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June 2009

The Police Payroll is Delivered to Malim Nawar, 1950

By |2010-05-13T16:01:30+08:00June 24th, 2009|Categories: Identify Photographs, People, What is it?|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

During the Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960 Communist attacks on roads and railways were a regular part of living in Malaya, particularly where transfer of cash was concerned.

Consequently the railways introduced the Wickham Armoured Railcar as protection, but for the military and police isolated from the rail service it became normal to fly in the payrolls as the picture shows. There is a post on the Wickham Railcar already on this blog (Search ‘Wickham’) and also on our database archive.

But can anyone identify the aircraft?

April 2009

A Wickham Armoured Railcar c1950

By |2009-06-24T13:21:48+08:00April 1st, 2009|Categories: Memories|Tags: , , , |

These Malayan Railway railcars designed by the Brtish and named the Wickham Armoured Railcar, were used during the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 to carry bullion and other valuables to protect them from the Communist terrorists (CTs). Subsequently they were used as Public Works Department Inspection Trolleys. One example is on show at the Royal Malaysian Police Museum in Kuala Lumpur. It’s a place well worth a visit. 

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