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Sarawak Rangers badge info required
Reference the Sarawak Rangers cap badge, can anyone tell me what the background colours were on the navy blue beret, I know the patch had three colours, but I can't remember now.
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I will see what I can find out
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Would it have anything to do with the Colony colours?
+ Anthony
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Yes, I think it may be Black Yellow Red, but I'm not sure, i remember seeing it once when I was in Malaya in 1959, but my memory is hazy.
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I asked a veteran last night who was a Sgt in the Manchesters (he is in a group photo I have of Sarawak rangers 1953). He said "originally the Sarawak Rangers badge backing was L - R* Red(Scarlet), Yellow and Black ; it came secured/sewn* to the khaki beret. Similarly the original Iban Trackers were inclined to wear the berets and badges of the units to which they were attached as can be seen in one of those earlier photographs of some of our trackers at Kroh - in our case (Manchesters) a blue one with black leather sweatband. Those with the Marines may have had the Green ones and those with Scottish Regiments may have worn the Tam o' Shanters."
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Thank you very much for clearing this up, I am researching an Order of Battle book on the Malayan Emergency 1948 -1960, its been an ongoing project for more than 6 years. This info will hep enormously.
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OMG! That means I was right! *thud* <-- sorry, just falling on floor there!
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I was an officer in the Sarawak Rangers during the emergency and I can tell you exactly why the colours behind the badge were Black, Yellow and Red. In the middle there was a vertical yellow stripe 12mm wide. This yellow stripe represented the traditional colours of the Rajah of Sarawak and is the main colour on the flag. On the left of this yellow stripe is a 30mm black stripe representing mourning for those Ibans who died and on the right there was a 30mm stripe of red representing the blood shed by the dead. The losses referred originally to the inter-tribal and inter-long house battles and then came to represent the soldiers of the Sarawak Rangers. The Motto is "Agi idup agi ngelaban" which is "While there is life there is fight" The motto of the Rajah Brook family was "While there is life there is hope" but this was not considered sufficiently warlike for the Sarawak Rangers
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Welcome to the forum Mike. Your input is most welcome.
Garry |
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