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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. ttc.edu.sg, now an archived webpage.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. ttc.edu.sg, now an archived webpage.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.  
*[http://sgvolunteerscorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals] 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
*[http://sgvolunteerscorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals] 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
*[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=lhapapers ''Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire''] by  Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong  2011. Mainly in respect of India, but also includes Malaysia and [[Singapore]].
:[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=lhapapers "Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900"] by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From ''The Routledge History of Food'' 2015 (pp. 131-155)


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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*[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
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Agricultural&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc ''Malayan Agricultural Journal'']. Multiple volumes, broken range of  issues 1920s onwards. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Agricultural&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc ''Malayan Agricultural Journal'']. Multiple volumes, broken range of  issues 1920s onwards. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/returntomalaya006324mbp ''Return to Malaya''] R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*''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 12:36, 13 June 2016

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

"Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900" by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From The Routledge History of Food 2015 (pp. 131-155)

Historical books online

Note this website is often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
  • [Digital] Sejarah Melayu Library (abrizain.org) has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, with some to also read as text. Click on the titles for further details of the author and year published. If you prefer to read original images, look at the text version (if available), as for some books, it may be apparent they are available on websites such as Archive.org or Google Books. Books available include
    • An extensive collection of Journals of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SBRAS) which became the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS). Click on individual journal issues, and the contents will be shown. These do not seem to be complete issues, but selected articles.
    • The War in Malaya by Lt-Gen A E Percival 1949. Located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.
  • The Burney Papers. Cover the period 1825 to 1849. See Thailand.
  • Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government by John Cameron. 1865 Google Books
  • The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63.
  • Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1878-1922. Multiple volumes: Archive.org. Restricted access Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries A, B and C, including index volumes.
Multiple volumes: Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, including Index To All The Journals Nos.1-86 Of The Straits Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol.5 Pt.4 1927
Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Multiple volumes, broken range from Volume 1 1923. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
"Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States" page 225 The India Rubber World April 1, 1904 Archive.org