Title
South Wales Border Regiment
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
The 6th Battalion was raised in Glanusk Park, Breconshire, in July 1940. Almost none of its men had had any military training. It trained as an infantry regiment until April 1942, when it suddenly bec …
Title
Staffordshire Regiment – A Brief History
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
The Staffordshire Regiment (the Prince of Wales's) incorporates the former South and North Staffordshire Regiments, which were amalgamated in 1959. Its origins go back to 1705 when the 38th Foot (late …
Title
Stilwell Advances from Ledo
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
Now we must turn to the primary object of all these operations, the Supreme Allied Commander’s directive to the Fourteenth Army:—to clear North Burma and advance to the line Mogaung-Myitkyina. This br …
Title
The History of the Border Regiment
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
From the Winter 1982 edition of Dekho! The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and The Border Regiment (Carlisle) amalgamated to form The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment in 1959. Today’s regimen …
Title
The Story of the Border Regiment - Philip J Shears
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
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 built …
Title
West Yorkshire Regiment
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
When King James IL succeeded his brother, Charles II, to the throne in 1685, he was determined to increase his Army, despite the opposition of the House of Commons to standing armies of any size. The …
Title
Wingate's Skytroops Land in Burma
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
The late Major General Charles Orde Wingate was an unusual man. He commanded the confidence of unusual men, too. Wavell believed in him, and gave him his head on two occasions, in Abyssinia, 1940, an …
Title
Womens’ Auxiliary Service (Burma)
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Civilian
Description
Mrs Joyce Hill, nee Joyce Davis, was a member of the WAS(B) -- the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) -- in 1944 and 1945. Her brother, Michael, was one of the airmen killed with my mother's first husb …