The Eurasian Company of the Singapore Volunteer Corps.
Links.
Sites Relating Directly to the Corps:
History of the People's Defence Force.
Mentions the beginnings of the P
DF as the Singapore Volunteer Corps, and it's role in the internal defense of the island of Singapore.
Singapore Rifle Association.
Formed in 1862 by a group from the Singapore Volunteer Corps, the SRA is now a club of shooting enthusiasts, which also includes many interested civilians; the group has often achieved success in competition at the South East Asian games.
Singapore: The Road to Independence.
A brief overview of the military history of Singapore; includes some mention of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, as well as Eurasians who served, and their experiences.
David Marshall: Singapore's First Chief Minister.
David Marshall, a well known figure in the early politics of independent Singapore, is noted to have served in the Singapore Volunteer Corps.
Non-SVC Web Sites:
Electoral Lists, Darling Downs District [Queensland], 1899-1900.
Deaths at the Alfred Hospital and the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum - Index.
Link to this authors pages on the U.S. Civil War Navies.
© Terry Foenander,
November, 2001.