1.
LS "EVER-READIES" COMING OUT OF AIRPORT BUILDING
3 1/2 ft

2.
MS (PAN) WALKING TO WAITING ARMY VEHICLES
8 1/2 ft

3.
MS MAJOR J. M. VILLIERS-STUART (CENTRE, WEARING HAT) OF ISLE OF SKYE, NORTH WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, ROLE-CALLING, ON HIS LEFT, LT. A. J. DUNCAN OF SOUTHPORT.
10 1/2 ft

4.
MS THEY BOARDING ARMY VEHICLE
15 ft

5.
CU TRANSIT LOUNGE AT AIRPORT BUILDING
16 1/2 ft

6.
MS HONG KONG-BOUND "EVER READIES" EATING
18 1/2 ft

7.
LS (PAN) - DO. -
24 ft

8.
MS SIGN AT SINGAPORE ARMY CAMP
26 ft

9.
MLS "EVER-READIES" SEATED FOR BRIEFING
30 ft

10.
CU COLONEL KEITH COLEMAN, STAFF OFFICER OF THE ARMY TRAINING SCHOOL IN FAR EAST, WELCOMING THEM
32 ft

11.
LS - DO. -
34 1/2 ft

12.
MS CPL. NORMAN HARRIS OF NOTTINGHAM (LEFT) AND SGT. COLLIN JAMIESON OF NEWSCASTLE (RIGHT WITH SPECTACLES)
37 1/2 ft

13.
MS MAJOR TED ROBERTS LECTURING ON TROPICAL DISEASES
39 ft

14.
MS KITS ON TABLE AND FLOOR
40 1/2 ft

15.
MLS (PAN) TROOPS RECEIVING THEIR KITS
43 1/2 ft

16.
MS LANCE CORPORAL PETER FEWKES OF NOTTINGHAM TRYING ON JUNGLE HAT
46 1/2 ft

17.
MS CPL. J. E. PLANTER OF MANSFIELD TRYING ON JUNGLE-GREEN JACKET
51 ft

18.
LS ARMOURED CARS
52 1/2 ft

19.
MLS GROUP OF "EVER-READIES" LOOKING AT ARMOURED CAR ENGINE
54 1/2 ft

20.
CU CRAFTSMAN KEITH COX OF STRATFORD-ON-AVON (LEFT) AND CAPTAIN GEORGE BATHURST OF CIRENCESTER (RIGHT)
56 ft

21.
CU CRAFTSMAN PETE MOUND OF STRATFORD-ON-AVON
57 1/2 ft

22.
MLS FERRET DRIVING THROUGH A ROAD IN THE JUNGLE
63 1/2 ft

23.
MLS FOLLOWED BY ARMOURED CAR
67 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/GAP/AMR



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Background: ONE HUNDRED "EVER-READIES" - BRITAIN'S LATEST PART-TIME SOLDIERS - FLEW INTO SINGAPORE ON APRIL 19 FOR A TEN-DAY FAR EAST TRAINING COURSE.

THE TROOPS, MEMBERS OF THE NEW SPECIALISED BRANCH OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY, DURING THEIR STAY, WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE WORKING BRITISH ARMY UNITS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYA TO WHICH THEY WOULD BE SENT IN EMERGENCIES.

AT A SINGAPORE BRITISH ARMY CAMP, THE TROOPS WERE BRIEFED ON TROPICAL DISEASES BY MAJOR TED ROBERTS, CHIEF INSTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH ARMY SCHOOL OF HEALTH. LATER, THEY WERE GIVEN ARMY KITS.

SOME HOURS LATER, HALF OF THE TROOPS LEFT IN ARMY TRUCKS FOR THE TERENDAK CAMP - A BRITISH ARMY CANTONMENT IN MALACCA, WEST OF MALAYA.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, APRIL 20, THE OTHER HALF WERE PLACED IN VARIOUS ARMY UNITS, INCLUDING THE ARMOURED CARS. LATER IN THE DAY, A FEW OF THEM DROVE IN ARMOURED CARS ALONG JUNGLE ROADS.

THE "EVER-READIES" ARE SCHEDULED FOR JUNGLE TRAINING NEARLY NEXT WEEK.

EARLIER, ANOTHER HUNDRED OF THEM STOPPED IN SINGAPORE FOR AN HOUR ON THEIR WAY TO THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONG KONG.

THE 200 "EVER-READIES" WERE THE FIRST BATCH OUT OF THE 4,500-STRONG IN BRITAIN, TO BE SENT OUT TO THE FAR EAST FOR SPECIALIST TRAINING.