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Historical books online
==FIBIS resources==
*[httpshttp://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2211&s_id=1132 Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore] FIBIS database images. FIBIS article [https://www.fibis.org/fort-canning-cemetery-singapore/ Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore] by Peter Bailey 23/05/2017.
==Records==
:Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, '''N/1'''. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also '''IOR: R/9/39/3'''.
*This The National Archives of Singapore has in its collection, viewable in Singapore, microfilms of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from various churches, mainly in Singapore. In the [https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/advanced-search Advanced Search] , under source, look at the various churches listed, and check what records are available. Includes Roman Catholic churches. For Anglican church records the sources as listed include "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" and "St Andrew's Cathedral (Organisation : Singapore)". The former category also includes some records from Bangkok and Java, as churches in these regions were (and still appear to be) part of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.:Subsets of these records are available as digitised microfilms available on [[FamilySearch]], viewable at [[FamilySearch Centres]] and FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries. Catalogue entries include the Anglican [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/333150 Parish registers, 1820-1972 St. Andrew's Church (Singapore)] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/333355 Parish registers, 1870-1973 Church of St. Peter and Paul].*For other records available on FamilySearch ([[LDS]]) , this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ASingapore%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline&page=1&language0=English catalogue entry] based on keyword Singapore, and English language and online filter, includes details of digitised microfilm church and cemetery records available for Singapore. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for viewing details. * The book ''Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore'' by A.G. Harfield 1978 is available at the British Library BLL01008881762 . This book has an association with, although was not published by [[BACSA]], but it is not clear whether the content is included in the following 1988 book, (although it seems likely it has) or is separate, or whether it is included in the BACSA database, see following item.*[[BACSA]] has published the book ''Early Cemeteries in Singapore'' by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". For more details about the books currently available, and also those out of print, see [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia#See [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=875 also|BACSA Books- See also]] and select Cemetery Record Books. This book is included in the [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search database] which is free to search. If you want a copy of the full record, a fee applies.
**FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book which however is currently (2019/10) not viewable online.
:To see the coverage , click on Browse Newspapers/Newspaper titles, then select the title from the drop down menu. Clicking on the title name will take you to an information page, where you can see the date coverage, and if require, select a specific issue. It appears there is some coverage from 1827 (''Singapore Chronicle And The Commercial Register''), or perhaps even earlier.
* ''The London and China Express'', published in London, with target readership those outside the Indian Empire, including the Straits Settlements, is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from November 25, 1858 to July 2, 1931. For more details see [[Newspapers and journals online#London and China Express|Newspapers and journals online]].
==Recommended reading==
***[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/browse/Rare_Maps_Collection.aspx Rare Maps Collection] A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast Asia's print heritage from BookSG
** Newspapers. Refer above.
*[httphttps://www.nhbnas.gov.sg/NASarchivesonline/index.htm National Archives of Singapore], includes [httphttps://www.a2onas.comgov.sg/a2oarchivesonline/publicprivate_records/html Access to Archives OnlineSearch]for Straits Settlements Records (SSR), Overseas Records and Private Records. *[httphttps://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board] including the [httphttps://www.nationalmuseumnhb.gov.sg/nmsnationalmuseum/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore]
===Other===
**[http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/churches/31.html Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (The Armenian Church)] victorianweb.org
*Anglican [Church of England] [https://www.anglican.org.sg Diocese of Singapore]
*British Army regiments in Singapore, Straits Settlements and Penang are included in the following which is mainly about British Army Regiments in India. Note, may not be complete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085422fw_/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz1.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of the 'Forlorn Hope': A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records (1640-WWI)'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200507070713/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz.htm Regiments], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085628/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz2.htm Locations]) . From Bob Holland’s Rampais website, archived. Kitzmillers's two volume book is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010128905
*Peter Stubbs’ [http://www.fortsiloso.com/index.htm Fort Siloso] including [http://www.fortsiloso.com/home/home.htm A Soldier’s Home [in the 1880s<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/039e3be1-1a10-49cc-8721-e68048399b83 Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps is set up 8th Jul 1854]. If link is not permanent, access from [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history History SG], and select Organisations. Refers to ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya'' by T.M. Winsley 1938. Available online in a Limited Preview, and also in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the pay website fold3, refer below.
*Also see [[Second World War]]
*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofma0000chee/page/n5 ''Bibliography of Malaya, being a classified list of books wholly or partly in English relating to the Federation of Malaya and Singapore''] by H R Cheeseman 1959. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a WW2 Bibliography.
**[http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/sh/sing1941b.html Bibliography: Singapore, 1941-1945: The Military Campaign] lib.nus.edu.sg.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.28139/page/n1/mode/2up''Books about Singapore, 1972''] by National Library of Singapore 1972 Archive.org
*Directories from BookSG
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx Prince of Wales Island: ''Annual register and directory'' 1821]
**''The Singapore almanack and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f9e19365-b3a2-4149-b392-b3c274a4111c.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1853-1855, 1857, Royal Almanac 1859-1860], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/1b90a11d-7620-4e72-b834-3de9525ac1d1.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1856]
**''The Straits calendar and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/59831a29-0622-4089-a120-ae79edb68ec6.aspx 1861-1863], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/5b9519ae-1aad-4cc8-891f-74407ed44f02.aspx Royal Almanac 1864; 1865-1866], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/64f199dd-6462-43a0-93fc-f2aea8cb1238.aspx 1867-1869], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/902071bb-507b-4bca-a2b6-683f10a02323.aspx 1870-1871]
**[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/19f6775f-8e17-4473-8e9f-0a8ae66b10e1.aspx ''The colonial directory of the Straits Settlements, including Sarawak, Labuan, Bangkok and Saigon, for 1875'']
**''The Singapore directory for the Straits Settlements'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/e437c4de-cff6-4601-8994-40fd5c007fa0.aspx 1877], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/9879b97a-f840-4443-9452-3cbd165b388b.aspx 1879]
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/6e76cb75-dfe3-4203-a211-76305cafde9d.aspx ''The Singapore and Straits directory for 1881'']
*''The Singapore almanack and directory for the year 1856'' is available to download as a pdf from the [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sejarah Melayu Library], located in the General section. Scroll down to T, and scroll further to The S…
*''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 19221941, see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] (Singapore, [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28Singapore%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''Straits Settlements Blue Book for the year…''] broken range from 1873 to 19141919, including years not specifically mentioned 1907, 1908, 1910. Archive.org. Very informative publications.
:For 1873, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/n3/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/176/mode/2up Civil Establishments , commencing with an Index] page 177, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/186/mode/2up Singapore] page 187, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/176/mode/2up Penang] page 209, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/222/mode/2up Malacca] page 223.
:Other editions of the ''Straits Settlements Blue Books of StatisticsBook'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series for [httphttps://discoverybooks.nationalarchivesgoogle.govcom.ukau/browsebooks?id=739oaoEThTcC&pg=PP7 1896], [https:/r/rbooks.google.com.au/C4468 CO 277books?id=zMxEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1912] 1867-1939, part of "Records of Local Bodies and Other Colonial Miscellanea" commencing with CO 277[https:/1 for 1867. Also CO 939/1 for 1946, for Singaporebooks.*''The Colonial Office List for google.com..'' Includes a section on each countryau/books?id=VTIlAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 1915], and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume[https://books. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archivegoogle.orgcom.:au/books?id=Cp5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1917], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJJkLM6an5C7QC&pg=PP5 1862: First publicationPP7 1919]; , [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1dcNAAAAQAAJX6BDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1867PP7 1922], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CtgNAAAAQAAJcHJDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1877PP7 1924]; , [https://hdlbooks.handlegoogle.netcom.au/2027/umn.31951002214374gbooks?urlappendid=%3BseqHHNDAQAAIAAJ&pg=15 1878PP7 1925]; , [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Colonial_Office_List.html?id=T9UNAAAAQAAJ 187923NDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1926]; , [https://archivebooks.orggoogle.com.au/details/colonialofficel00offigoog/page/n14 1881books?id=15dDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929]; ,[https://hdlbooks.google.handlecom.netau/2027/wu.89090339342books?urlappendid=%3BseqbZVDAQAAIAAJ&pg=21 1889PP7 1930]; , [https://archivebooks.orggoogle.com.au/details/ldpd_11897910_001/page/18 1901books?id=fp1DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1931]; , [https://archivebooks.google.orgcom.au/details/ldpd_11897910_002/page/24 1902books?id=MpZDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP25 1932]; , [https://archivebooks.google.orgcom.au/details/ldpd_11897910_003/page/23 1903books?id=Al1EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1935]; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/details/ldpd_11897910_004/page/49 1904books?id=rltEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1936]; HathiTrust Digital Library editions to 1922 viewable in restricted areas such as North America: , [https://catalogbooks.google.hathitrustcom.orgau/Record/005698734 Abooks?id=MFxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1937] and ,[https://catalogbooks.google.hathitrustcom.orgau/Record/009992447 Bbooks?id=Q11EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1938]Google Books. : In addition, National Archives of Singapore has many editions catalogued as ''Colonial Office List, 1863Straits Settlements Blue Books'' and ''Colonial Office List, 1870'' are available in . In the [[findmypast]] (pay website) dataset [https://searchwww.findmypastnas.cogov.uksg/archivesonline/search-world-Recordsprivate_records/britainadvanced-directoriessearch Advanced Search] for the title use search term Blue Books. All editions 1870-1938 appear to be available to read online (but download does '''not''' appear possible) and-almanacs "Britain, Directories & Almanacs"] located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.:FamilySearch has a additionally there is [https://www.familysearchnas.gov.orgsg/archivesonline/searchprivate_records/catalogrecord-details/415801 catalogue entry] for a series of microfiches of the 38a7dde8-f14a-11e3-a330-0050568939ad ''Colonial Office ListColony of Singapore Blue Book 1946'']. Unfortunately the book reader is not easy to use. To increase size of font use your mouse wheel , (produced by Chadwyck-Healeyand then an adjustment bar appears. To navigate to a particular page, 1987)use the thumbnails. The catalogue includes editions from 1867, currently (2019/06) available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake Citybut editions prior to 1870 do not appear to have been digitised. There is a Search option within each text, with however and the potential Search link previously mentioned also seems able to be digitised used to search the texts of the entire collection using keywords.:''Straits Settlements Blue Book'' are available on "Sea-Delt SouthEast Asian DEvelopment in the next few Long Term", however all years, and perhaps available appear to be more widely also available, or at least searchableon other sites. Example [https://seadelt. net/Documents/?ID=332 1932] The same microfiche series may Pdf. (Also 1888, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910 which are also be available at some other librarieson Archive.org, or to a very limited extent at some other FamilySearch Centresand 1922 available Google Books).:Other editions of the ''Colonial Office ListBlue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4468 CO 277] 1867-1939, part of "Records of Local Bodies and Other Colonial Miscellanea" commencing with CO 277/1 for 1867. (to 1925Also CO 939/1 for 1946, for Singapore) and the later title .*''The Dominions Colonial Office List for ...''. Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List'' are available at the end of each volume. First published 1862. See [[British LibraryDirectories online#Colonial Office List|Directories online - Colonial Office List]] UIN: BLL01002841625 and UIN: BLL01007173533for a broken range 1862-1920s.*''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya'' by T.M. Winsley 1938. A [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/b037892f-77e2-4d3a-81dc-5c7b785dd5f1.aspx Limited preview] of this book, which however currently (2021/04/04) is quite extensive, including small copies of photographs , is available online. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-singapore-volunteers-corps-1854-1937-being-also-an-historical-outline-of-volunteering-in-malaya.html ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available online on the pay website fold3, owned by Ancestry, as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ80xl_tk4DCfanlUH4 ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps'']. *[https://digitalgems.nus.edu.sg/collection/79/items?sort_by=publication_date&sort=asc&filter= Digitised books on “History, Culture & Heritage“] from National University of Singapore. Note however, some of the books listed are in fact not viewable.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles...particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: (etc)''] Volume 1, by Sophia Raffles (1835), [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023225471#page/n245/mode/2up Singapore and Malacca 1825-1826] page 231 ''Bits of Old China'' by William C Hunter 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b22394023/mode/2up ''A code of medical regulations, for the Honorable East India Company's establishment of surgeons, belonging to the Presidency of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca''] by W E E Conwell, Surgeon on the Madras Establishment 1828 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8WVTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Eastern Seas, or Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 33, 34 ... also an account of the present state of Singapore, etc''] by George Windsor Earl 1837 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia (etc)''] by Howard Malcolm (2nd edition 1839) 2 volumes in one, Google Books. Singapore in 1837 commences page 81 of Book 2.
*''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.
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UjJTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume III, 1849], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KtIyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume IV 1850], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=85oaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR4 1862 Volume IV, New Series 1862] Google Books
**[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Journal+of+the+Indian+Archipelago+and+Eastern+Asia%22&sort=date Archive.org editions], many of which are mirrors from Digital Library of India.**Reprint editions Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012294044 A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000553617 B] for all years of publication**[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Journal&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Archipelago&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India].
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t5leAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''De Zieke Reiziger: Or, Rambles in Java and the Straits. In 1852''] [The Invalid Traveller] by A Bengal Civilian [stated elsewhere to be Charles Walter Kinloch] 1853 Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855). Singapore, page 725
*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/292/mode/2up "Singapore"] page 292 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862''] by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''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. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[httphttps://seasiavisionsarchive.libraryorg/details/dli.cornellgranth.edu72754/catalogpage/sea:123 n5/mode/2up ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker, see Preface.] 1865. South East Asia VisionsArchive.org, mirror from Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Cornell UniversityGranth Sanjeevani. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*''The China Sea Directory'' by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair, assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048600 ''Sophia Cooke, or, Forty-two years' work in Singapore''] by by E A Walker, 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/jenningsguideto00unkngoog/page/n2/mode/2up ''Jennings' Guide to Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Johore, Deli, Bangkok, etc''] 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc''] by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further above for online editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048972 ''Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work''] by the Rev J A Bethune Cook 2nd Edition 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b31352893/page/n3 ''Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore''] by W J Simpson 1907. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/journalof606319111912roya/page/n305/mode/2up "The Old Cemetery on Fort Canning, Singapore. With a plan and four plates"] by H A Stallwood ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' No 61 1912, page 77.
*''Bibliotheca Indosinica: Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à la péninsule indochinoise [Biblioteca Indosinica: Bibliographic dictionary of books on the Indochinese Peninsula]'' by Henri Cordier 1912 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos02cord#page/n7/mode/2up "Péninsule Malaise", Volume II] [Malay Peninsula]. Includes English publications. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos02cord#page/752/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/1524/mode/2up Index of authors]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/112/mode/2up Alphabetical Index for all volumes]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011085457 ''Federated Malay States Railways : pamphlet of information for travellers : tours in the Malay Peninsula''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3330 ''Singapore Patrol''] by Alec Dixon, 1935. Pdf download, National Library of Malaysia. '''Note''': sample pages only. The author who joined the Straits Settlements Police postwar was one of a small force of detectives, where riots, murders, and robberies, occurred with alarming frequency. Full title (perhaps only in some editions): ''Singapore Patrol: Experiences of a Detective Officer in Malaya''. [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19351206-1.2.71.aspx Review] ''The Straits Times'', 6 December 1935 gov.sg. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17223115 Review] ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (NSW) 14 Dec 1935
*:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3331 ''Some Principles of Policemanship''] by Mervyn Llewelyn Wynne 1938 Singapore. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia. Probably sample pages only.*:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2677 ''Singapore : A Police Background''] by Rene Onraet 1947. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia. Catalogued as an autobiography. The author was Inspector-General of the Straits Settlement Police between 1935 and 1939. Probably sample pages only.
*[https://archive.org/details/returntomalaya006324mbp ''Return to Malaya''] R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910. Also includes references to Singapore.
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=176 "Asia and Islands in the Indian Ocean"] includes Malay Peninsula, page 176 ''First Year 1924, 2nd Edition''. HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193 "Asia"] page 193 ''1937 edition''. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.353 ''The War in Malaya''] by Lieut.-General A E Percival, G O C Malaya 1941-1942. 1949. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available as a pdf download on the [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm Sejarah Melayu [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Library] located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.
*[https://archive.org/details/oldmenforget011687mbp/page/n305/mode/2up "Singapore 1941-1942"], Chapter Eighteen, page 289 ''Old Men Forget: The Autobiography of Duff Cooper (Viscount Norwich)'' 1954. Archive.org. Cooper was sent by Churchill, with Cabinet rank, "to enquire into the various forms of civil administration" and later, for a period was Resident Cabinet Minister authorised to form a War Council.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.154195 ''Bamboo Doctor''] by Stanley S. Pavillard 1960 Archive.org (from Digital Library of India). The author was newly arrived in Kedah when the Japanese attacked. He then became Medical Officer to the 1st SSVF and was subsequently a prisoner in Changi.
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