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*''One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919''. Edited by Walter Makepeace, Dr Gilbert R Brooke. Roland St J Braddell 1921. [https://archive.org/details/onehundredyearso01braduoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/onehundredyearso02braduoft Volume II] Archive.org
*[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.
*[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.
*[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/hd.htm CSCA: Source Documents on the Study of Christianity in Asia] Online books from CSCA [The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia] Trinity Theological College, Singapore. There also seem to be a few books of a more general nature.
**[http://cscadocs.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/george-daniel-love-unites-people-1913.html ''Love Unites People : Memoirs of a Christian Worker in Singapore from 1913 to 1959''] (or [http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/daniel1959.pdf direct pdf]) by George Daniel 1957. He was also in Bombay 1906-1908, and Rangoon 1908-1913. He was a Choirister and Server in Anglican Churches.
:[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/index.html CSCA: Source Documents in Anglican Missions in Southeast Asia] compiled by Michael Poon. anglicanhistory.org
