battalion was re-designated as the 8th Battalion. Shortly after withdrawing they felt utter despair and dejection on hearing the bagpipes of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders leaving the mainland on the retreat from Malaya across the Causeway. Special Air Service patrol in the Malayan jungle, 1957. Brothers Casualty Medals Suffolk Regiment. Pte FC Lambert, 4th Battalion: France 1918 (Y1/583) We should have gone on to the Middle East, but trouble began in the Far East after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbour and Malaya . Howards and the Suffolk Regiment. It is now open to all ranks. Watch as the Suffolk Regiment are welcomed back to Ipswich on their Eventually the ship moved out of Singapore heading East and then North, with most of the men under the impression that their destination was Japan but on the 8th February 1945, the ship docked at Saigon, Indo-China where Ken remained for the duration of his captivity. Arriving at the region's main airport of Lyon . He managed to conceal this in the bottom of his kit bag and was later moved back to Changi Jail where he remained for the duration of his captivity. 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. Malaya. 1900s The archive is arranged to reflect the structure and activities of the Regiment over the years: Section A: general regimental records, Section T: Suffolk Home Guard (affiliated to the regiment), Sections U to X: regimental institutions the Regimental Association, the Old Comrades Association, the Gazette and the Museum, Section Y: records of individual soldiers items written by, relating to or collected by officers and men. Interviews with veterans of World War 1 and 2 (1985) (A16/44) Arrindell, 4th Battalion: Singapore 1942 (Y1/5) If you have signed up to our new membership system then please access the List of FEPOWs via your new login. This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. L/Cpl W Bantick, 5th Battalion: Gallipoli, Egypt 1914-1918 (Y1/588) Scattered throughout the collection are lists of POWs and papers which throw light on the experience of being a POW. We were in Cape Town from the 9th to the 12th of December 1941. RAF Regiment in Malaya Squadron Leader Ronald H. Williams No.92 Squadron, RAF Regiment (Malaya) and his family. The regulations were changed during the First World War to make the awards purely for gallantry. 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. Col. I.M. Letters, papers and photographs, 1942-1945 (Y1/460, Y1/261, Y1/410, Y1/460, Y1/551, Y1/564, Y1/582) Now in his eighties and mostly reliant on his wheel chair, Douglas Harvey has offered to loan COFEPOW his most treasured possession to go into our Memorial Building where we hope to display many artefacts to educate future generations exactly how resourceful the FEPOWS were during their captivity. On December, 1, whilst at sea, the Division was diverted, by order of the War Cabinet, to Singapore, landing on 13 January. (See also DIARIES and BIOGRAPHIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES). As its name suggests, the regiment only recruits ethnic Malays . Discharge books (annual volumes), 1921-1959 (A16/51/1-37) Sgt R Dunningham: account of experience as a Japanese POW (Y1/614) ia802601.us.archive.org The museum is open every Wednesday from 9:30am to 3:30pm, and the first Sunday of every month from 9:30am - 3:30pm. That night they slept out in the open, bedding down on the grass and wondering what the future had in store. Rebirth of the SAS: The Malayan "Emergency" - The History Reader Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". After the end of the fighting in North Africa the regiment remained there until April 1944 when, with the rest of the brigade, it landed at Naples, Italy, destined for service in the Italian campaign, where they fought in Operation Diadem, where the Allies finally broke out of the Gustav Line. This Regiment included men from Norfolk and Suffolk and incorporated a company at Windsor Castle. 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. This was the rebirth of the SAS from its post-war demise and it was also the catalyst that enabled the SAS to gain itself a permanent position in the UK forces order of battle. Men of 1st Volunteer Company who served in South Africa, 1900 (F4/4) 2nd Lieut HB Neely, 1st Battalion: France 1915 (Y1/771) In 1950, the Cold War significantly heated up, with the outbreak of the Korean War. The newly arrived troops set up positions near villages and then sent out patrols. Maj ER Cooper, 3rd Volunteer Battalion: home 1915-1920 (Y1/72a, b) 1st. Malaya's original military garrison consisted of six Gurkha, three British and two Malay battalions. These measures helped unite the racially divided Malayan people against the insurrection. The next day they assembled in the grounds of the College and saw for the first time a close-up of their captors; a bunch of scruffy, slant-eyed little men, many of them bespectacled, dressed in dirty green uniform, rubber shoes, peaked caps and wearing puttees up to their knees. Curfews and movement restrictions were also imposed. On the whole, the Army's jungle operations were conducted according to the laws of war. were leaving the island, it was unmistakably and painfully obvious that they were doomed. Taiping HEALEY T J Private 653823 Malaya - Army 1RNZIR 08 Sep 1964 Terendak Military Cemetery The initial British reaction to the crisis was to introduce emergency legislation, allowing suspects to be detained without trial. They received no orders or instructions concerning battle plans nor enemy troop movements at that time - the whole unit felt completely isolated and unattached. Capt PDA Clarke, 5th Battalion: Japanese POW 1941-1945 (Y1/65) Papers re escape from Freiburg, 1918 (Y1/29) [15], The 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was a war-formed unit raised in June 1940, shortly after Dunkirk, and, on 10 October, was assigned to the 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) alongside other hostilities-only battalions. The convoy was escorted by American warships, including an aircraft carrier 'The Saratoga'. The next time the men met up was as prisoners in Changi on 15/02/1942. There is also a database available in the Bury St Edmunds Record Office searchroom which lists the officers and men on every photograph in which individuals are named; it currently (November 2015) contains over 15,000 entries. [26], Almost totally decimated as a fighting unit after over eight hours of incessant fighting, the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was gradually outflanked but would still not surrender. Suffolk: 2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240542] . The 5th Suffolk's first encampment on the island was in a rubber plantation where they occupied tents next to the Gurkha regiment. Awards, 2nd Battalion, 1914-1918 (C1/5) Service histories of c 4,800 NCOs and men, 4th Battalion, 1916-1919 (G4/4-6) In that situation they were given no chance to prove themselves in actual combat. (The period covered is given in brackets). Officers and men entitled to the India General Service Medal with Hazara clasp (1st Battalion), 1890 (B5/2) When the railway was finished in October 1943 he was moved back and fortunately went back to the hospital camp at Tamakan. Pte AJ Coote: reminiscences of service in Malaya 1951-1953 (Y1/436) Although many Chinese lived in the cities, others - known as 'squatters' - lived at the fringes of the jungle and could aid the guerrillas. Pte D Chilvers: reminiscences of service in Cyprus (1958-1959) (Y1/781). [10] It returned to England in 1795[11] and then embarked for India in 1796 where it took part in operations against Tipu Sultan including the Siege of Seringapatam in April 1799 during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Pte FJ Prew, 2nd Battalion: France 1914-1918 (Y1/641) Pte GW Durrell: CD of reminiscences of service in the Great War (Y1/754) From the 5th Suffolks position at Ponggol Point, which overlooked the mile-wide Straits of Johore between Singapore and the South Coast of Malaya, they could plainly see enemy movements opposite and it was obvious that the enemy, too, were aware of the platoon's position. He was promoted to field marshal in 1956. The situation became progressively worse, forcing the 5ths to withdraw to the area of Bukit Timah Road, some miles South West and they knew they were in a very serious situation, having been informed that the mainland troops were about to retire to Singapore, after which the Johore Causeway between the mainland and Singapore island was to be destroyed. Still classed as a 'Boy' Dave was granted the title of 'Bandsman' on his 18th birthday. MALAYA AND BORNEO 1948 - 1960/1963 - 1966. . 1914-15 Star Casualty Trio East Surrey Regiment. Five days sailing time out from Liverpool they awoke in the morning to see a mass of ships approaching which was a convoy of merchant ships bound for England; this convoy being escorted by a fairly large American fleet of warships. The War Office, list October, 1952. Malaya to Denmark PITT STREET Penang GVI 5c 15c x2 50c BMA - eBay [25] The value of the 2nd Battalion's 20 years of peacetime training was exemplified at the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, a mere 23 days since Britain had declared war on Germany. British Army Officers 1939-1945 -- M - unit histories Photograph of POWs in Stalag 344, 1944 (Y1/167), History of 4th Battalion HQ during captivity, c1945 (G2/2) Papers, Graudenz, including list of British officers, 1916-1919 (Y1/28b, Z2/2, 10) Lieut-Col JM Perceval: Ireland, Belgium, France 1833-1837 (Y1/200a) [4] When the Nine Years' War ended with the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, the regiment was saved from disbandment by becoming part of the Irish establishment, then spent the War of the Spanish Succession in Jamaica. Grenoble, the Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes, France Lat Long Coordinates Info. They didn't have long to wait before being given the fateful news that the Japanese now had a foothold on the island. Pte J Briggs: typescript account of experience as a Japanese POW (Y1/608) Sir Gerald Templers battle dress blouse, 1950s, Pistol used by General Sir Gerald Templer in Malaya, 1950s, Troops negotiating a jungle waterway, 1959. The Clermont-Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes Centre brings together the units located in the Auvergne region, from Bourbonnais to Aurillac via Clermont-Ferrand, with 14 research units and 14 experimental facilities, representing 840 staff (permanent and contractual staff). History Of The Suffolk Regiment 1946 1959 (2022) - stats.ijm Pte CW Baskett, Volunteer Company:1900-1902 (Y1/19) If you're having trouble logging in then please visit our help page for more information. Eventually, on 8th November, the ship docked at Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Canadian eastern seaboard, where the troops disembarked from the 'Reina del Pacifico' to board an American troopship, once an ocean-going cruise liner of 40,000 tons named the 'Wakefield'. Lieutenant T. E. Watt of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire was attached to the Suffolk Regiment. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Malaya to Denmark PITT STREET Penang GVI 5c 15c x2 50c BMA Malaya Ovpt Regd 1946 at the best online prices at eBay! His killing marked a high point in the 1st Battalion's tour of duty in Malaya. aShoai': + 3808 Aalltary | jchooi ss 2823 Connaught Rangers aie sy . Between 1963 and 1966, British Commonwealth forces fought against Indonesia in a conflict that focused on the future of Brunei and North Borneo. Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip Alfred MORCOMBE, O.B.E.,(49974), The Suffolk Regiment. [16], The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Gibraltar Barracks in Bury St Edmunds from 1873, or by the Childers reforms of 1881 as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. (Printed finding aid available) Archives: 1983-10-154 He also persuaded the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, to set up committees containing representatives of all civil and military agencies involved in the campaign so that a co-ordinated response to the guerrillas could be formulated. Global Role. 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. D Harvey: taped reminiscences of time as Japanese POW (Y1/456) [5] Returning to Flanders in 1742 during the War of the Austrian Succession, it fought at Dettingen in June 1743 and Fontenoy in May 1745, where it suffered 322 casualties, the largest of any British unit involved. C Company, 8th Battalion, 1917 CK3/1) Online Collection | National Army Museum, London DOCX British Servicemen who didn't return from the Far East - Malaya 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. 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. 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. There are complete issues for the whole Army for 1733-1743 (Y1/93a), 1830 (Z1/2), 1914 (Z1/5) and 1939 (Z1/8) and the Suffolk Regiment sections only for 1685-1707, 1751, 1790, 1848, 1861 and most years from 1868 to 1950. 4th and 5th Battalions of the Suffolk Regiment were involved in the fighting on Singapore Island in the 10 days before the surrender. It soon became clear that this stage of their overseas journey was an introduction to living it rough; the barrack rooms themselves being far from clean and having a definite Asian atmosphere about them. Malayan Emergency | National Army Museum At length an overwhelming force rushed the 2nd Battalion from the rear, bringing down all resistance and the 2nd's defence of Le Cateau was at an end. 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. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts, including the First and Second World Wars, before being amalgamated with the Royal Norfolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) in 1959 which, in 1964, was further amalgamated with the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to create the present Royal Anglian Regiment. A silver cross with straight arms ending in broad finials decorated with imperial crowns. Watch as the Suffolk Regiment are welcomed back to Ipswich on their return from Malaya in 1953 . 4th Battalion officers casualty list, 1914-1917 (G4/2) At the end of each day after cutting up trees for the Shrine, the POWs used to take small broken pieces of wood back to the camp to light up the fires to boil their rice. POW magazines, c1900, c1901 (Y1/35(i),(j)), Lists of NCOs and men, 1916 (W/24) [36], The Suffolk Regiment Museum is based at Gibraltar Barracks in Bury St Edmunds. [3], After the October 1691 Treaty of Limerick, it returned to England before being transferred to Flanders. [15], During its service in India the 2nd Battalion became known as a "well officered battalion that compared favourably with the best battalion in the service having the nicest possible feeling amongst all ranks". JUNGLE OPERATIONS: AIR SUPPLY: MALAYA 1949/50 [Main Title]