Malayan jungle fighting in 1952 (3)

After High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney was ambushed and murdered Lieutenant General Gerald Templer took over command. We see him inspecting the troops in Dungun, Terrengganu.
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[@TheGoosegirl102]

My dad is in the bit from 6.30. The one who jumps down from the armoured truck. I was born in Malaysia. We have never seen this footage before,.My father died 22 years ago and seeing him again after all this time has meant so much to my family

[@michaelijsbrand]

These were private films and never released to the public. Always glad to have people in my clips recognized, but sad that your dad died meanwhile.

[@sleeperburuk5340]

@@michaelijsbrand can i see more of the collection? id love to see your archive

[@michaelijsbrand]

I suggest you search under 'michael rogge malaysia malaya'

[@sidalaska3109]

Thank you for your Dad service in Malaya...

[@alsharifbinedi9560]

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[@jackjackcrow3349]

My grandfather is iban trackers..now I'm following his legacy.forever serve.

[@sichere]

You are on the right track Jack 👍

[@ColinElliott-nx4rk]

As I write this, I have in front of me a parang ~15" long, and a sheath carved from wood and bound with twisted wire. On it is written "UNGAT IBAN LL", given to me by the man who made it especially for me. He also gave a much bigger one to my father, and another to the Duchess of Kent.

[@mohdyusoffmd.salleh1070]

My dad serve in the "jungle squad" during the Malayan Emergency and later into the Police Field Force until the official truce/peace treaty of the CPM during the 80's. Nice to see historical facts in pictures/movies, thanks Michael

[@rafiqkie]

Hey! My father too.. Serving in same side as you're.. Hello from kedah my friend

[@terryharris1291]

Many New Zealanders served in Malaya,from the 1950's to the late 1980's. I served with 1RNZIR 1981 to 1983.Onward.

[@43sunray]

His official residence, the Carcosa, is still there located on the hill overlooking the Lake Garden

[@milindaratnasuriya]

WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE POPULATION !!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO MICHAEL !!! THANK YOU !!!

[@michaelijsbrand]

No, it was a 'March of time' documentary released at that time.

[@smaug.the.stupendous]

Hi Michael, I am a Malaysian and I really appreciate you publishing all these videos, it is invaluable and have great history significance. Did you record all these yourself? I was born in 74 and most of these happened before I was born..

[@zydarking]

Correction goodsir, we gained independence in 1957. But I concur wholeheartedly on everything. Templer was undoubtedly quite methodical in removing the communist threat. The forced re-settlements were indeed not looked upon favorably but over time eventually became an accepted fact of life. Most importantly, to Templer's legacy were his efforts to obtain citizenship for the non-Malays (a pragmatic move) but nonetheless paved the way to the future of our beloved nation.

[@ColinElliott-nx4rk]

I remember Templer's residence on the hill, because I was invited to it for his son's birthday party. My father was CO of RWK at KKB, while we lived off the Ampang Road in KL. He used to come home regularly, unarmed and accompanied only by driver and batman, while my mother, sister and I would occasionally visit him, driving several miles through the jungle, and the occasional checkpoint where our car was searched for food. Tanjun Malung is a name I remember well from that time, because of the unnecessary deaths; the CTs , or 'bandits') cut the water supply, and set an ambush. The engineers stupidly set off to repair it without informing the authorities, who would undoubtedly have realised the cause and taken advantage to surround the area with ambushes. Otherwise, it all seemed very peaceful to me. Although prepared to murder, the CTs weren't as violent or vicious as insurgents in other parts of the world, and never had a large quantity of weapons, which had been given them during the war, or were stolen.

[@Kakirinkato-san]

My grandfather served in the Malaya army during communist war era in the 50's . I never met him entire my life because he passed away before i was born. My grandmother said to me that there were harsh times during the Malaya Emergency and she said he get shot at the leg during combat in the jungle. She always told me stories about him and show me his picture when he served in the army. My grandpa get slapped in the face when he was in teenage years during WW2 by Japanese soldier for helping British POW giving them food. That triggered him to served in the army from that day.

[@seechunchong9876]

I heard this from my old history teacher in the 70s. After the communists ambushed and killed a team of men send out to repair the water works in Tanjung Malim, Gen Templar went and gathered all the town folks in a hall and gave a speech complaining, threatening them about the lack of info and co operation from them to help fight the enenmy. "....and if you folks think you are bastards, I will be the bigger bastard!!!" The translator was shocked but Gen said, "Go ahead and translate..." Stunned, the translator cautiously said, "The General said that all your parents were not married when you were born..." The town folks went silent and shocked.... Then, the translator cheerfully continued, "But the Gen also said that his parents were not married when he was born too!..." (I am not sure if this was a joke but apparently, it did happened). Hahaha.

[@thesinginghiker7518]

omg this is so funny lol

[@teohcheowkin11]

I believed this is the incident where my uncle,civil engineer, was killed

[@seechunchong9876]

@@teohcheowkin11 So sorry to hear that.

[@teohcheowkin11]

From what was related to us the people of Tanjong Malim knew about the planned ambush and the assigned engineers for the repairs opted out..but my late uncle who had just arrived after a project volunteered to go as a replacement..and met his fate... supposedly the ambushers knew him..very sad

[@seechunchong9876]

@@teohcheowkin11 Your uncle was a good and brave man. No wonder General Templer was fuming mad. Thanks for sharing.

[@alsharifbinedi9560]

terima kasih uncle Michael 👍😊🇲🇾👼😇☺👍

[@Veloce2000]

My dad fought the communists in the 50s@Police Inspector(RMP) Jungle Squad Frontier Force. Heard many of his battle encounters in Kinta area & his high regards of his British superiors, Manchester Regiment, Gurkhas & Aussies who joint operations against the CPM. Thus, my salute & grattitude to these Commonwealth countries, especially the British who were instrumental in helping Malaya to be a democratic nation today. ❤🙏R.I.P. for these Commonwealth soldiers who perished in this war.

[@seandineen9564]

The greatest counterinsurgency leader of all time

[@zamrikalis4698]

Atleast british never take land at malaya,but give independence and protect

[@interqward1]

My friend, a slight nuance... Malaya WAS NEVER 'owned' by the British - it was ALWAYS explicitly the property of the Sultans, who, seeing some value in the more enlightened aspects of Great Britain (as it was in the past) agreed to allow the British of the time to develop various things for a kind of mutual benefit and to administer and govern WITH THE ASCENT of the co-operative council of sultans (the Tunku structure, I suppose, you might say). Britain never 'invaded' Malaya, nor 'conquered' it, nor pressed it into Empire by force, to have it be part of the British Commonwealth of Nations -, and further remembering, that it was NOT 'United Kingdom' people who established things in the first place such as rubber estates and pineapple and tea plantations, but Indians, and Chinese, and staggeringly wealthy 'old Kingdom' Stuarts - who were there because of their ownership of the fastest fleets of ships-at-sea from the days of sail. And with respect to the seafaring aspect, Malaya already itself had a long history of its own sailors and seaman and sea captains and thus of international trading and all of the underlying industry entailed including certainly fishing of course as well. ...I know many United Kingdom people would like to think in this case they 'gave' independence, but what they did was retire from presuming continuing control after WWII, and to 'let' the local people establish their own complete self-government. Short of 'nationalizing' rubber estates and so on (which essentially were in private hands anyway) there was no realistic economic or feasible political way to maintain a grip on a post-War Malaya. Not unless you wanted to act like overt dictators... ...which Mr Lee, of course, had no qualms in doing. One thing that cannot go unsaid about the 'Marxist' Communist situation, was that Chin Peng was acknowledged as an honorable man, and as a formidable leader or 'foe,' opponent or whatever you want to say and that the 'winning' of this contest goes down in military and political history books as worthy of important study. Time of course changes how we may consider all things 'in the now' but those who lived in this particular past, be it that they were on either side, were a significant cut above the crew of all 'sides' who make the news media today - but then again, the best still is in human beings everywhere even though it appears to lie dormant for the moment.

[@12dougreed]

@@interqward1 well said

[@pikapikasa5034]

Bang, jangan jd kurang bijak ye. Mereka dh banyak melombong bijih timah dan segala hasil bumi tanah melayu untuk diangkut ke negara mereka ye. Negara lain yg dijajah british semua tahu kekejaman dorg, kenapa kau tak pula. Belajarlh sejarah kita bukan dari dokumentari orang putih tapi daripada penulis2 sejarah orang melayu yg diiktiraf. Mana ada org nak buat cerita pasal keburukan mereka sendiri.

[@Hai-wz4ie]

Dawn raid exist, sila baca

[@10demas]

@@pikapikasa5034 indon mengintip

[@lazaruskarl2629]

Tq..for our friendship..

[@43sunray]

The tin mine and rubber estate owners employed their own auxilary police force trained by regular policemen.

[@cintabrahi]

Thnk you.

[@mahmadrozi1710]

I love sir gerald templer , rest in piece legend

[@Bellakelpie]

I was born and raised in Malaya and can remember these times.

[@mohdfirdaus5090]

Wow..dungun,chukai,kuala berang

[@mohdrozaimiamy4056]

Kutip hasil pas tu tingal lombong paling bayak di perak...apa yg kita dapat untung dari situ...

[@GengBewak9112]

Dpt tgk lombong dn tanah xleh di majukan..

[@rusdisaleah9074]

Sungai lembing hhhhh

[@reubensher8144]

dapat negara....free. patut bagi kat pkm saje kan..

[@mahmadrozi1710]

@@reubensher8144 PKM sampah , Allah panjangkan umur ratu England

[@43sunray]

Hasil bumi negeri perak dapat kat kerajaan negeri perak.

[@cintabrahi]

Thnk you micheal....

[@hughvane]

Did Templar ever deal with the White Rajahs (Brookes) of Sarawak?

[@43sunray]

Tenpler only managed west Malaysia. Borneo not related to the malayan emergency at all.

[@reubensher8144]

the man who saved malaya..

[@captmasat5189]

Superb

[@dajai-6394]

I like british time ..currency power

[@mieaab]

Royal Selangor Club.. Bukit Aman uphill

[@zamrikalis4698]

Situation know is many never appreciate british help malay from colonist japan and communist,but they just sell land to pkc,this is like traitor

[@axolotlblue3490]

British syg mlyu..mlyu yg jual tanah kt cina

[@43sunray]

Guna bahasa melayu ajelah.

[@malayneum]

nampaknya British lebih prihatin terhadap kebajikan rakyat Malaya. Sultan-sultan buat apa? Yang beria-ia nak merdeka pun parti-parti politik je. Sultan makan gaji buta saja.

[@mieaab]

Puchong tin mine in Selangor. Now considered degrading the environment

[@faizgaming9471]

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[@levicleanerman3921]

Daddy

[@aisychannelone]

now ICERD(from UN) push MALAYSIA.....for ratification...

[@anuardarusanuar571]

Mencuri harta Negara .