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Malaya, Singapore & Malaysia

GHQ FAR EAST LAND FORCES (FARELF) formed with Malaya Command, Singapore District & HQ British Troops Hong Kong reporting
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

HQ Malaya Command	Kuala Lumpur	1946-47	Reformed from 14th Army
			1 Nov 47: Redesignated HQ Malaya District
HQ REME Malaya District	Kuala Lumpur	1947-53	Disbanded Oct 1953 converted to 1st Federal Division	CRÈME Lt Col. D.B. Booth
			1953-	CRÈME Lt.Col. F.C. Faulkner
				CRÈME Lt Col
North Malaya Sub District	Taiping	1947-63	Disbanded February 1963	DADME Major J. Griffiths
			1952	DADME Major H.P. Heape
			1953	DADME Maj. J.R. Dickenson
South Malaya Sub District	Seremban	1947-52	formed 17 Gurkha Division 1950-52	DADME Major L. White
HQ REME 17 Gurkha Division	HQ Kluang then	1952-57	became HQ REME 17 Gurkha Division/Overseas Commonwealth	DADME Major RJF Cornwall
	Seremban		Land Forces in August 1957	Lt. Col. WE. Cunnington MBE
HQ REME 17 Gurkha Div/OCLF	Seremban	1957-63	HQ 17 Gurkha Div became separate entity and OCLF - HQ	Lt. Col. H.G. Frost
			Malaya Area
HQ REME Malaya Area	Seremban	1964-66	redesignated HQ REME 17 Gurkha Div/Malaya District 1966	Lt.Col Hatfield, Davies, Franks
HQ REME 17 Gur. Div/Mal. District	Seremban	1966-70	Disbanded 1970 when 17 Gurkha Division disbanded	Lt.Col Hatfield, Davies, Franks
HQ REME 1 Fed.Div/District	Taiping	1954-57		Lt. Col. J.B. Douglas OBE
HQ REME 1 Federal Brigade
HQ REME 2 Federal Brigade
HQ REME 1st Malay Brigade	Kuala Lipis, Terendak	1950-	Took over from 28 Commonwealth Brigade at
			Terendak Mar 1970
HQ REME 2 Guards Brigade	Kuala Lumpur	1948-50	ex UK. Redesignated 18 Infantry Brigade	BEME Capt. E.J. Curtis
HQ REME 3 Commando Brigade		1950-51	other tours	BEME Capt. Fletcher
HQ REME 5th Infantry Brigade		1965-	ex BAOR
HQ REME 18 Infantry Brigade	Kuala Lumpur	1950-57		BEME Capt K Riley
HQ REME 19 Infantry Brigade		??-65	replaced by 5 Infantry Brigade
HQ REME 26 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Johore Bahru	1950-58		BEME Capt. C.R. Watson
HQ REME 28 Commonwealth Bde.	Butterworth, Terendak	1957-70	Bde. to Singapore 1970. Redesignated 28th (ANZUK) Brigade Group 1971
28th (ANZUK) Brigade Group		1971-73	disbanded September 73. Australians withdrew from ANZUK
28 Infantry Brigade	Singapore	1974-75	reformed under British Command. Disbanded Singapore Nov 75
HQ REME 48 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Kuala Lipis	1949-
HQ REME 51st Gurkha Infantry Bde	Brunei	1963-	temporarily replaced 99 Gurkha Inantry Brigade	BEME Capt K Riley
HQ REME 63 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Seremban, Kuala Pilah, Kluang	1950-62	formed in Nergi Sembilan. Left for UK to form part of 51st Gurkha Brigade.	Capt F.W. Warburton
				Capt.EW.Perrett
HQ REME 99 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Singapore, Borneo	1952-	formed in Malaya	BEME J Coull
5 Brigade Workshop	Kluang, Johore	1946-47	from Japan. Redesignated 'X' Bde WkSp	Major A. G. Low
X Brigade Workshop	Kluang, Johore	1946-48	from Hong Kong. Redesignated 'C' Company Workshop	Major Edgar
detachment	Seremban		Group 1948	Lieut. Douglas
HQ Workshops Group,	Kuala Lumpur	1948-50	Formed 1948 disbanded 1950
'A' Company Wksp Group	Kuala Lumpur	1948-50	Formed 1948 became Malaya District Workshop 1 April 1950
	Batu Cantonment nr KL		Detachment No.4 Seremban
'B' Company Wksp Group	Taiping	1948-50	Formed 1948 became 13 Infantry Workshop 1 April 1950
			Detachment No.1 Penang
'C' Company Wksp Group	Kluang, Johore	1948-50	Formed 1948 became 14 Infantry Workshop 1 April 1950	Captain H. A. G. McAleese
Trade Training & Testing Centre	Singapore	1949	was Training Wing of Base Workshops until July 1949. Beach
			Recovery Wing at Changi.

DISTRICT, BASE AND COMMAND WORKSHOPS
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

District Workshop Singapore	Singapore Pasir Panjang	??-62	absorbed into 40 Base Workshop
Singapore Base Workshop	Singapore	1948-52	formed from an amalgamation of 2 Advance Base Workshop and
			24 Advanced Base Workshop, Singapore November 1945.
			Initially remaind located at two original sites - the Ford
			Assembly Plant and the Polo Ground. New workshop built in
			Ayer Raja Rd. Redesignated 40 Base Workshop December 1952
40 Base Workshops	Singapore	1952-70	redesignated 40 Command Workshop.
40 Command Workshops	Singapore	1970-71	Formed when 40 Base WkSp absorbed DISTRICT WkSp.
			disbanded 1971. Site sold to the Singapore Government for the
			sum of SPR $2
Base Vehicle Workshops	Singapore	1950-53	arrived ex UK Feb.1950. Accommodated with Base Workshops
			for several weeks before moving 6 miles to Bukit Timah (Tin Hill)
			on the Johore Road The building previously occpied by the
			NAAFI and subject to flooding. Function to maintain all AA
			equipment and associated components. On 1st Dec 1951 all
			NCO's and OR's posted out starting civilianisation.
41 Base Workshops	Singapore	1953-61	Originally called Base (Vehicle) Workshop - redesignated 41
	(Bukit Timah Rd)		Base Workshop Feb 1953 with 40 Military & 80 Civilian
			Personnel. Disbanded 1st Jan 61 and absorbed into 40 Base
			Workshop.
42 Base Workshops	Port Dickson	1952-57	Included MOR's until 1956. Disbanded 30 Nov 57
Malaya District/Command Workshop	Kuala Lumpur	1950-53	Malaya Command Workshop disbanded 1962 due to reorg. In	Major W.J. Rowland
			Central Malaya and KL Area
	to Batu Cantonment	1953-62	new camp officially opened 6 March 1953. Disbanded 1962	Maj WW Phillips
No.4 Detachment WkSp	Seremban	1950-55	redesignated 21 (Malayan) Infantry Workshop 7 Aug 1955	Capt. F. Langham

INFANTRY WORKSHOPS
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

2 Infantry Workshop	Taiping, Perak	1955-70	was 1 Station Workshop until Nov 1955. Comprised 60% MOR's	Major Thomas/Thompson
	Malacca		40% Brit but due to reorganisation the MOR's were replaced by	Major B.P. Walker, P. Todd
			Brits and an Australian contingent of RAEME. 23 Feb 62
			joined 28 Commonwealth Brigade at Terendak Camp.
			Disbanded Apr 70
9 Infantry Workshop	Brunei
Detachment	Labuan Island
10 Infantry Workshop	Ulu Pandan near	1955-68	was 6 Station Workshop until May 1955. Redesignated 10 Inf	from Korea?
	JohoreBahru.		Wksp. Later moved to Singapore. Became 55 Area Wksp on 1
			Aug 65 and Detachment in Kuching took title 10 Inf. 55 Area
			Wksp became 10 Inf Wksp (Airportable) on 1 Dec 1966 with
			the detachment now in Brunei. Disbanded 31 May 1968
	Singapore
Detachment	Kuching then Brunei		Took full title 10 Inf Work Shop for period 1 Aug 65 to 1 Dec 1966
12 Infantry Workshop	Kuala Lumpur	1948-50	Arrived in Malaya 1948 in support 2 Guards Brigade.	Major R. Taylor Thomas
	Mentakab	1950-51	Moved to Mentakab1950 then Malay Regiment Camp at Batu	Major Hannison
			Lima
	Ipoh	1951-57	To Ipoh Dec 1951 under command 1 Federal Division.	Major R.A.M. Sterling Baker
				Major GH Stewart, Maj Sline
	Ulu Pandan, Segamet	1957-58	came under Command 26 Gurkha Brigade 17 Gurkha Division.
			Disbanded 1 July1958
Detachments	Malacca.		C' (Construction) Vehicle repair done in Malacca. Supported
	Cameron Highlands		Royal Engineers in Cameron Highlands and Patrolled as
			Infantry.
13 Infantry Workshop	Kamunting Valley	1950-51	was 'B' Coy Workshop Group redesignated 1 Station Wksp	Maj. V.E.B. Bannister
	Taiping, Perak		Apr 1950
No.1 Detachment WkSp	Penang		George Town then Minden Barracks. Poss formed 48 Gurkha
			Bde LAD
13 Infantry Workshop	Tempin (Tampin?) nr Ipoh	1955-57	Reformed 22 June 1955 in Penang moved Sept 55 to Tempin	Major R. W. Butler
			(Tampin?) near Ipoh under command 1 Federal Division.
	Kluang, Johore	1957-60	arrived Kluang May 1957 under command 17 Gurkha Division.
	Ulu Pandan nr JB	1960-61	moved to Ulu Pandan nr JB in 1960 leaving detachment in	Major D. J. Meeten
			Kluang. Other detachments had been in Borneo and supporting
			Royal Engineers in Malaya. Disbanded October 1961
Detachment	Borneo	1959-61		Major G. 0. Ewing
Detachment	Kluang, Johore	1959-61		Major G. Dyson
14 Infantry Workshop	Kluang, Johore	1950-51	was 'C' Coy Wkshop Group redesignated 2 Station Workshop	Major R. G. Ballam
			Apr-50
21(Malayan) Inf Wksp	Bentong	1955-57	formed from Detachment No.4 Command Workshop	Maj WR Carrick, JA Stewart
			(joined Federation Armed Services at Merdeka 1957)	Maj RAM Stirling-Baker
22 (Malayan) Inf Wksp	Kluang, Johore	1955-57	was 2 Station Workshop	Major W. J. Scott
			(disbanded to redeploy personnel to 21 & 23 Malay Wkps)	Major A. W. Reading
23(Malayan) Inf Wksp	Seremban	1955-57	formed from No.7 Detachment Command Workshop	Major NC Shapland
			(joined Federation Armed Services at Merdeka 1957)	Major TW Crew

STATION WORKSHOPS
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

1 Station Workshop	Taiping	1951-55	was 13 Inf. Workshop. Became 2 Infantry Workshop Nov 55	Major C.E. Howe
Detachment	Penang, Sungei Patani
2 Station Workshop	Kluang, Johore	1952-55	(redesignated 22 (Malay) Infantry Workshops)	Major A. A. Hyde
Detachment	Muar			Major R. A. M. Stirling-Baker
5 Station Workshop	Bentong	-55	disbanded 5 Jan 1955 Reformed as 1 Malaya Workshop
1 Malayan Workshop		1955-	was 5 Station Workshop
			Formed Mar 1955
6 Station Workshop	Johore Bahru	-55	redesignated 10 Infantry Workshop 7 May 1955	Major R Dickinson
				Major RW Eggleston
58 Station Workshop	Kluang, Johore	1962-66	Formed 1 Apr 1962 was Station Workshop Kluang	Captain C. K. Mobbs
			came under Command 75 AC Workshop in 1966	Captain N. L. Marks
64 Station Workshop	Ipoh	1962?-65	Civilian Staff mainly absorbed by 66 Station Workshop	Malor A.J. Singleton
66 Station Workshop	Seremban	1962-70	Formed 1 Apr 1962 was Station Workshop Seremban.	Capt. N.E. Miller, S. Hancock
			Disbands Aug 70
Detachment	Penang	1968	Detachment takes over full Unit name. Disbands Sept 71	Capt. I.W. Patterson
67 Station Workshop	Penang	1962-	was Station Workshop Penang	Capt G.W. Tolley
			Formed 1 Apr 1962	Capt. FJR Kent
Station Workshop Penang	Penang	1961-62	Formed Aug 1961 as a result of departure of 34 LAA Regt.
			Redesignated 67 Station Workshop 1 Apr 62
Station Workshop Seremban	Seremban	1961-62	Formed Oct 1961
			redesignated 66 Station Workshop 1 Apr 1962
Station Workshop Kluang	Kluang	1961-68	Formed Sep 1961 to replace 13 Inf Workshop on disbandment.
			Redesignated 67 Station Workshop 1 Apr 62
Station Workshop Ipoh	Ipoh	1962-62?	Formed March 1962 to cover repairs in North Malaya Sub
			District as a result of the move of 2 Infantry Workshops.
			Redesignated 64 Station WkSp ?
55 Area Workshop	Singapore		Formerly 10 Inf. Workshop. Became 55 Area Workshop on
			1 Aug 65 and Detachment in Kuching took title 10 Inf. 55 Area
			WkSp became 10 Inf WkSp (Airportable) on 1 Dec 1966

AIRCRAFT WORKSHOPS
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

656 Lt Ac Sqn Wksp	Kluang, Johore	1964-67	redesignated 75 Aircraft Workshop	Major JB Palmer, D. S. Brown
				Major J. R Tomkins
75 Aircraft Wksp	Kluang, Johore	1967-70	was 75 Aircraft Wksp	Major R. Nix, Maj DS Brown
				Major 0. B. Slimpson
78 Aircraft Wksp	Kluang, Johore
7 and 14 Flight Workshop	Borneo	?1964-

OTHER WORKSHOPS
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

221 BVD Depot Workshop	Johore Bahru (Tebrau)			Major W. Hammond
221 BVD Depot Detachment	Near Krangi		for 'A' (Armoured Vehicles) Tanks kept in storage - too heavy
			to cross over causeway.
12 Lt AD Regt Workshop	Borneo

RASC LAD's (RASC had their own Workshops until 1951 then rebadged as REME LAD's)
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

LAD 3 Coy RASC (British)	KL Selangor & Pahang, Cameron Highlands
	Ipoh	1952-	took over from 27 Coy became part of 48 Gurkha Inf Bde
	Terendak	1962-	became part 28 Commonwealth Bde	Capt. PW Duke
LAD 6 Coy RASC (MOR)	Singapore
LAD 24 Coy RASC (MOR)	Kluang & Johore Bahrau
LAD 27 Coy RASC (British)	Ipoh			Capt. C. Webb
	KL (Ampang Road Camp)	1952-	took over 3 Coy duties part of 18 Independent Bde.	Capt P Stafford
LAD 29 Coy RASC (MOR)	Taiping & Det. Penang			Capt Hardings RASC
LAD 52 Coy RASC (MOR)	KL Area			Capt A. Needham
LAD 55 Coy RASC (Air Despatch)	KL Area
LAD 61 Coy RASC (MOR)	Singapore
LAD 69 Coy RASC (MOR)	KL Area	-61	Disbanded as a result of disbandment of parent Coy.	Capt CR Watson
LAD 75 Coy RASC	Singapore & Islands		Amphibious Transport
LAD No1 RASC Supply Depot	KL Area nr Batu Caves
LAD No2 RASC Supply Depot	Taiping
LAD No.3 RASC Supply Depot	Ipoh		Combined Supply/Transport Coy
LAD No4 RASC Supply Reserve Depot

ROYAL ARTILLERY
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

L.A.D 2 Fld Regt RA		1958-61	Returned to UK with parent unit.
L.A.D 25 Fld Regt RA		1951-56
L.A.D 26 Fld Regt RA	Tampin, Terendak	1948-51	2nd tour	Capt RJ Stipling
L.A.D 48 Fld Regt RA		1956-58	replaced by 2 Fld Regt.
L.A.D 1st Singapore Regt. R.A.
L.A.D 20 Fld Regt RA	Tampin, 12 Bty Kuching	1961-63
LAD 11th Ind. Searchlight Troop
LAD 34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt.		??-61	departed for Hong Kong
LAD 45th Light Regiment	Borneo	?1964-
LAD 11th Ind. Mortar Troop RA

Higher Formations - Brigades
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

LAD 17 Gurkha Division.	Seremban	?? - 1961	Disbanded Oct 1961 as a result of reorganisation in Seremban
			Garrison and opening of Station Workshop Seremban
L.A.D. 1st Federation Brigade
L.A.D. 1st Malay Brigade	Kuala Lipis
L.A.D. 2 Guards Brigade	Kuala Lumpur			BEME Capt. E.J. Curtis
L.A.D. 3 Commando Brigade	Sungai Patani, Tapah	1950 - ??	ex HK.	BEME Capt. Fletcher
	, Ipoh.
L.A.D. 18 Infantry Brigade	Kuala Lumpur	1950 - ??	Occupied part of premises vacated by 12 Inf. Workshop.	BEME Capt K Riley
L.A.D. 26 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Johore Bahru	?? - 1958	Brigade disbanded	BEME Capt. C.R. Watson
L.A.D. 28 Commonwealth Bde.	Butterworth	1957-
	Taiping	1957-1962
	Terendak Camp	1962-	Moved to Singapore Feb 1970	WO 1 Swingler
	Singapore			Capt BR Windsor
L.A.D. 48 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Tapah, Ipoh	1951-	was LAD attached 13 Inf. WkSp. (Possibly Penang No.1 Detachment WkSp)
L.A.D. 63 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Seremban, Kuala Pilah, Kluang	1951-
L.A.D. 99 Gurkha Inf. Brigade	Johore Bahru			BEME J Coull
LAD 17 Gurkha Signals Regt.

Cavalry Units
Unit	Location	Date	Remarks	OC

LAD 1st King's Dragoon Guards	Paroi Camp, Seremban	1956-58		Capt D.A Cash
LAD 4th Queen's Own Hussars	Ipoh	1948-51		Capt. B.W. Stedeford
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)		1953-56
LAD 12th Royal Lancers	Ipoh, Taiping, Bentong	1951-54		Capt A. McQueen
LAD 13/18th Hussars (Q.M.O.)	Seremban	1950-53 1958-		Capt E. Stewart
LAD 1st Royal Dragoons		maybe?
LAD 15/19 King's Royal Hussars		1954-57
LAD 1st Federal Armourd Car Regt.		1958-
LAD Queens Royal Irish Hussars	Ipoh, Borneo	?1964-		Capt. G. Slater

Many thanks to Bill Ashby for sending in the above details.

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