their esteem and affection, kept his memory green, and when he died on 6 October 1951 they would mourn him as a friend who "has gone home to the mercy of God". At that moment, his funeral was not only attended by his family members and British Officers in Malaya but also attended by the Malayans from all classes and races. Today, Gurney Road in Malacca, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore are named after him. The town named Pekan Gurney in Perak is also named after him. The popular beachfront Gurney Drive, in Penang, is also named after him, as well as the Henry Gurney Prisoners School in Teluk Mas, Melaka. Gurney was buried at Cheras War Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His tombstone (shown on the right) is inscribed: References Colonial Administrative Service officers High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia History of Pahang British Army personnel of World War I British people of the Malayan Emergency Knights Bachelor Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Alumni of University College, Oxford People educated at Winchester College People from Bude 1898 births 1951 deaths King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Assassinated British diplomats People murdered in Malaysia Assassinated Malaysian politicians Deaths by firearm in Malaysia Chief Secretaries of the Gold Coast (British colony) Chief Secretaries of Palestine 20th-century British diplomats 1951 murders in Asia Burials at Cheras War Cemetery