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We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone involved in the Far East during the Second World War. They were the people who ensured that the World War was finally brought to an end. Peace in the Fa …
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Joyce Marnie, whose grandfather George Marnie served in the Burma Campaign, recalls attending the 25th Scottish Burma Reunion. She was invited, along with Linda Kinghorn, to dance at the event which t …
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George Ingram Durrant was born at 16 Wadhurst Road, Nine Elms, Battersea on 4 July 1924, second son of Arthur Ingram Durrant, licensed victualler, of 333 Eversleigh Road, Battersea and his wife Emily …
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My father, Albert Lawson Titley, served in the South Staffordshire Regiment which formed part of the 19th Indian Division. He recounted one incident when they were fighting the Japanese on opposite si …
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William Brown Moffet – formerly BCMS Missionary in Arakan from 1933 to 1941 and Military Chaplain in Akyab 1945 – tells the story of how all three Services were represented in the restoration of St Ma …
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James 'Jim' William Liddell Lovegrove, eldest son of Brigadier Clifton George Lovegrove, joined the 257th Field Battery, Royal Artillery (T) Lee Green, Middlesex, October 1936, aged 14 years. Mobilise …
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The Badge of this unit was an Indian sword (a Tulwar) in silver, raised aloft in a clenched fist set on a black circular background. The sign was chosen to Symbolise the "Swift and Deadly Execution o …
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Qurban Ali was born in 1920, Hamirpur Sidhar Jammu Akhnoor, in a small village in British India. At just 17 years old, he was consumed by a passion to serve his country and joined the British Indian A …
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This story of Flight Lieutenant Joseph M Qualtrough was prepared by his son John with help from sister Josephine, brother Terry and sister-in-law Gill, recounting "things our Dad and Mum told us", plu …
