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Ipoh War Memorial, Malaysia

World War 1 & 2 & Post World War 2
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2007

The memorial to those who died now bears a commemorative plate only but there are inserts into the sides of the memorial where name plaques were orginally fixed, now missing. The memorial is in the form of a cenotaph with a two-stepped base and stands outside the railway station. To see all photographs follow this link.

Photograph Copyright © Martin Edwards 2007

MEMORIAL TO THE DEAD OF THE
TWO WORLD WARS

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN FROM THE STATE OF PERAK
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

AND TO THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE 1939-1945 WAR.

The original plaque was reinstalled in September 20008 and immediately vandalised. The details are taken from the plaque as is.

IN MEMORY OF
GALLANT MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES, POLICE AND CIVILIANS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
DEFENDING THE NATIONAL DURING

THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY
1948 - 1960

INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION
1962 - 1965

THE RE-INSURGENCY PERIOD
1972 - 1990

Photograph Copyright © Martin Edwards 2009

ALL MEN MUST DIE IT IS ONLY GIVEN TO THE FEW TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE STATE OF PERAK
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

AND TO THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE 1939-1945 WAR.

ALLEN

H D

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ANDREWS

W E

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ANTHONY

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BASTOW

William Henry

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service and 'C' Battery, 66th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 26th November 1915. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot/Row/Section K. Grave 53.

BLINCH

Wilfrid Joseph Hastings

Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) formerly Lance Corporal 999, 15th (The King's) Hussars. Killed in action 16th August 1916. Son of Mrs. Blinch, of 25, Mountfield, Prestwich, Manchester. A Reservist. Returned from Federated Malay States, November 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.

BORTON

Cyprian Edward

Major, 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Indian Army attached to Malay States Guides, Indian Army. Died 2nd August 1917. Aged 37. Son of the Rev. Neville Borton, Vicar of Burwell, Cambs. Buried in MAALA CEMETERY, Yemen. Special Plot. 3. Grave 1.

CALLARD

Malcolm Ernest

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th January 1915. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 5.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 2:

2nd LIEUTENANT (temp.) MALCOLM ERNEST CALLARD, RESERVE OF OFFICERS, attd. 1st BATTN. LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Callard, Little Missenden, Bucks.

He was born in January, 1885, and was educated at Clifton, and afterwards at Tours, under a private tutor. He received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, in. 1904 and in November, 1905, was gazetted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Invalided home from South Africa, he resigned his commission in 1903 and voluntarily entered the Reserve of Officers.

After spending five years in Malay as a planter, 2nd Lieutenant Callard was recalled from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on the outbreak of war to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to France in November as Machine-gun Officer, in which capacity he saw severe fighting, losing on one occasion three guns out of four by shell fire. He was killed in action on the 25th January, 1915, at Beuvry, near Bethune, being struck by a fragment of a high-explosive shell. His younger brother, 2nd Lieutenant S. E. Callard, East Yorkshire Regiment, was killed near Pilkem on 23rd April, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant M. E. Callard had only been married three months previous to his death.

CALLARD

Stanley Edwyn

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd April 1915. Aged 28. Son of Ernest and Isabella Callard, of Brownings Manor, Blackboys, Uckfield, Sussex. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row B. Grave 2.

CAMPBELL

Cecil Audrey

[Listed as Cecil Awdry Campbell on CWGC & SDGW] Lieutenant, 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Drowned 4th October 1918. Aged 33. Son of the late Lorne A. Campbell (I.C.S.) and Cecilia L. Campbell. No known grave. Commemorated on HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON. See also Ipoh St John's

CHAMPLIN

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CHILL

John Metcalfe

Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 8th (SDGW] or 18th [CWGC] November 1916. Aged 35. Son of Robert Clive Chill; husband of Emma Louise Metcalfe Chill, of 142A, Burmah Rd., Penang, Malay Peninsula. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D.

CHOLMELEY

Hugh Ralph

[Spelt CHOLMLEY on SDGW] Second Lieutenant, 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 14th June 1915. Aged 24. Son of Robert Francis and Blanche Emily Roberta Cholmeley, of 7 Gray's Inn Square, London, W.C.I. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 137.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 2:

2nd LIEUTENANT HUGH RALPH CHOLMELEY, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, was the only son of Robert Francis Cholmeley, Headmaster of Owen's School Islington, and was born, at Carleton Rode Rectory, Attleborough, Norfolk, on the 24th April, 1891.

He was educated at Mr. W. M. Harvey's School, Eastbourne, and at Sedbergh, which he had to leave after two terms owing to a breakdown of health. Later he studied at Morton Hall, Redditch, and at Leverton Lodge, Boston, and finally became a member of the Surveyors' Institution. At the outbreak of the war he held an appointment in the Colonial Survey, Federated Malay States, and he was a member of the Survey and Police Probationers' Mess, Kuala Lumpur. On war being declared, in 1914, Mr. Cholmeley decided to come home and offer his services. He reached England in November, 1914, and early in the next month was gazetted to a Temporary 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Artillery. He went to France in February, 1915, and was shortly afterwards posted to the 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade, IIIrd Division. On the 13th June, 1915, while he was returning from laying a telephone wire to the forward trench near Ypres, he was shot through the head, and he died the following day. He was buried in the cemetery at Bailleul.

COLCUTT

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CORNWELL

G J

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CRAKE

G C

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CUNNINGHAM

C A G

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DANIELS

E A

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DAVIDSON

R H W

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DAVIES

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ECCLES

C G

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FEATHERSTONHAUGH

Harry

Captain, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 8th July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.

FROST

E F M

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GAMBLE

R S

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GERRARD

P N

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GILFILLAN

H

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GILLMAN

B

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GORTON

A L

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GREENER

A S

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GRIPPER

W T V

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HAWKINS

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HAZARD

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HEAD

A G

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HENDRIKS

George M

Private P.S.3290, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 8th August 1916. Aged 23. Born Perak, Straits Settlements, enlisted Warrington, Lancashire, resident Liverpool. Son of Alfred Jacob Robert and Eusebia Hendriks, of Monte Rosa Rubber Plantation, Taiping, Perak, Straits Settlements. Formerly 26558, South Lancashire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.

HEPWORTH

A M

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HOPKINS

L

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HUGHES

C

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HUGHES

J C

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HUTCHINS

William Henry

Sergeant 3/3469, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 18th April 1915. Aged 29. Son of Joseph and Selina Hutchins, of 192, Yardley Rd., Acock's Green, Birmingham. Inspector of Police, Federated Malay States. Re-enlisted, December 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47.

IRELAND

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KINGDON

Robert Claude Hawker

Second Lieutenant, 123rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 9th April 1917. Aged 27. Son of Frank Hawker Kingdon and Jessie Kingdon, of Bridgerule Vicarage, Holsworthy, Devon. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 25.

KINGSTON

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LANE

H C H

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LAWFORD

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LECLERC

C E E

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LEIGH

H W

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LESLIE

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MacGREGOR

C A

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MacKAY

N M

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MacLEAN

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MacMILLAN

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MARSLAND

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MAUPRAT

C

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MORGAN

R L

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MORRIS

P H

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ORR

W L

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OSBORNE

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PARSONS

D S

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PARSONS

Mevyn Merefield

Rifleman S/7709, "A" Company, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 8th September 1915. Aged 26. Born Tipperary, Ireland, enlisted London, resident Willesden, Middlesex. Son of Herbert and Mary Sortain Parsons, of Merefield House, 17, Heathfield Park, Willesden Green, London. Gave up his position as 1st Assistant on a Rubber Estate at Sungei Siput, Malay States, to come to England to enlist. Buried in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Plot/Row/Section X. Grave 28.

PERFECT

C St L

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POORE

R

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PRINCE

A L

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RAWLINS

G V C

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RAWSON

H W H

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REID

R

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REID

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RICHMOND

H S

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RIGBY

E W

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ROBERTSON

W R

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ROBINSON

A L

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ROBSINSON

C S

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ROOTS

Lionel Victor

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RORISON

W G D

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SCRATTON

G H

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SEGRAVE

W H

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SHAW

R

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SHEFFIELD

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SIMPSON

W C L

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STEPHENSON

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STRINGER

G F

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TATE

Frederick Thomas Howard (aka Tom)

Private 1729, 2nd Battalion (County of London), City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders). killed in action 22nd September 1915. Aged 19. Born Herne Bay, Kent, enlisted London, resident Richmond. Son of Walter Howard Tate and Ellen Florence Tate, of Taiping, Perak, Federated Malay States. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot I. Row C. Grave 16.

TATHAM

B O

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THUNDER

M H F

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TWYNAM

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VANRENEN

Arthur Saunders

Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers late 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th August 1915. Aged 52. Son of the late Gen. Donald Vanrenen (Royal Bengal Artillery) and Mrs. Vanrenen; husband of Louise Frances Vanrenen, of Four Winds, Rodwell, Weymouth. Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 97 to 101.

VAUGHAN

Kenelm Cuthbert

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, irish Guards. Killed in action 13th September 1916. Buried in BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section O. Grave 59.

VENIS

Arthur Raymond

Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Indian Army attached 48th Indian Pioneers. Died 22nd November 1915. Aged 28. Son of E. C. Venis, of Benares, India, and the late Dr. Arthur Venis, C.I.E. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 43 and 65.

VESEY, MC

George Waller

Captain, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal irish Fusiliers. Died of wounds 26th March 1918. Aged 34. Of Derrabard, Fintona, Co. Tyrone. Son of G. Lendrum, J.P., D.L., and Mrs. Lendrum, of Corkill, Kilskeery, Co. Tyrone; husband of Sybilla S. Vesey, of Down Lodge, East Harting, Petersfield, Hants. Buried in VIGNEMONT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Oise, France. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 3.

WAGNER

Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell

Second Lieutenant, 32nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 7th January 1917. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 25.

WELLESLEY

E E C

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WILLIAMS

L M

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WOODFORD

H V

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Not on memorial but listed on SDGW

COWAN

Louis Victor

Private 1832, "C" Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 8th Mat 1915. Born Ipoh, Malay States, enlisted and resident Edinburgh. Son of William Cowan, of 16, Woodburn Terrace, Edinburgh, and the late Kate Amelia Cowan. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row E. Grave 12.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Last update 17 December, 2009

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