Last updated 10/6/2003   Dead of the British Armed Forces During the Malaya Emergency 1948-1960   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. The Cemeteries where they are buried :-

1. KR- Kranji Military Cemetery Singapore and Belait Cemetery Brunei
2. TM-Terendak Military Cemetery Malacca & Memorial Wall in memory for those who have no known Graves also those buried at the Bukit Serindit Christian Cemetery Malacca
3. SN-  Seremban Christian Cemetery Negri Sembilan.
4. KL- Cheras Road Christian Cemetery Kuala Lumpur
5. BG- Batu Gajah Christian Cemetery "God's Little Acre" n/r Ipoh Perak
6. TG- Kamunting Road Christian Cemetery Taiping.
7. PG- Western Road Christian Cemetery Penang.
8. CR- Those whose remains have been Cremated and or Repatriated or where the bodies were claimed by next of kin of Local Enlisted Personnel (LEP's)
9. CU- At the moment we have no Cemetery or Grave No.
10. Totals for each Service,Regiment or Corps.

 

. Cemetery No. and Location	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Service, Regiment Or Corps	KR	TM	SN	KL	BG	TG	PG	CR	CU	Total
Royal Navy & Royal Fleet Auxiliary	27	1	-	1	-	-	3	2	2	36
Royal Marines Commando Bge	1	-	-	-	11	11	-	9	-	32
1st Kings Dragoon Guards	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3
4th Queens Own Hussars	1	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	20
9/12th Royal Lancers. (Prince of Wales)	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	1	-	7
11th Hussars(Prince Alberts Own)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	5
13th 18th Royal Hussars Queen Mary's Own	4	-	3	1	-	3	-	1	-	12
15th 19th Kings Own Hussars	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	-	10
3rd Royal Tank Regiment	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Royal Regiment of Artillery (R.A)	13	6	8	18	1	2	1	17	-	66
Corps of Royal Engineers (RE)	20	-	1	13	-	3	2	20	-	59
Corps of Royal Signals (RS)	7	2	-	13	-	-	2	10	-	34
2nd Guards Bge Commander	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	7
2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	1	-	8
2nd Bn. Scots Guards	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	1	-	13
1st Bn. The Queens Royal Reg(West Surrey)	2	-	4	3	-	-	-	2	-	11
Royal East Kents (The Buffs)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
East Surrey Regiment	-	-		1	-	-	-	1	-	2
1st Bn. Queens Own Royal West Kents	1	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	25
Border Regiment	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
Royal Fusiliers	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Kings Regiment	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1st Bn. Manchester Regiment	-	1	-	-	-	6	6	1	-	14
1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	1	-	21
1st Bn. Royal Lincolnshire Regiment	2	-	-	2	-	4	-	2	-	10
Essex Regiment	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment	8	-	-	13	-	-	-	3	-	24
1st Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Inf.	1	-	-	1	11	5	9	2	-	29
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry	1	-	-	18	2	-	-	1	-	22
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment(P.W.O)	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	4
1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment. (D.Y.O)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10
1st Bn.Green Howards	1	-	8	7	1	-	-	2	-	19
1st Bn.Royal Scots Fusiliers	2	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	-	8
Highland Light Infantry	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment	4	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	9
2nd Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers	2	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	13
1st Bn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3
1stBn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
1st Bn. Cameronians(Scotttish Rifles)	10	-	-	1	-	-	-	11	1	23
Gloucestershire Regiment	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Royal Berkshire Regiment	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment	10	-	-	-	1	2	-	7	-	20
Black Watch (R.H.R.)	--	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	3
1stBn.Sherwood Foresters Notts& Derby	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
1st Bn. Loyal Regiment .(North Lancs)	1	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	7
Kings Own Royal Regiment	-	-	-	--	-	-	1	-	--	1
South Lancashire Regiment	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1st Bn. Royal Hampshire Regiment	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders	14	1	-	2	-	1	-	4	-	22
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders	2	-	-	8	-	4	-	4	-	18
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3
Royal Ulster Rifles	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Brigade of Gurkha (Total)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	341
22nd Special Air Service Regt (SAS)	2	-	1	16	-	3	1	-	-	23
Army Air Corps	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Glider Pilot Regiment	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C)	19	9	-	40	7	10	2	29	5	121
Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.)	3	-	-	6	1	1	-	11	-	22
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (R.A.O.C.)	11		-	3	-	-	1	11	-	26
Corps Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (R,E.M.E.)	23	1	2	12	1	5	1	13	-	58
Royal Military Police (R.M.P.)	5	-	1	3	-	1	-	3	-	13
Royal Army Pay Corps (R.A.P.C.)	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
Military Provost Staff Corps (M.P.S.C.)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Royal Army Education Corps. (R.A.E.C.)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	5
Royal Army Dental Corps. (R.A.D.C.)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2
Royal Pioneer Corps (RPC)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Intelligence Corps.	-	-	--	1	-	2	1	1	-	5
Army Catering Corps(ACC)	2	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	-	7
Q.A.R.A.N.C.& Q.A.I.M.N.S.	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	3
Womens Royal Army Corps (W.R.A.C.)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
General List	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Royal Air Force	122	52	2	46	3	2	20	27	21	295
Federation of Malaya Police (Total only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139
Commonwealth Forces (Total only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	129
(Totals each Cemetery)	354	78	33	349	58	90	53	225	30	1873
Borneo Confrontation(Total Only)									+	369

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