SCOTS GUARDS IN MALAYAN JUNGLE WAR

2 November 1950, The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), page 1

…The two World Wars saw the Guards engaged on European battlefields, but the 2nd battalion was soon deployed overseas after the Second World War had come to an end and British imperial rule was being challenged in what was then Malaya. A state of emergency had been declared in the country in June 1948 after increased violence against both British and Asian citizens as they were attacked by the Malayan Races Liberation Army, which was against the creation of the Federation of Malaya. The Scots Guards fulfilled diverse roles, ranging from guarding duties to jungle patrols – click here for an image of a jungle patrol published in an Australian newspaper in 1950. Their service in Malaya was, however, not a smooth one and much still needs to be done to appropriately process and reflect this part of the Scots Guards’ history (see for instance this article in The Scotsman ).…