Malaya Collection

HMS Malaya, British battleship, WW1
HMS Malaya, a Queen Elizabeth class British battleship, launched 1915, served during the First World War including the Battle of Jutland, also served in the Second World War, decommissioned 1944

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
One of eighteen photographs of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, mostly passing out parades, 1943-1968. Includes visit by Marshal Alphonse Juin

Empire Marketing Board - Penang, British Malaya
Empire Marketing Board Poster design, Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia), printed for the Empire Marketing Board. Showing a busy scene at the docks. Date: circa 1930

The Royal Lincolns in Malaya
A photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment taken at Taiping. Back row: Lt. J. Mills, 2/Lt. M.H. Best, Lts. E.C. Whitby, A.F. Townsend, 2/Lts N.L. Williams, W.C

Army patrol in Malaya, 1957
Photograph of an Army patrol in Malaya, 1957.From an album of photographs covering military and social aspects of army life in Malaya, 1957. Date: 1957

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen
Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya

Two RAF English Electric Canberra PR9s over Malaya, XH133 and XH168

British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, London held from 23 April to 1 November 1924 and from 9 May to 31 October 1925

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri FM1150
Tentara Udara Diraja Malaysia (Royal Federation of Malaya Air Force) - Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri FM1150 (msn 61-482), later FM-1710 and M23-10. Date: circa 1970

The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft and torpedoes near Kuantan, off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941

View of the town of Malacca, Malaysia, circa 1800
View of the town of Malacca, Malaysia. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Antoni Carboni from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844

Bullock cart, Malaya (Malaysia) circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake
Photograph: the body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake, brought in by a British patrol, 1952. Associated with Malaya (1948-1957). Date: 1952

Malaya Pavilion from the Lake, British Emplre Exhibition 1924 by Charles Howard

Cover of The Sphere, 6th May 1922. The Prince goes further east. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Malaya-Borneo exhibition in Singapore

Soldier of the South Staffordshire Regiment stationed in the Far East (Singapore or Malaya), wearing a pith helmet and khaki shorts uniform. Date: circa 1920

Native man of Malaya (later Malaysia) Date: 1855

Westland Whirlwind of No155 Squadron over Malaya in 1958. Date: 1958

Japanese Five Dollar Banknote - Banana Money
Japanese government-issued five dollar banknote

Tiger Hunting in Malaya
An English Colonial genteman with his prize bag following a Tiger Hunt in Malaya Date: 1911

Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival
Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival (1887 - 1966) who was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) Malaya in April 1941

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Harold Macmillan, Duncan Sandys and Lee
Photograph showing (left to right): Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya; Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Duncan Sandys

Emplaning and disembarking from a Westland Whirlwind helicop
One of three photographs of emplaning and disembarking from a Westland Whirlwind helicopter, 1957 (c)

Three armoured cars from 2nd Troop, ?A? Squadron
Photograph of three armoured cars from 2nd Troop, ?A? Squadron. 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars, at Tanjong Camp, Malaya, October 1956

Singapore poster, 1936
Singapore, the gateway to Malaya and the distributing centre for the Orient. Address inquiries - The Chairman, Harbour Boards, Singapore. Poster design. Date: 1936

Cricket Club, Penang, Malaya (Malaysia)
Cricket Club pavilion in Mock Tudor style, Penang, Malaya (Malaysia). Date: circa 1910

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra(1903-1990), Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya, as drawn from life by Stephen Ward, at a sitting specially granted to the Illustrated London News in 1961

British artillery in Malaya
British troops move an artillery piece into position amongst banana trees in thick jungle during the Battle of Malaya

Malaysia - Coastal Village with stilt houses Date: circa 1920

British soldier crossing the river on a log, Malaya, 1946
Photograph: a British soldier crossing the river on a log, Malaya, 1946. From an album of 59 photographs compiled by Sgt William Johnson, Coldstream Guards, relating to his service in Malaya, 1946

Poster, Mails for East and South Africa, India, Malaya etc. 20th century

Victoria Square, Singapore, 1936
Victoria Square, Singapore, dominated by the imposing architecture of the Victoria Theatre, 1936. Date: 1936

Selangar Sports Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Selangar Sports Club pavilions in Mock Tudor style, looking across a football pitch, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (now Malaysia). Date: circa 1910

Mandarins from Tunkin (Vietnam), noble and girl from Malaya.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

S. A. S. parachute practice in the jungle
Parachute jumping in Malaya by members of the Special Air Service Regiment (S.A.S.) The photographs were taken at the Negri Sembilan jungle. Date: 1955

HMS Malaya, British battleship, decorated with flags. Date: circa 1914

Dancers, Malay Peninsula. Date: circa 1890

Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. Davis
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941

Kluang court martial 1946
Presiding officer of the court martial, Brigadier M.V.Wright (left), commander of the 14th Indian Infantry Brigade, with members of the court awaiting the start of the days proceedings

Pineapple plant - Malaysia
Huge Pineapple plant - Malaysia - not quite the type one would expect to pick up in Morrisons...!! Date: circa 1920s

The view from under the wing of a Supermarine Spitfire FRXVIII at Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaya

Malaya Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition
View of the Malaya Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley Park, North London. Date: 1924

Admiral Sir Tom Phillips (1888 - 1941), who was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Fleet on 1 December 1941. He subsequently commanded Force Z during the Japanese invasion of Malaya

Japanese raid on Singapore
Singapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

British refugees from Penang, Malaya, on their way to Singapore, are provided with refreshments by local residents at Ipoh Station, in Perak

Japanese army cross Singapore causeway
Japanese forces cross the causeway from Malaya to Singapore. Malaya had been taken from the retreating British and Commonwealth forces at the end of January 1942

British troops train in Malaya
A column of British troops train in the jungle of Malaya, preparing to defend the territory from invasion by Japanese forces

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Australian troops train in Malaya
Australian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941

Travellers Palm, Malaysia
Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis), Malaysia. It has been given the name Travellers palm because the sheaths of the stems hold rainwater, which can be used as an emergency drinking supply

War in the Pacific
Pages from The Sphere, 20th December 1941, with an article and accompanying photographs and illustrations about the loss of the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse

The British Empire Exhibition - Malaya Pavilion
A view toward the Malaya Pavilion from the lake at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, London

Better impressions by sea
Poster encouraging people to travel by sea for Better Impressions

Poster depicting Penang, Malaysia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, showing a busy scene in Penang, British Malaya -- now Malaysia

Attack on the battleship Prince of Wales
Photograph showing the Japanese attack on the battleship Prince of Wales at Malaya near Kuantan Pahang

Duncan Sandys(1908-1987) in helicopter
Leaving Kuala Lumpar by helicopter to see operations in the Malayan Jungle: Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply

Tapping Rubber Trees
A woman and young boy tap rubber trees in Malaya and collect the sap in buckets

Wwi Asian Soldiers
Two Asian soldiers, one from Malaya, the other from Baluchistan, serving with the Allied forces during World War One

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