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Post  KraVseR Wed 25 Sep 2013, 6:49 pm

Hello! Please, help me with uniforms of Singapore Volunteer Corps. And others Singapore regiments.
And what weapons they used?
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Post  Sean Thu 26 Sep 2013, 6:41 am

The Singapore Volunteer Corps has a long history starting in the late 1850s. The first uniform was green, and a brown 'holland' uniform for field wear. They lasted a few years but were reborn in scarlet with green facings in the 1880s. From the late 1890s khaki drill was worn, with some coloured embellishments at times.
As to weapons, they have used the gamut of British rifles through to artillery pieces and armoured cars of a local design.
There is a reprint of the history of the SVC floating around, I'm currently waiting for my copy to arrive.

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Post  KraVseR Thu 26 Sep 2013, 7:07 pm

Well, thank you. What year is shown on my card?
And what about revolvers and swords?

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Post  mconrad Sun 10 Nov 2013, 8:02 am

If you search the Internet, I seem to remember that a combined Hong Kong-Singapore artillery battery was part of the Chindit campaign in Burma in 1944.

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