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Volunteer Rifle was disbanded and later revived as the Penang and
Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps in 1899 thanks to the effort of three Penang residents, Dr Brown, M.L.C. and Mr P. Kennedy, then President of the Penang Municipal Commissioners. In the beginning, Penang Volunteer Rifle and other units in the SSVF were fully European military units. They did not accept other races into the unit until 1899 (for the Penang battalion) and 1901 (for the Singapore battalions).
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was also established at the same time) thus forming the SSVF. The SSVF later expanded to other
Straits Settlements territories including Penang, Malacca and Labuan, and on 1 March 1861, the Penang and the Province Wellesley Volunteer Rifle was formed. In 1879, the Penang and the Province Wellesley
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1936 – The P&PWVC get the first place in 1936 Malaya
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Command Rifle Meeting. Others Top 5 teams are:
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1889 (before the Boer War) – P&PWVR was revived as Penang and
Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (P&PWVC). The Headquarters was moved from Kampong Bahru to Northam Road.
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The soldiers and officers of Penang and
Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (P&PWVC) were divided by ethnicity. The strength of P&PWVC by the time of WWII was 916 men.
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403:(POW) and were sent to Japanese war prisons throughout the Far East.
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1889 – Opens its membership to European and Eurasian descent .
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The Badge of Penang Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps
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941:"King's Birthday Parade at Penang"
395:15 February 1942 – Last stance at
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299:Volunteer Forces (FMSVF) and the
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817:"Malaya Command Rifle Meeting"
789:"Something About The Soldiers"
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868:. Kuala Lumpur: AB&A.
570:"Penang Volunteers on Top"
529:Public Work Administration
668:"Info Penang (1850-1899)"
285:Hong Kong Volunteer Corps
261:Singapore Volunteer Corps
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424:Company's Official Name
301:Unfederated Malay States
864:Barber, Andrew (2010).
365:Johore Military Forces
312:Imperial Japanese Army
297:Federated Malay States
269:expulsion of Singapore
253:Penang Volunteer Rifle
249:Penang Volunteer Corps
157:Scottish highland bull
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915:"The Volunteer Force"
509:E (Eurasian) Company
314:on 15 February 1942.
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172:1915 Singapore Mutiny
43:1889–15 February 1942
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194:Battle of Singapore
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977:. 19 February 1952
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825:. 6 November 1933.
797:. 12 November 1933
740:Malayan Volunteers
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215:Lieutenant Colonel
95:Volunteer Reserves
41:1 March 1861–1879;
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890:"The Fepow Story"
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474:Machine gun
339:descendant.
281:Crimean War
167:World War I
163:Engagements
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553:References
451:A Company
245:P&PWVC
211:commanders
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899:31 August
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736:"History"
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512:Eurasian
470:European
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63:Malaysia
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275:History
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