Hi Cliff
I've just spoken to my Dad to try & get more info from him, but it's difficult as he has bad memories of that time! He went to Ladysmiths Barracks in 1950, but spent some time in wales & Formby. I think he was in the 1st platoon, under a Sgt Bellis. He went to Malaya in 1951 & was there for 2 years, leaving in the Easter, the ship home he was due to catch sank! He mentioned Sarawak & Butterworth & lots of other stuff! He has some lovely photo albums of Penang etc & some photos that used to scare me as a child of various dead bodies etc. I wasn't born when my Dad was in Malaya, but he regularly spoke to us about it all, he can tell some stories, lots of them sad & disturbing! My Dad seemed to have had a rough time of it over there, & suffered from the things he witnessed. I'll have to get him to write down the names of the guys he served with, & anything else I can get him to remember! I looked at the photo's, but can't see my dad in them, mind you he was only a young skinny thing then, with curly black hair!
Thanks
Val