Saturday 22 August 2020

ALLIED FORCES AT MALAYA - WORLD WAR II

As of 8 December 1941

Indian III Corps

  • As of 7 December 1941
Commanding Officer Indian III Corps – Lt Gen Lewis Macclesfield Heath
Indian 9th Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Arthur Edward Barstow ( , 28 January 1942 at Layang-Layang near Bota)
8th Indian Infantry Brigade
Brig Berthold Wells Key

22nd Indian Infantry Brigade
Brig G.W.A.Painter
HQ: Kuantan

Command Troops
  • 88th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment RA – Lt. Col. Sylvain Claude D'Aubuz
  • 42nd Field Park Company (Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners)- Capt. Thomas Wilfried Nash

Indian 11th Infantry Division
Maj-Gen David Murray-Lyon/Brig Archibald Charles Melvill Paris/Maj-Gen Berthold Wells Key
6th Indian Infantry Brigade
Brig William Oswald Lay/Lt. Col. Henry Sloane Larkin
HQ: Jitra
15th Indian Infantry Brigade (III Corps Reserve)
Brig Kenneth Alfred Garrett/Brig. William St.John Carpendale
HQ: Jitra
28th (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade
Brig William St J. Carpendale/Lt. Col. Wallace Raymond Selby
HQ: Ipoh
  • 2nd Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles – Lt. Col. John Oswald "Jack" Fulton ( , 8 January 1942 at Slim River)
  • 2nd Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles – Lt. Col. Geoffrey Harley Douglas Woollcombe (Died Indian Ocean, 28 Feb. 1942)
  • 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles – Lt. Col. Wallace Raymond Selby/Lt. Col. Maurice Bryer Allsebrook DSO MC

11th Division Command Troops
Krohcol
Lt. Col. Henry Dawson Moorhead

Line of Communications Brigade
Brig Robert Gifford Moir
  • 1st Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Perak)
  • 2nd Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Selangor)
  • 3rd Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Negeri Sembilan) – Lt. Col. C.F.H. Riches
  • 4th Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (Pahang) – Lt. Col. James Oliphant Mackellar (d.12 March 1945)
  • 1st (Light) Field Regiment, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
  • Armoured Car Squadron, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces – Major C.E. Collinge
  • Signals Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces

Fortress Penang
Brig Cyril Arthur Lyon
HQ: Penang
Support Units

Australian 8th Division

Australian 8th Division
Maj Gen Gordon Bennett
HQ: Kluang
Australian 22nd Brigade
Brig Harold Burfield Taylor
HQ: Mersing  Endau
Australian 27th Brigade
Brig Duncan Maxwell
HQ: Kluang

Fortress Singapore

Commanding Officer – Maj Gen Frank Keith Simmons HQ: Singapore
Fortress Singapore Division
Maj Gen F. K. Simmons
1st Malaya Brigade
Brig George Giffard Rawson Williams
2nd Malaya Brigade
Brig Francis Hugh Fraser

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Brigade
Col Francis Reginald Grimwood
Royal Engineers Brigade
  • 30th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  • 34th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  • 35th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  • 41st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
Artillery Brigade
Brig Alec Warren Greenlaw Wildey
  • 1st (Heavy) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery - Lt. Col. John Rowley Williamson DSO
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. Archer Edwards Tawney
  • 2nd 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
  • 3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. Francis Edgar Hugonin
  • 35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – Lt. Col. John Bassett
  • 7th Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery – Lt. Col. Hereward Douglas St. George Cardew
  • 9th Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery – Lt. Col. Charles Philip Heath
  • 16th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery
Support Units

Malaya Command Reserve

Commanding Officer: Brig.A.C.M. Paris/Lt. Col. I.M. Stewart HQ: Port Dickson
12th Indian Infantry Brigade – Brig.A.C.M. Paris/Lt. Col. I.M. Stewart

Sarawak Force (SARFOR)

Commanding Officer: Lt-Col Charles Malet Lane HQ: Kuching
SARFOR
Lt-Col C. M. Lane
HQ: Kuching

Christmas Island

Commanding Officer: Capt Leonard Walter Thomas Williams HQ: Christmas Island
  • 6" Gun, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery[3]

Reinforcements

Arrived January – February 1942[edit]

Line of Communication Troops
  • 13th Indian Field Company S&M
44th Indian Infantry Brigade 
– Brigadier George Cecil Ballentine
45th Indian Infantry Brigade 
– Brigadier Herbert Cecil Duncan (  at Battle of Muar)

18th Infantry Division 
– Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith
53rd Infantry Brigade 
– Brig. Cecil Leonard Basil Duke
  • 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment – Lt. Col. Eric Charles Prattley
  • 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment – Lt. Col. Ian Conway Gilford Lywood (  at Alexandra Hospital Massacre)
  • 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment – Lt. Col. Gordon Calthorpe Thorne (Died, Indian Ocean while attempting to escape)
54th Infantry Brigade 
– Brig. Edward Henry Walford Backhouse
  • 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment – Lt. Col. Alfred Ernest Knights
  • 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment – Lt. Col. Alec Albert Johnson
  • 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment – Lt. Col. Lionel John Baker
55th Infantry Brigade 

Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
Royal Army Medical Corps
  • 186th Field Ambulance
  • 196th Field Ambulance
  • 197th Field Ambulance
Royal Engineers
  • 287th Field Company
  • 288th Field Company
  • 560th Field Company
  • 251st Field Park Company

Allied Air Force units in Malaya December 1941

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. 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 took command.

BASED ON SINGAPORE 
RAF SELETAR
  • 36 Squadron RAF
  • 100 Squadron RAF
  • 205 Squdron RAF
RAF TENGAH
  • 34 Squadron RAF
RAF SEMBAWANG
  • 453 Squadron RAAF
RAF KALLANG
  • 243 Squadron RAF
  • 488 Squadron RNZAF
BASED ON MALAYA
SUNGAI PETANI
  • 21 Squadron RAAF
  • 27 Squadron RAF
RAF KOTA BHARU
  • 1 Squadron RAAF
  • Detachment from No. 243 Squadron RAF
GONG KEDAK
  • Detachment from No. 36 Squadron RAF
RAF KUANTAN
  • 8 Squadron RAAF
  • 60 Squadron RAF
ALOR SETAR
  • 62 Squadron RAF

ROYAL NAVY
  • HMS Ampang
  • HMS Ban Hong Liong : Lt. G.M. Christie RN
  • HMS Banka
  • HMS Bardwell
  • HMS Barlane
  • HMS Barricade
  • HMS Barrier
  • HMS Chengteh : Lt. PRSO Spicer
  • HMS Circe : Lt A. Brown RNR
  • HMS Darvel
  • HMS Dragonfly
  • HMS Fastnest
  • HMS Gemas : Lt. W.W. Quirke SSRNVR
  • HMS Giang Bee : A/Lt. S.K. Rayner
  • HMS Grasshoper
  • HMS Hong Peng
  • HMS Hong Siang
  • HMS Hua Tong : Lt. O.G. Jones RNR
  • HMS Intan
  • HMS Ipoh
  • HMS Jerak : Lt. H.C. Butcher SSRNVR
  • HMS Jeram : Lt.J.H.Evans.RNVR
  • HMS Jerantut : Lt. J.P.Upton RNVR
  • HMS Kampar
  • HMS Kedah : Commander A.W. Sprott RN
  • HMS Kelana : Lt.C.J. Windsor
  • HMS Kelantan : Capt. H.W. Richardson RNR
  • HMS Kemunting
  • HMS Klias : Lt.H.N. Smiyth SSRNVR
  • HMS Kuala : Lt F.H. George
  • HMS Kudat
  • HMS Laburnum
  • HMS Lady Bird
  • HMS Larut
  • HMS Lipis
  • HMS Li Wo : Lt. Thomas Wilkinson
  • HMS Malacca : Lt. J.W. Morphett SSRNVR
  • HMS Mambau
  • HMS Matahari : Lt. G.A Brignall
  • HMS Medusa : Lt. P.B. Bruce
  • HMS Midway
  • HMS Pahlawan : Sub.Lt Philip Dorian Cork
  • HMS Pangkor : Capt. T. Sutherland RNR
  • HMS Panglima : Lt. H.G.G.G Riches
  • HMS Pelandok : Lt.Cdr H. Vickers
  • HMS Pengail : Lt. R.J. Draycott
  • HMS Pengawal : Lt. L.C. Jago SSRNVR
  • HMS Penghambat : Lt. F.D.S Man SSRNVR
  • HMS Personate
  • HMS Ping Wo : Lt. J.Fant RNR
  • HMS Prince of Wales
  • HMS Rahman : Sub.Lt D.G.Freeman SSRNVR
  • HMS Raub
  • HMS Rawang
  • HMS Repulse : Capt. W.G.Tenant RN
  • HMS Rimba
  • HMS Rohda : Lt. G.D. Inns RNVR
  • HMS Rosemarry
  • HMS Scarab
  • HMS Scorpion
  • HMS Scott Harley : Lt. J. Rennie RNR
  • HMS Shu Kwang : Commander A.D. Thompson RN
  • HMS Shun An: Lt. O.R.T Henman SSRNVR
  • HMS Siang Woh : Lt.A. Woodley RNR
  • HMS Sin Aik Lee : Lt. J.M. Brander SSRNVR
  • HMS Surveyor
  • HMS Sylvia
  • HMS Tanjung Pinang
  • HMS Tapah : Commander G.E.W.W. Bayly
  • HMS Tien Kwang : Lt. R.W.Heale SSRNVR
  • HMS Trang : Lt. H.T. Rigden RNVR
  • HMS Trengganu
  • HMS Tung Song
  • HMS Vyner Brooke : Capt. R.E Borton RNR
  • HMS Wo Kwang : Lt. J. Robinson RNR
Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included:

GOC Troops in the Straits Settlements

GOC Malaya Command
Note from 1943 to 1945 Malaya was under Japanese control
GOC Malaya District
GOC Malaya


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