Malaysian here, thank you for another great video. Thanks for the Commonwealth soldiers and shout out to the best local army at the times, The Sarawak Ranger. My dad served in Malaya (Green Howards attached to 6th Gurkha Rifles & Jungle Scouts) between '49 & '53.
One of their Iban trackers crafted a cased blowpipe & darts (in their own small case) as a parting gift for my dad, but the RSM caught wind of the gift and it was confiscated for use by the regiment lol. We visited the Regimental Museum back in the 70's, only to find dad's blowpipe set proudly amongst other items in their Malayan Emergency display case.
Brian was in the 1st Battalion of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).My Uncle, Brian Clayton (1936-2006) did his National Service 1957 to 1959 and served in Malaya. I wrote to him in 2005 and asked him to tell me about his time there. He wrote back with a few thousand words of his experiences in the Malayan Emergency and lots of photographs. I am willing to pass this stuff on to you if you would like. His reminisces are very evocative.
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