Burma

Life in the Jungle

After service in the Arakan and a spell of refitting in Shillong in Assam towards the end of July 1944, we...

A Letter to my Son (Part 7)

Now quinine comes from the bark of a tree called cinchona, and unfortunately for quite a long time all...

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These men were mostly village people whom the sophisticated Indian might call 'Jungle Wallahs'. We...

Ramisaminaidu, a Runner in the 11th Indian LAA in Burma

These men were mostly village people whom the sophisticated Indian might call 'Jungle Wallahs'. We...

Burma Memories

This crucial battle of the Burma Campaign 1942-44 where the British and Indian forces held and drove back...

9th Border

Lately I have travelled more than a thousand miles by air, lorry and jeep, around the borders of Burma and...

James Tormey, Forest Fold, Crowborough

We had a garrison at Kohima in the north and the Japs attacked there. Japanese still had Malaya and...

THE ROAD FROM DIMAPUR TO KOHIMA

The 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment arrived at Dimapur, Assam, by narrow gauge railway on the 1st...

MALARIA IN A JUNGLE FIELD HOSPITAL

Malaria gave you a temperature of 104F or 105F every second day, and the fever lasted between five and...

From India To Battle In Burma

We then travelled a further 170 miles to the outpost at Tiddim where the 17th Indian Division faced the...

CROSSING THE RIVER CHINDWIN

It was on the night of the 3rd and 4th December, 1944, that General Slim ordered the 11th Division to...

With The 17th Indian Division From Meiktila To Rangoon, 1945

26th Indian Division, with Mountbatten, landed in Rangoon from the sea and captured it without a fight,...

With Wingate in Burma

Here the 3rd Brigade was separated from the West African Division and sent to join the 3rd Indian Division...

Guerrilla Forces and the Indian Army versus the Japanese

We joined forces with Guerrilla force hill tribes along the border of Burma to fight against the Japanese...

Arriving in poverty-stricken Malaya

We arrived in Malaya and the facilities as far as Indian and Eurasian had a poor time during the Japanese...

To Make a Basha

We were moving forward to village after village down the road from Inphal to Rangoon... The Ghurkhas showed...

'From Desert to Jungle'.

Army's first victory over the Japanese. At Imphal we fought the Japanese, the whole 14th....

Mr Palmer/memories of 10th Gloucesters in Burma

At first we were in training - then sent to India to have jungle training - then Northern India - then...

Siege of Imphal Manipur - Burma 1944

Mr Kirk,who is President of the SEAC, RAF Regiment, has been to our WW2 session at the Ings Library, Hull...

People Evacuating To India

The Japanese had already occupied the South Eastern part of Burma and were advancing towards Rangoon......

Mystery of dead Japanese officers

A few days after discovering the hastily abandoned Japanese camp, we were advancing in single file along a...

The Uncle We Never Knew

Watkin Morgan Simpson was the uncle we never knew. The ‘Forgotten Army’ had to endure mud, the...

Monkey Dinner

My commandos were in Southern India when the japanese were threatening to more across the Burma border, and...

Life as a Chindit

At 18, with the Kings Liverpool Regiment I left by boat en route to India — it took 3 months. I was...

'I Have Taken Umbrage'

I suppose you've heard this story many times but General Mike Calvert and his troops captured a place...

INA

Over the last few years there has been mention in the media of the assistance given to the Japanese by...