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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151933  ''British North Borneo : an Account of its History, Resources, and Native Tribes''] by Owen Rutter 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]

Revision as of 12:17, 3 November 2015

Also see Straits Settlements

Records

  • BACSA have published the following books:
    • Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia by Justin Corfield, 2000. 108pp, 27 illustrations and plan
    • Kota Bharu (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Hamzah Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 1999. 24pp, 23 illustrations and plan
    • Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): St Mary's Cathedral and the Jalan Birch Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 24pp, 5 illustrations
    • Seremban, Malaysia: Graves in St Mark's Churchyard, and the Anglican Section of the Seremban Cemetery by E Beavington and Justin Corfield, 2000. 56pp, 11 illustrations
    • Teluk Anson (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Anderson Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 20pp, 14 illustrations and plan
For details including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.

Military Operations

External links

  • Sejarah Melayu: A History of the Malay Peninsula includes a Digital Library and Gallery, including historical maps (mostly pre 1800) sabrizain.org
  • Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan? by Oscar the Grouch. The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based.
  • “Obsession, isolation and the colonies” July 16, 2012 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014
  • States and federal territories of Malaysia Wikipedia
    • Kedah Alternative name Quedah, it was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. “In the hope that Great Britain would protect what remained of Kedah from Siam, the sultan handed over Penang and then Province Wellesley (Seberang Perai) to the British at the end of the 18th century. The Siamese nevertheless conquered Kedah in 1811, and it remained under Siamese control until transferred to the British by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909”.
    • Perak was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. There was a British Resident from 1874.
    • Terengganu Wikipedia. Alternative name Tringaney. Terengganu's location by the South China Sea ensured that it was on trade routes from ancient times , and it was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. The terms of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 saw power over Terengganu transferred from Siam to Great Britain. A British advisor was appointed to the sultan in 1919, and Terengganu become one of the Unfederated Malay States.
  • "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)" by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. html version, pdf The Penang Story-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones. Retrieved 30 August 2014

Historical books online

"Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States" page 225 The India Rubber World April 1, 1904 Archive.org