Saturday 13 October 2007

New National Armed Forces Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum

Yesterday, the Queen opened the National Memorial honouring the service-men and women killed on duty or as a result of terrorism since 1948, including those who lost their lives in Malaya. My earlier blog has included reference to my brother, a civilian assistant manager on a rubber plantation, who was murdered by terrorists during the Malayan Emergency. I wonder if any survivors who served in this conflict were in the area of the Telemong Estate, Bentong, during May 1950. My brother, Alan Saunders Cockram, was killed when driving his car along the Estate road early in the morning of May 8th. We were told that he was given a military funeral the next day. He was buried in the Cheras Road Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur.

I have been unable to establish which regiment was involved with the funeral and perhaps it was just a local military detachment which happened to be in the area at the time.

Any information or comments would be much appreciated.
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