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Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer, KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE, DSO (11 September 1898 – 25 October 1979) was a senior British Army officer. He fought in both the world wars and took part against the Arab Resistance in Palestine. [2]
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer commanded infantry and armoured divisions during the Second World War. He later went on to lead a successful counter-insurgency operation in Malaya.
Feb 22, 2022 · The Malayan Emergency began in 1948. It was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the British Empire. Dr Kumar Ramakrishna spoke about British propaganda during this period and Templer’s impact.
Gerald Templer: The smiling tiger. Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer commanded infantry and armoured divisions during the Second World War. He later went on to lead a successful counter-insurgency operation in Malaya.
Oct 27, 1979 · LONDON, Oct. 26 — Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, who directed the suppression of a Communist insurgency in Malaya, died at his home here yesterday after a short illness. He was 81 years old.
Feb 22, 2022 · General Gerald Templer arrived as the new High Commissioner in January 1952. During his two-year command, the British were successful in reducing the levels of insurgency and terrorism significantly. Dr Kumar Ramakrishna speaks about British propaganda during this period and Templer’s impact.
General Templer was appointed as High Commissioner and Director of Operations in February 1952, following the murder in October 1951 by Communist insurgents of the previous High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, on his way up to Fraser's Hill from Kuala Lumpur.
General Templer as portrayed in the book emerges as a confident and determined leader who paid little attention to the social and diplomatic niceties required of an officer of his stature in handling socio-political issues and peoples in Malaya.
Templer's role in Malaya "by broad themes", namely, the political, military and social dimensions which formed "the tripod on which Gerald's - and the British Government's - policy rested", (pp. 224, 300).
British field‐marshal. Templer commanded the 6th Armoured Division in World War II and after the war served as vice‐chief of the Imperial General Staff before being appointed high commissioner and commander‐in‐chief in Malaya (1952–54) at the peak of the Malayan Emergency.
