Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival (16 May 1941 – 15 February 1942)
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The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States.[1] It consisted mainly of small garrison forces in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Taiping, Seremban and Singapore.
With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the command reinforced its strength in anticipation of an attack. With the bulk of British forces being tied down in Europe and North Africa, the command was mainly augmented by units from India.
On 18 November 1940, the command was placed under the command of the British Far East Command and later, on 7 January 1942, under the short-lived South West Pacific Command or ABDACOM, which was tasked to maintain control of the "Malay Barrier" (or "East Indies Barrier"), a notional line running down the Malayan Peninsula, through Singapore and the southernmost islands of the Dutch East Indies. The command was disbanded on 15 February 1942 with the surrender of all Commonwealth forces in the conclusion of the Battle of Singapore.
With the Surrender of Japan, the command was re-formed from the 14th Army with its HQ based in Singapore on 1 November 1945. The command was divided and downgraded to the Malaya District and Singapore District in August 1947 but was upgraded again into a full command in August 1950 due to the Malayan Emergency.
With the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957, the command was disbanded and succeeded by Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces (Malaya).
^George Ernest Morrison 'The correspondence of G.E. Morrison'
The MalayaCommand was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the...
as Headquarters MalayaCommand Operations Bunker, constructed under Fort Canning Hill, Singapore, as an emergency, bomb-proof command centre during the...
Maree Sakusen), was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 during the Second World War. It...
forces in Malaya, Burma, and Hong Kong, and for the co-ordination of plans for the defence of those territories. But the CinC exercised no command or control...
with Japan were rising, so a steady but insufficient reinforcement of Malayacommand was undertaken, and by the start of hostilities in December 1941 many...
General Officer Commander-In-Chief, MalayaCommand (1945–1946) General Officer Commander-In-Chief, Northern Command, India (1946–1947) Commander-in-Chief...
Officer Commanding calls upon all ranks MalayaCommand for a determined and sustained effort to safeguard Malaya and the adjoining British territories....
known as the Malaya Infantry Brigade as part of the wartime expansion and reinforcement of MalayaCommand. It was re-designated the 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade...
British India Command Land Command (1995–2008) Land Forces (2008–2011) MalayaCommand HQ Malta and Libya (until at least 1967) Middle East Command (1939–1945)...
followed by command of the 51st/52nd Scottish Division until 1950. He was subsequently appointed as the General Officer Commanding MalayaCommand during the...
military officer of the 1st Infantry Brigade under the MalayaCommand in British-ruled Malaya. In 1942, Adnan, then a lieutenant, led his platoon to put...
the actual time of the surrender of Singapore in 1942. MalayaCommand British Far East Command Japanese order of battle during the Malayan campaign Far...
Malaya, then under British administration, was gradually occupied by Japanese forces between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15...
HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she...
Commanding MalayaCommand on 8 November 1935, holding the post to 1939. Dobbie, then holding the rank of major general, was informed that after Malaya he would...
the MalayaCommand during the Battle of Malaya. The division was re-raised on 1 April 1965 and is presently part of the XII Corps of Southern Command. It...
costly retreats southwards. The outcome of these retreats, ordered by MalayaCommand, was a badly mauled and decimated British infantry. The losses suffered...
to command XXX Corps. He was also appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1946 New Year Honours. Galloway was Commander-in-Chief Malaya Command...
served as a command centre for MalayaCommand in order to defend the Malay Peninsula. After the Imperial Japanese Army had taken over Malaya, the FMSP withdrew...
Second World War and later became General officer commanding (GOC) MalayaCommand from 1956 to 1957. Roger Bower was born in Andover, Hampshire, England...
Oldfield KBE CB CMG DSO (1872–1949) was General Officer Commanding MalayaCommand. Educated at Clifton College, Oldfield was commissioned into the Royal...
senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding MalayaCommand from 1934 to 1935. Lewin was educated at Winchester College, for which...
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