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Welcome
to the ex pupils and teachers site of the British Forces Schools
in Singapore
The
Schools covered on this site are all the schools that operated
within the Army, Royal Air Force and Naval Bases in Singapore
from 1945 onwards. They include schools at the Royal Air Force
Stations at Tengah, Changi and Seletar, Army Bases at Tanglin,
Nee Soon and Gillman and the Naval Base ,H.M.S. Terror,based
in the northern part of Singapore, facing Johore Bahru in
Malaya, just across the Causeway. There is a list of Boarders
housed at Kinloss from "Up Country" (the Malayan
mainland) and other parts of the Far East, where the British
Forces Educational Service, were unable to provide full time
teaching services. We have also included some schools in mainland
Malaya. We currently have over 2000 ex-pupils listed.
Relive
some those times, which were both exciting and idyllic. It
was a time when all your cares and problems were forgotten.
Sundays, throughout the year, were spent at the beach or swimming
pool, Walks in the "jungle" were possible anytime
and every day was like a summer holiday. Life was kind, memories
stored and friendships were formed for life. We were very
lucky and we were proud to have been part of this scene. Look
through the site, make contact with friends, post messages
and enjoy yourselves by going back in time! Go to the Picture
Galleries and wallow in nostalgia.
The
Listings
There
are individual listings for the RAF Stations at Changi
(282 members), Seletar
(225 members) and Tengah
(91 members) , Alexandra
Grammar School (300 members), Alexandra
Secondary Modern School (137 members) and Alexandra
Junior/Infants School (95 members). In September 1964,
The Alexandra Schools closed, with the opening of St.
Johns Comprehensive School (485 members). The old
buildings of AGS and ASM, reopened as Bourne
School (313 members) catering for pupils until the
age of thirteen, who then went on to St. Johns. Entertainment
was provided at the Gillman Youth Club, which is now
now just a shell at Gillman Barracks. It has not been possible
to list the individual schools at the RAF Bases, so you will
find a mix of Infants, Juniors, Grammar and Secondary entries.
There is a separate listing for the boarders at Kinloss
House(125 members). We now have separate lists for
the Naval
School - Sembawang (65 members) and Pasir
Panjang (38 members). Nee
Soon and Wessex
now have their own listings!
In
addition, you will find that the Other
Schools (132 members)listing, includes entries
from former pupils of Pulau Brani, Tanglin, West Coast
Infants and Juniors, Kehnutie Park, West Hill Primary
and Woodlands (NZ) School. We also have entries for
the Taiping, Kluang, Slim and Bourne Schools
of Malaya.
St.
Johns Comprehensive, became the Singapore International
School and is now part of The United World College
of Singapore and the buildings at Alexandra are still
around.
Tengah
is now part of the Singapore Air Force and Changi is the location
of the New International Airport.
On
the links page, there's a new link to The
Army Children Archive (TACA) with more interesting
facts about schooling from 1945 onwards for children of serving
families.
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