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Times of Borneo: North Borneo under the British
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Monday, July 12, 2010. North Borneo under the British. In 1878, North Borneo was leased to Gustavus Baron De Overbeck and Alfred Dent representing the British North Borneo Company or North Borneo Chartered Company. It became a British Protectorate until WW2, and till 1946, when it became the Colony of British North Borneo. The North Borneo Chartered Company Crest logo "Pergo et Perago" in latin means "I undertake and I acheive". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Travel to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei?
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Malaya Command: Pill Boxes & Bunkers in Singapore, Penang & Malaya ( Malaysia) Series No.3
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Wednesday, 14 September 2011. Pill Boxes and Bunkers in Singapore, Penang and Malaya ( Malaysia) Series No.3. Army Type 22 1940 Pill Box located at the front of the RAF(ex) Officer's Mess at the Alor Setar Airbase ( an extremely close quarter defence!
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Malaya Command: September 2011
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Wednesday, 14 September 2011. Pill Boxes and Bunkers in Singapore, Penang and Malaya ( Malaysia) Series No.3. Army Type 22 1940 Pill Box located at the front of the RAF(ex) Officer's Mess at the Alor Setar Airbase ( an extremely close quarter defence!
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Times of Malaya: November 2010
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Times of Malaya when Pioneers, Planters, Miners, Civil Servants, Merchants, Police and the Military - both regulars and volunteers, during British Colonisation period, lived in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan including Unfederated States of Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan and Perlis. Monday, 29 November 2010. Straits Settlements Post Box 2 (King George V) Penang. Links to this post. Links to this post. Straits...
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Times of Malaya: September 2011
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Times of Malaya when Pioneers, Planters, Miners, Civil Servants, Merchants, Police and the Military - both regulars and volunteers, during British Colonisation period, lived in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan including Unfederated States of Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan and Perlis. Monday, 5 September 2011. 70th and the 20th Burma Rifles Regiment 1919 to 1936, Taiping, Perak : Malaya Garrison Troops. Burma R...
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Malaya Command: Force 136, Malaya
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Saturday, 4 August 2012. Force 136, Malaya. Captain Goeffrey Frank, Force 136 Malaya. February 1942 to Bombay. By then, he was already a volunteer truck driver. Whilst in India, he joined the 17. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). With me are a hundre...
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Malaya Command: Hugh Pilkington, Volunteer in Malay States Volunteer Rifles ( MSVR) and FMSVF
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Friday, 17 August 2012. Hugh Pilkington, Volunteer in Malay States Volunteer Rifles ( MSVR) and FMSVF. Hugh Pilkington ( Left) during his years a rubber planter in Negri Sembilan, Malaya. Extracted from “ The Missing Years” by Stu Llod. With me are a h...
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Malaya Command: August 2011
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Thursday, 25 August 2011. Federated Malay States Volunteer Force FMSVF - Mubin Sheppard. Taman Budiman – Memoirs of an Unorthodox Civil Servant, by Tan Sri Dato Mubin Sheppard. Prisoner and Postman 1938 – 1945. 1939, Nov, MUBIN SHEPPARD was engaged.
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Malaya Command: Singapore Royal Engineers ( Volunteers) - SRE (V)
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1940-1942 Photographs, landmarks, militaralia in WW2 Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Federated States of Malaya - Battlefields of Jitra, Gurun, Kota Bahru, Kampar, Slim River, Gemas, Muar; plus Defences of Penang and Singapore including the Regiments deployed. Tuesday, 20 December 2011. Singapore Royal Engineers ( Volunteers) - SRE (V). Francis Thomas, SRE (V). Francis Thomas, School Teacher of St Andrews School, Singapore - Principal from 1959 to 1971. The trainers had ideas of German bombs and found that J...