Founder's Badge Trivia

This section aims to capture interesting trivia regarding the Founder's Badge and its recipients, in BB Malaysia.

We will add to this section gradually. If you have any interesting trivia, do drop a comment below. Note: We reserve the decision whether or not to publish your trivia and we may require further verification or corroboration of the same.

1. First Recipients of the Founder's Badge (previous recipients received the Queen's Badge following our British heritage)

Male

SSGT Chin Mee Keong (01KUL), 1962

Female

SSGT Amber Wong Phek Wuan (16PNG), 2006

2. Family Relationships:

Father-Son Founders' Men
1. SGT Chong Siaw Fung (02KKB), 1985 is the father of SGT Chong Wyern (02KKB), 2016 and SGT Chong Xannon (02KKB), 2020

2. SGT Ronald Leong Yik Seng (01KUL), 1988 is the father of SGT Aaron Leong Weng Hon (12KUL), 2020.

3. SSGT Teh Gim Beng (08PNG), 1995 is the father of SSGT Joseph Teh Zhe Xi (08PNG), 2022

Sibling Founders' Men/Women
1. SSGT Chin Mee Keong (01KUL), 1962 is the brother of SGT Chin Mee Ping (01KUL) who received the Queen's Badge in 1961

2. LCPL Chia Chan Sing (01KUL), 1962 is the brother of SGT Chia Chan Tong (01KUL) who received the Queen's Badge in 1961.

3. SSGT Lim Yong Fu (03BTW), 2018 and SGT Lim Mei Qing (03BTW), 2018 are siblings.

4. SGT Chong Wyern (02KKB), 2016 and SGT Chong Xannon (02KKB), 2020 are siblings.
5. SSGT Jason Goh (07KCH), 2016 and SSGT Jeff Goh (07KCH), 2023 are siblings.
6. SSGT Jeremy Lee Heng Zhong (19PNG), 2022 and SSGT Lee Heng Jing (19PNG), 2024 are siblings.
7. SSGT Cheah Sim Hoey (19PNG), 2022 and SSGT Cheah Kok Pin (19PNG), 2024 are siblings.

8. SGT Roger Tay (01KCH), 1970/2022 and SGT Eugene Tay (01KCH), 1970/2022 are siblings.

9. SGT Janae Lee Jia En (10KUL), 2024 and CPL Emma Lee Jia Ying (10KUL), 2026 are siblings.

3. Total Number of known Recipients: 274 (as of 29 April 2026). This number includes the 11 Queen's Men who received their award before the Founder's Badge was created.

4. Youngest Recipient: SGT Aaron Leong Weng Hon (12KUL), 2020 aged 16 years 11 Months on date of approval. 

5. Company with the highest number of Founder's Badge holders: 

8th Penang Company with 27 (as at 29 April 2026).

A full breakdown of the tally is in the next post.

6. State with the highest number of Founder's Badge holders: Penang with a total of 88 Founder's Badge (and Queen's Badge) recipients. (This number includes 4 from Kedah which falls under Penang State Council jurisdiction)

Kuala Lumpur is second with 58 (This number includes 1 from Negeri Sembilan which falls under KL State Council jurisdiction). 

Together, these 2 states have a combined total of 53.09% of all Founder's Badge (and Queen's Badge) recipients in Malaysia (or 51.27% excluding the Kedah and Negeri Sembilan recipients).

Sarawak is in third place with 48 Founder's Award recipients.

7. Founder's Men and Founder's Women who served as Company Captains (Past/Current):

SGT Peter Siew Kuan Onn (03KUL), 1967 - 3rd Kuala Lumpur 

SGT Mathew Ong (01KCH), 1968 - 1st Kuching 

SGT Ho Hee Mang (02KKB), 1989 - 2nd Kota Kinabalu 

SSGT Teh Gim Beng (08PNG), 1995 - 8th Penang 

SGT Lee Chen Yow (04KUL), 1995 - 4th Kuala Lumpur 

LCPL Edwin Khoo Sek Hon (01IPH). 1999 - 1st Ipoh 

PRIM Ng Yee Khai (03KUL), 2000 - 1st Serdang (Founding Captain)

SSGT Yong King Seong (04KUL), 2000 - 4th Kuala Lumpur 
SSGT Wan Chang Da (01PNG), 2001 - 1st Penang 

SSGT Seah Yew Chin (06PNG), 2003 - 21st Penang 

SSGT Alan Chong Shian Jeng (03KKB), 2007 - 3rd Kota Kinabalu 

SSGT Kuek Yong Onn (03SBU), 2010 - 3rd Sibu 

SSGT Clement Sii Li Swee (02KCH), 2011 - 11th Kuching 

SSGT Bong Shii Kian (08KCH), 2012 - 12th Kuching 

SSGT (David) Chin Yuen Wing (10KUL), 2015 -  10th Kuala Lumpur

SSGT Dennis Teh Jun Han (19PNG), 2017 - 19th Penang 

SSGT Au Kar Fei (01KUL), 2016 - 1st Kuala Lumpur 

SGT Lim Zhu Yi (03KJG), 2018 - 3rd Kajang 

SSGT (Luke) Teng Siang Boon (03BTW), 2012 - 3rd Butterworth 

SGT Chiew Kin Yan, Darryn (03KUL), 2008 - 2nd Kuala Lumpur 

SGT Eugene Tay (01KCH) 2022 / 1970 - 1st Kuching 

SSGT Leong Rong Fei (01KUL), 2016 - 1st Kuala Lumpur 

SSGT Jason Goh Wei Ting (07KCH), 2016 - 7th Kuching 
SSGT Kenneth Chaw Vui Ken (05SDK), 2011 - 15th Kuala Lumpur

Special Mention:
1. Mr. Albert Kedit, one of the pioneers of the 1st Kuching Company and later Captain of the same company, was a Queen's Man from the Singapore Battalion (7th Singapore Coy).
2. Mr. Seah Yun Khong, the first Captain of the 1st Jesselton Company (later redesignated 1st Kota Kinabalu Company and subsequently redesignated 3rd Kota Kinabalu Company) was a King's Man (1938) from the Singapore Battalion (2nd Singapore Coy).

8. Founder's Men and Founder's Women who served as Company Chaplains (Past/Current):
CPL Kevin Loo Seng Pung (03PJY), 1995 - 3rd Subang Jaya
SSGT Timothy Lo Shen Loon (02SDK),1995 - 2nd Sandakan

SSGT Chuah Chia Choon (08PNG), 2006 - 8th Penang 

SSGT Wong Phek Wuan, Amber (16PNG), 2006 - 16th Penang 

9. Founder's Men who served as State Commissioner (Past/Current):
SGT Teh Gim Beng (08PNG) - State Commissioner of Penang, 2023-2025 Term, 2025-2027 Term
SSGT Alan Chong Shian Jeng (03KKB) - State Commissioner of Sabah, 2025-2027 Term

10. Founder's Men who served as Brigade President (Past/Current):
SSGT Seah Yew Chin (06PNG) - Brigade President, 2025-2027 Term

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Date of Creation: 26 July 2020
Date of Last Update: 29 April 2026