The road leading to the memorial |
Gardeners maintaining the cemetery, a bunch of students in the background |
The buildings faintly visible in the background are in Johor, where Japanese came to Singapore from |
It is one thing to read from books about the different regiments that fought here. 8th Division of the 22nd Brigade sounds very real when one sees it inscribed on a headstone. It is hard to put my head around the many British Regiments that fought in the defence of Singapore. Here are examples, starting with the Australian forces.
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force |
2/18 Infantry Battalion (Australian Imperial Force) |
Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
Great Britain
Air Vice Marshal Pulford - Royal Air Force |
HMS Prince of Wales |
HMS Repulse |
HMS Sultan |
HMS Indomitable |
Royal Army Chaplain |
Army Catering Corps |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
Royal Army Service Corps |
Royal Artillery |
The Border Regiment |
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The Pioneer Corps |
18th Reconnaissance Corps |
The Cambridgeshire Regiment |
The East Surrey Regiment |
The Gordon Highlanders |
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The Leicestershire Regiment |
The Loyal Regiment |
The Manchester Regiment |
The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
The Queen's Royal Regiment |
The Sherwood Foresters |
The Suffolk Regiment |
The Sutherland Highlanders |
The West Yorkshire Regiment |
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force |
New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Navy |
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force |
Singapore Volunteer Corps |