Monday, 6 December 2010

8th December 1941 Malaya Command Land Forces in Malaya and Singapore

7th Dec 1941 Malaya Command Land Forces dispositions ( Left Map) - source : US Military Academy/Department of History


Malaya Command 8 December 1941
Main Battle Force
Singapore Fortress Division - Maj Gen F. K. Simmons
Artillery Brigade - Brig Alec Warren Greenlaw Wildey
Royal Artillery Location
7th Heavy Regiment - Coastal Blakang Mati
11th Heavy Battery Blakang Mati
31st Heavy Battery Blakang Mati
9th Heavy Regiment - Coastal Changi
7th Heavy Battery Changi
22nd Heavy Battery Changi
32nd Heavy Battery Changi
16th Defence Regiment Singapore
Hong Kong - Singapore Royal Artillery
5th Heavy Battery Blakang Mati
7th Heavy Battery Blakang Mati



Anti Aircraft Artillery
Royal Artillery
3rd Anti Aircraft Regiment ( Heavy) Singapore
11th Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
21st Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
22nd Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
35th Anti Aircraft Regiment (Light) Singapore
Hong Kong - Singapore Royal Artillery
1st Anti Aircraft Regiment (Heavy) Singapore
6th Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
9th Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
10th Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore
2nd Anti Aircraft Regiment Singapore
11th Anti Aircraft Battery Singapore



Singapore Fortress
Royal Engineers - Brig I Simmons
30th Fortress Company Singapore
34th Fortress Company Singapore
41st Fortress Company Singapore

Fortress Company - SRE(V) Singapore



Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (SSVF) Singapore
SSVF Brigade - Col R G Grimwood
1st Singapore Volunteer Force Singapore
2nd Singapore Volunteer Force Singapore
4th Malacca Volunteer Force Malacca

SVC Armoured Car Company Singapore

Singapore Royal Artillery, Volunteers Blakang Mati

Singapore Royal Engineers, Volunteers Singapore



1st Malaya Infantry Brigade - Brig G. C. R. Williams
2nd Loyal Regiment Singapore
1st Malay Regiment Singapore
2nd Malay Regiment Singapore



2nd Malaya Infantry Brigade - Brig F. H. Fraser
1st MG Manchester Regiment Singapore
2nd Gordon Highlanders Singapore
2/17th Dogra Regiment Singapore



Royal Corps of Signals
Malaya Signal Company Singapore



Indian State Forces ( Airfield Defence)
Jind Singapore
Kapurthala Singapore



Malaya Command Reserve
12th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brig.A.C.M.Paris
2nd Argyll & Sutherland Port Dickson
4/19th Hyderabad Regiment Port Dickson
5/2nd Punjab Regiment Port Dickson
122nd West Riding Field Regiment, RA Port Dickson
15th Madras Sappers & Miners Singapore






Indian III Corps - Lt Gen Lewis Heath Kuala Lumpur



11th Indian Division Signal Regiment Kuala Lumpur
Indian State Forces ( Airfield Defence)
1st Mysore Infantry Alor Star
1st Bahawalpur Infantry Sungei Petani
1st Hyderabad Infantry Kota Bahru



Indian III Corps Reserve
28th Gurkha Infantry Brigade - Brig W. St J. Carpendale Ipoh
2/1st Gurkha Rifles Ipoh
2/2nd Gurkha Rifles Ipoh
2/9th Gurkha Rifles Ipoh



Line of Communication Brigade - Brig R.G. Moir
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF) Kuala Lumpur
1st FMSVF Perak Ipoh
2nd FMSVF Selangor Kuala Lumpur
3rd FMSVF Negri Sembilan Seremban
4th FMSVF Pahang Kuantan

FMSVF Armoured Car Company Ipoh
1st FMSVF Light Artillery Battery Kuala Lumpur

FMSVF Signal Company Kuala Lumpur

FMSVF Engimeer Section Kuala Lumpur
Unfederated States Force

Kedah Volunteer Force Alor Star

Perak River Platoon



Penang Fortress Garrison - Brig C.A. Lyon
8th Heavy Battery ( HKSRA) Penang Garrison
11th Coastal Regiment Penang Garrison
2nd Anti Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery Penang Garrison
3rd Penang & Province of Wellesly Volunteer Force Penang Garrison
36th Fortress Company Penang Garrison
Penang Signal Section Penang Garrison



11th Indian Infantry Division - Maj Gen David Murray-Lyon Sungei Petani
Divison Command Troops
3rd Calvary, Indian Armour Sungei Petani
100th Light Tank Squadron, Indian Armour Sungei Petani
155th Lanarkshire Yeomary, Field Regiment, RA Sungei Petani
80th Anti Tank Regiment,RA Sungei Petani
85th Anti Tank Regiment,RA Sungei Petani
1st Independent Company Sungei Petani
23rd Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners Sungei Petani
43rd Field Park Company, RE Sungei Petani



KOHCOL - Lt Col H D Moorhead
5/14th Punjab Regiment Penang
3/16th Punjab Regiment Sungei Petani
2/3rd Australian Motor Transport Company Sungei Petani



6th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brig William Oswald Lay Jitra
2nd East Surrey Regiment Jitra
1/8th Punjab Regiment Jitra
2/16th Punjab Regiment Jitra
22nd Mountain Regiment, IA Jitra
4th Mountain Battery Jitra
7th Mountain Battery Jitra
10th Mountain Battery Jitra
21st Mountain Battery Jitra



15th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brig Kenneth Alfred Garrett Jitra
1st Leicestershire Regiment Jitra
2/9th Jat Regiment Jitra
1/14th Punjab Regiment Jitra



9th Indian Infantry Division - Maj Gen Arthur Edward Barstow Kuala Lumpur
Division Command Troops
88th 2nd West LancashireField Regiment, RA
42nd Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners



8th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brig Berthold Wells Keys Kota Bahru
2/10th Baluch Regiment Kota Bahru
3/17th Dogra Regiment Kota Bahru
1/13th Frontier Force Rifles Kota Bahru
2/12th Frontier Force Regiment Kota Bahru
21st Mountain Battery, IA Kota Bahru



22nd Indian Infantry Brigade - Brig G W A Painter
5/11th Sikh Regiment Kuantan
2/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles Kuantan
5th Field Regiment, RA Kuantan



Australian 8th Division - Maj Gen Gordon Bennett Kluang
22nd Australian Brigade - Brig Harold Burfield Taylor Mersing-Endau
2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion ( NSW) Mersing-Endau
2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion ( NSW) Mersing-Endau
2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion ( NSW) Mersing-Endau



27th Australian Brigade - Brig Duncan Struan Maxwell Kluang
2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion ( Queensland) Kluang
2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion (Victoria) Kluang
2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion ( NSW) Kluang
2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment ( Western Australia)



Unfederated States Force

Johore Military Force Johore Bahru

Johore Volunteer Infantry Johore Bahru

Johore Volunteer Engineers, JVE Johore Bahru






Sarawak (SARFOR) - Lt Col C M Lane

Sarawak Armed Police Kuching

Sarawak Rangers Kuching
35th Fortress Company Kuching
2/15th Punjab Regiment Kuching

6"Gun Battery, HKRSA Kuching



( Sourced :Wikipedia)

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