Stories categorised in 'Burma'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
It was always thought by the men that we would be withdrawn back to India when we reached Monywa; but with...
Brockhouse Engineering then Wales At this stage, two years into the war, the aircraft industry was short of...
My officers were Captain Truter IE, superseded later by Alec Scott from 345, Lieut V K Raju IE, and two RE...
The Burmese jungle is very dense and very hilly, air strips had been made in the jungle for aeroplanes and...
Nevertheless, we finally arrived at Rangoon, Burma, at the mouth of the River Irrawaddy some weeks ahead of...
Journey continues on to do Chindwig, Basoli Bayaan, Kohima, the 'Basin', Imphal, Snipers Triangle,...
We travelled north from Liverpool, round the North of Ireland to the Azores Islands then on to Gibraltar,...
When the Japanese attacked Burma their lines of communication were widely stretched... After what had...
The 11th Indian LAA Although the airfield at Kyaukpyu was operating at full stretch, it was considered that...
Following the success of the Admin Box battle , the 5th & 7th African Division marched up from the...
Together with vehicles and guns we were told that we were hereby going to act as police as the French had...
Day 27 - Ta Ya Koi, Yunnan Province, three miles from Mekong River. To avoid being attacked by the...
These men were mostly village people whom the sophisticated Indian might call 'Jungle Wallahs'. We...
When the Japanese had been driven down the coast our Division was sent back to India to prepare for the...
I was a Spitfire pilot on a fighter squadron stationed in Mingaladon Rangoon, Burma during the last few...
Kohima is a field service depot, with stores, bakery, tennis courts, hospital and the district...
We all have memories of past events and interesting happenings in our lifetime; some of my more vivid...
We then proceeded through Burma, and set up our radio station at Indangyi, which was in contact with the...
During my time in Burma I realised what a dreadful time the Burmese people had endured merely because they...
"Well for some reason you're off to Ireland to learn to drive a truck and then to the London...
Much has been written about the terrible, vicious fighting that was the lot there of the men of the 14th...
May 1944 Sgt. Fisher was present with the platoon of which he was PI Sgt in an Infantry Battalion defensive...
So we crawled through the wood to a hedge and then ran through an open space to some bushes about 20 yards...
In March 1945 we, the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment,had crossed the Irrawaddy and were pushing the...
By Sheila Gaunt: This is a story about my father, Sydney Talbott, who was stationed out in Burma during the...
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