Sikhs of the Malay State Guides (MSG) 1837 - 1897

Malay State Guides soldiers have to be 5 ft 9 – a third of them were 6 ft and wore red tunics & green turbans with silver edgings.

Origins of the Malay State Guides Captain Tristian Speedy was a police superintendant in British Penang. He was hired by Mentri, Ngah Ibrahim of Larut, Perak to form a Military Police Force. In 1873 he went to Punjab to recruit 110 Sikh sepoys to form the Perak Armed Police.

In 1879 Lt Col Robert Sandilands Frowd (RSF) Walker was named Perak Commissioner of Perak Armed Police, taking over from Major Paul Swinburne. In 1883 he recruited 250 Sikhs and Pathans from Punjab for Perak Armed Police.

By 1884 the unit had 650 men, Sikhs, Punjabi Muslims, Pathans and 100 Malays. The Perak Armed Police was renamed as 1st Battalion Perak Sikh Military Police (1st Perak Sikhs ), with Walker as the commandant.

Selangor & Pahang formed Sikh Military Police Forces on similar lines and helped quell the Pahang rebellion in 1891. The State of Selangor has 530 Selangor Sikhs under Captain H.C.Syers and Pahang has, in 1890 13 Sikh police in Jelebu under Inspector Henessy.

Malay State Guides soldiers have to be 5 ft 9 – a third of them were 6 ft and wore red tunics & green turbans with silver edgings.

Origins of the Malay State Guides Captain Tristian Speedy was a police superintendant in British Penang. He was hired by Mentri, Ngah Ibrahim of Larut, Perak to form a Military Police Force. In 1873 he went to Punjab to recruit 110 Sikh sepoys to form the Perak Armed Police.

In 1879 Lt Col Robert Sandilands Frowd (RSF) Walker was named Perak Commissioner of Perak Armed Police, taking over from Major Paul Swinburne. In 1883 he recruited 250 Sikhs and Pathans from Punjab for Perak Armed Police.

By 1884 the unit had 650 men, Sikhs, Punjabi Muslims, Pathans and 100 Malays. The Perak Armed Police was renamed as 1st Battalion Perak Sikh Military Police (1st Perak Sikhs ), with Walker as the commandant.

Selangor & Pahang formed Sikh Military Police Forces on similar lines and helped quell the Pahang rebellion in 1891. The State of Selangor has 530 Selangor Sikhs under Captain H.C.Syers and Pahang has, in 1890 13 Sikh police in Jelebu under Inspector Henessy.

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