Just to note, that the British (and Commonwealth) Army deployments during the Malayan Emergency, were always regulars, afaik no conscripts were sent out there. The nature of the campaign, necessitated the use of highly trained infantry who specialised in jungle warfare and counter-insurgency techniques, skillsets that take years to build up and not something you'd waste time training with your average national serviceman for. Hence the heavy reliance on units like the Gurkhas and Royal Marines. It's no accident that they reformed the army's special forces regiment for the campaign aka 22 SAS. Also, the British nearly lost. the first four years of the campaign were a disaster. It wasn't until the arrival of Gen Gerald Templar in 1952 that the situation was first stabilised then began to improve. Even then, the campaign dragged on till 1960.
handwaveyhandwavey *did not know this when i wrote that series four years ago* *peter survived fine due to having spent 15 years as a medieval warrior king in narnia*
Re: nursing education - from what I know (my grandmother began training in I think '47, possibly '48), you got a little bit of lesson learning and then in as a student nurse on the wards, whilst still having lectures. It took her two years to become a fully qualified nurse, but during that time she was at times a night nurse which basically meant being charge of a whole ward.
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Also, the British nearly lost. the first four years of the campaign were a disaster. It wasn't until the arrival of Gen Gerald Templar in 1952 that the situation was first stabilised then began to improve. Even then, the campaign dragged on till 1960.
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