Reeta Chakrabarti’s father-in-law: Patrick John Rogers HAMILTON, Gordon Highlanders; Indian Army

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    Reeta Chakrabarti: My Forgotten Army family ties

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    One of the defining and longest campaigns of World War Two, in the East, was in Burma, now known as Myanmar, which was then part of the British Empire.

    The Burma campaign was a multinational effort. But the achievements of the troops there came to be overshadowed by events in Europe, where the war had already ended.

    As part of our People's War series of reports, Reeta Chakrabarti discovers more about her father-in-law, just one of the men who belonged to the 14th Army, a force that became known as the Forgotten Army.

    All four stories from The People's War series will be shown in a longer programme on BBC4 on Tuesday 15 September at 19:00BST.



    2888484 Patrick John Rogers HAMILTON Gordon Highlanders.joined Gordon Highlanders in August 1940. Commissioned by Indian Army on 12th December 1942.

    London Gazette : 21 May 1943
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36024/page/2273/data.pdf
    The KING has approved the following appointments, retirement, etc.: —
    INDIAN ARMY.
    Emergency Commissions.
    The undermentioned appts. are made: —
    To be 2nd Lts.
    12th Dec. 1942.
    L/Cpl. Patrick John Rogers Hamilton.


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    2nd Row, third from left.

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