Malaya: Britains 12-year jungle war

[PoorOldSpike]

The "Malayan Emergency" (as it was called) was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the communist Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) from 1948 to 1960.
The Malayan Emergency was the colonial government's term for the conflict. The MNLA termed it the Anti-British National Liberation War. The rubber plantations and tin mining industries had pushed for the use of the term "emergency" since their losses would not have been covered by Lloyd's insurers if it had been termed a "war."
The communists were defeated in 1960.

WIKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency

 

[Bootie]

My Uncle Bill was a Sgt in the Royal Marines in Malaya.

 

[Bootie]

A British Bren gunner checks his field of fire from a concealed ambush position whilst on a patrol during the Malayan Emergency.

 

[Louis]

Sergeant William Goldie of the 1st Battalion The Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment searches a Malay cyclist on a road near Ipoh for any supplies or material he may be smuggling through to the communist guerillas.