Operation Jurist referred to the British recapture of Penang following Japan's surrender in 1945. Jurist was launched as part of Operation Zipper, the overall British plan to reconquer Malaya, includi
Imperial Japanese Navy Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi signs the surrender of Penang aboard HMS Nelson on 2 September 1945. He fainted shortly afterwards and was rushed to hospital.
HMS Nelson served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's Task Force 11
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Petard
Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozomi (second from right) discussing the surrender of Penang with Vice Admiral Harold Walker aboard HMS Nelson
The Tuanku Syed Putra Building is an office building in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Completed in 1962, the building, situated at Downing Street within the city's Central Business
Government Offices as seen from the Penang Strait c. 1892.
A section of the Government Offices survived the Allied bombing of Penang in 1945 and is now occupied by the Penang Islamic Department.