Last week the local Chinese newspapers featured an article on NHB doing research on the history of Singapore Volunteer Corps (SVC) with help from the Singapore Armed Forces Veteran's League (SAFVL). The research was prompted by the recent announcement on the establishment of the SAF Volunteer Corps next year.
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| Chinese Newspapers 25 May 2014 "NHB Recording 100 Years of Singapore Volunteer Corps History". |
The history of SVC, and her predecessor The Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps (SVRC) has long been neglected. Even the old SVC buildings at Beach Road are been redeveloped into modern commercial buildings (
Singapore Volunteer Corps 130-year History Exhibition at Beach Road Camp in 1992)
Among my collections of SVC memorabilia, one of my favourite is a set of lead figurines featuring the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps 1870. I bought it from an auction more than 15 years ago when I just started researching the history of SVC. Since then, I have never seen a similar set being sold.
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| Set of lead figurines featuring the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps 1870 (Fig. 1) |
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| Set of lead figurines featuring the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps 1870 (Fig. 2) |
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Set of lead figurines featuring the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps 1870 (Fig. 3) |
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| The Colours of The Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps |
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| The Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps, c1870 |
I cannot help taking a picture of some SVC items with the newspaper article.
Hopefully one day the NHB researcher will find this blog and save some effort in his/her research.
