Hi All, Trying to find out where and with whom the above served in Burma. He is gazetted as Mentioned for service in Burma whilst with the...
Personal Number: 102946 Rank: Major Name: Arthur Douglas DODDS-PARKER, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 8 November 1939...
Can anyone dig up any information at all on Lieutenant Colonel G.G. Peel, Royal Artillery? He took command of 130 (Assault) Field Regiment on 10...
Today is the 75th Anniversary of the beginning of the Operation Longcloth. On the 15th February 1943, the men of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade,...
Dear All, I was searching the CWGC for the list of 10 persons died on 24th March in a plane crash where Gen Orde Wingate died. In the records...
Hi Everyone, A new association has formed that will attempt to maintain the legacy of the Chindits. I have been asked to perform the role of...
Gladiators of World War II Pagoda Hill-" It was a hell of a fight. The Japs took everybody on. It was all hand to hand fighting. Boot, butt, and...
Major John Kennedy, The Poona Horse, The Chindits and Dah Force John Kennedy was born 10.3.1915 at Neston, on the Wirral Peninsula, near...
Chindits Memorial Embankment,London
Another very interesting interview. IWM Harold Douglas James 3/2nd Bn Gurkha Rifles with 3 Column 77 Bde Object description British officer...
IWM Interview with Charles Cecil Allen Carfrae in 4 x ½ hour parts Object description British officer served with 10th Bn Nigeria Regt, Royal...
IWM Interview with Harry Maples Williams 1st Bn South Staffordshire Regt This interview has a fascinating account of the ' Pagoda Hill ' action...
One for Bamboo Again the IWM turns up trumps with many hours of interviews with the remarkable ' Mad Mike ' Calvert James Michael Calvert The...
IWM Into Burma Cannot get this to load at the moment, but am sure it will eventually? Object description Edited film with commentary depicting...
Remembering today two men who took part in Wingate's experimental Chindit mission in 1943. Rifleman Ganga Ram Rai, part of the decoy Southern...
Jack Hill died from the ravages of beri beri, in block 3 of Rangoon Jail on this day back in 1944. He was the working leader of the Guerilla...
Allo folks, looking for a recommendation for a book about Orde Wingate and especially his time in Burma and the LRP. Not especially interested in...
I'll put this down very simply: Was General Wingate a military genius, the worthy creator and leader of such legendary outfits as Gideon Force...
I found this interesting piece of the White city stronghold...
When I was In Washington DC a few years back I went to Arlington National Cemetary... I saw the grave of General Orde Wingate and i was curious...
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