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By Peter Briscoe Word had come down that following completion of conversion from Hudsons to Dakotas; the squadron was on the move from outside Delhi, at Palam, to a new base at Basal, outside R …
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Name: Michael Edward Downing Date of Birth: July 27th 1923 Place of Birth: Point Grey B.C, now Vancouver Enlisted at: Vancouver, B.C. Date: 20th November 1942 Discharged at: Vancouver, B.C. Date …
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The first Badge of the 33rd indian corps was a black silhouette of the head of the Duke of Wellington on a green background within a red circle. The badge was chosen by the then Corps Com …
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With grateful thanks to Colin Neale for typing out the information contained on this page, from his father's records - his father being Major Basil Neale who was one of Wingate's staff:- Diary …
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The badge of this army was a red shield with a narrow white inner border, the centre divided by a black horizontal band on which the roman numerals ""XIV"" were inscribed in white, set across a white …
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By Ted Gibbins I had no idea that the talk I gave would have generated so much interest. It just happened that my war service for the first couple of years (1940‑1941) took me into an area that …
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By Lieut-Colonel Ritchie Gardiner (From the Summer 1989 edition of Dekho!) Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) was first conceived and established in 1940, and Winston Churchill was closely i …
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Pfc Dalton F Williams of Merrill's Marauders & Mars Task Force By Sandy Williams Driver …
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This was the first Regiment of the Royal Artillery to receive the 'true' 25 pounder gun and when it changed to the 14th Regiment, it was the last Regiment to give the gun up. In July 1945 as p …
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By Philip J Shears The Kabaw Valley, which means ""Black"" or ""Death"" Valley, is pleasant for a short time in winter, but is pestilential for the remainder of the year. The village huts are b …
