Hello, Daniel
If these were your father's medals he was certainly 'operational'. You might like to see the FMSVF Lees that we have [below]. I will revisit these lists and LDC ones next National Archives, Kew visit.
best wishes
Jonathan:
FMSVF (unclassified) 18880 Private LEE Yam Kee
FMSVF Ordnance att.Armd Car Regt.) Private LEE Ah Yong
FMSVF (unclassified) 16173 Signalman LEE Kong Yin
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Mun Kong
FMSVF (unclassified) 18689 Sergeant LEE Choon Yin
FMSVF (unclassified) 12447 Private LEE Kee Hing
FMSVF (unclassified) 10977 Corporal LEE Kim Thian
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Thin Tak
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Tiang Kee, G
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Pek Sung
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Kip Hiang
FMSVF (unclassified) 12777 Signalman LEE Keng Chong
FMSVF (unclassified) 17748 Private LEE Hong Phin
FMSVF (unclassified) 11154 L/Corporal LEE Khoo Pong
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Yew Seng
FMSVF (unclassified) 8412 Sergeant LEE Mah Thai
FMSVF (unclassified) 11191 L/Sergeant LEE Ah Seong
FMSVF (unclassified) 11998 Private LEE Kim Chan
FMSVF (unclassified) 12192 L/Corporal LEE Hoy Wah
FMSVF (unclassified) 12739 Sergeant LEE Mun Yui
FMSVF (unclassified) 17938 Private LEE Weng Kee
FMSVF (unclassified) 9633 Sapper LEE Bah Chee
FMSVF (unclassified) 17597 Signalman LEE Onn Yin
FMSVF (unclassified) Private LEE Lim Puan
FMSVF (unclassified) Lieutenant LEE Ah Loke
FMSVF (unclassified) 18407 Private LEE Kim Hin
FMSVF (unclassified) 16921 Private LEE Yat Chong
Now my mind is going into overdrive - so his name is not listed. Perhaps the medals were not even his. Maybe he bought it off someone. You can still buy them on eBay today at around RM300 each.
Note: FMSVF = Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
Hi there - I was very interested to see my grandfather's name, Lee Mun Yui, on the listing above. Funnily enough, my sister's name is also Nicole Lee. Strange coincidence! I was wondering if you knew what year this listing is from. I am planning to go to the National Archives at Kew to research my Dad's ancestry and it would be a good starting point. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi, salute to your grandfather Sergeant Lee Mun Yui! I got help from an acquaintance, Jonathan Moffatt who also published a book 'Moon Over Malaya'. Perhaps you could email him. JonathanMoffatt@aol.com
DeleteI'd love to read about Sgt Lee's info that you can uncover. Good luck!
I've just seen - a year later - your posting on LEE MUN YUI. I have:LEE MUN YUI b.1908 Tanjong Malim. Educated King Edward VII School, Taiping & Raffles College, Singapore 1928-1931. English Teacher, Anderson School, Ipoh. Rugby Captain, Perak Asiatic Team. Sgt 12739 1FMSVF Participated in the Victory Parade, London 1946. Remained at Anderson School, Ipoh till 1951 then Assistant Inspector of Chinese Schools. Education Officer, Perak i/c the teaching of English in all vernacular schools 1950s. President, Perak Teachers Union 1949. Perak Rugby Union Official 1960s.
DeleteI'd love to know more about him.
I've only just seen these replies, nearly 1 year later! I haven't found much more than Jonathan has on my grandfather. I saw a reference online referring to his travel on SS Orontes for the Victory Parade in 1946 but he is not listed on the passenger list. His father (my great grandfather) was Lee (Li) Hin Pow a.k.a. Lee Ah Pow who was a Chinese language clerk/interpreter in Tanjung Malim. I'm currently trying to research a tenuous link to this Li Ah Pow to someone with the same name who was one of the signatories of the Pangkor Treaty in the early 1880s between the Chinese kongsi groups, Hai San and Ghee Hin, and the Malay/British governments. Could be interesting!
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather, Lee Mun Yui, became Head Inspector of English Schools and then headmaster of a school in Klang. He moved to Brisbane in his latter years and passed away there.
It would be interesting to try to discover what he did during the war as my father remembers being taken out at night as a young boy and left in a small hut near a cemetery for several hours by his dad, then he would return and take him home without any explanation. I seem to remember this happened more than once.