India

Toss of a Coin

In Lallighat, Asam, India on the Burmese Frontier and we were carrying out an operation called Operation...

Evacuation from Juan le Pins

We struggled on and made our way to the beaches, at Juan le Pins, near Dunkirk, during 1941. We never went...

Waiting for War

Later I attended Air Training Corps sessions, joined the local Civil Defence Corps as a night time...

Fred Schofield's Wartime Memories

I worked for an engineering firm and we made parts for sten and bren guns although the aluminium was very...

With the 160 Field Regiment in India

Reaching Madras station we were not allowed out of our train as the Indians were on the war-path... From...

Round the World

When I arrived in India I was stationed in Ahmednagar but spent 4 years duty travelling around India......

From 25,000 Ton Ship to 10,000: Sailing to Bombay

Collision with another boat in Greenoch Bay while forming a large convoy, our ship the Stirling Castle...

My Memories of the War in India and My Uncle’s Fortune in Scotland by Mr S E Ali

My Memories of the War in India and My Uncle's Fortune in Scotland by Mr S E Ali. My Uncle's...

Three Years in India

Between 1943-46, I was in the Royal Air Force in a RAF Maintenance Unit based in India... 20 to 30...

Birmingham's Forgotten Regiment

At the outbreak of war we were based in Coventry, but in January 1940, were posted to Scapa Flow and were,...

From Clyde to Irrawaddy

Joined the 1st battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, part of British 2 Division just in time for jungle...

The Fortune Teller

It was while a group of us were looking for bargains in the Hogg Market that we encountered the Hindu...

Gordon Carrington - Now Chairman of the Burma Star Association, Bristol

I am Chairman of the Bristol branch of The Burma Star Association....

In India with the Indian Military Nursing Service

Through contact with Lady Wavell, she was able to leave the camp and enlist with the Indian Nursing...

Outbreak of War and Travel to India

I had come home from India to go to school in England but due to the war it was decided that I...

Wartime Reunion

One of my mates was called James Henry Stuart Arthur. In fact when I came back to work in England, James...

Kohima 1944 Memorial Service York Cathedral Tues 26 April 2005

2 Div have organised a Memorial Service at York Cathedral on Tuesday 26 April 2005 to remember those that...

My Father's Homecoming from the War

My father, Thomas Alan Rush, served with the Royal Artillery in India during the Second World War. He also...

High Prices in India

So as an attempt to make Japan surrender, America decided to use the first atomic bombs in the world on...

Training to be an Air Gunner by Stan Garbutt

There were two wireless ops on the crew, one was the wireless op the other front gunner - I was front...

A Childhood in India during the War

I was 11 when we were living in Shillong when my Mum became the W.V.S Secretary for the whole of the Assam...

A Friendly Fire

As you have guessed it was not my day, the can landed on the roof of the "Basha" used by the...

Madras Sappers and Miners

From 1939 he was attached to the Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners in Bangalore. If anyone...

Memories of the Second World War

Because of my courage as a small boy gave me a Jacob's cream cracker and a jar of horlicks to take...

Take your Pick at 21

After two embarkation leaves we found that this was changed and we would be going to India, of course it...

Staff Sergeant in India

During my service in India I was promoted to Staff Sergeant/Armourer and was responsible for servicing all...