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I was stationed on Ramree Island when the monsoon hit. The airstrip was simply an area of sand which had been leveled and covered with interlocking metal strips. Heavy rain continued for three weeks c …
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My father, John Henry Bennett, was born in Liverpool on March 9 1926. An only son, he volunteered for the Royal Navy aged 17.5 years in 1943. His Naval number was DJX697494. He served on HMS E …
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My grandfather was born in Paisley, Scotland on January 23rd 1925 he was the third born of a quartet of sons. My grandfather's story in the war began on the 14th December 1942 just short of this 19t …
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What was it really like, Grandpa? These were the words of my great granddaughter Ellie, and of course they refer to the Second World War. Just about the time of Ellie's request I qualified for a g …
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Issued on 2 December 1945 "The regrouping of forces in South East Asia for the reoccupation of so many areas has compelled me regretfully to order the break-up of the Fourteenth Army. When you were fo …
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“My object in this Press conference is to try to put before the Press of the world that every effort has been and is continuing to be put into the South East Asia campaign; that the Burma battle fron …
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by Frank Owen Field Marshall Viscount Slim was referred to by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten, who was Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia, as "the finest general World War II produced". …
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A VIEW OF THE RIVER – Charles Wilson FOREWORD In 1986 Pamela and I visited our son Stuart and his wife Elizabeth in Hong Kong. They had lived and worked there for several years - he as a civil enginee …
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Eric Kightley served in the RAF during the Burma campaign, and was based in West Bengal. His B24 Liberator Bomber was forced to ditch in the Bay of Bengal on May 2nd 1945, during the final push to …
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(Some brief personal impressions of the second Royal British Legion Pilgrimage April 1990 from one, who, as a very young officer, fought and was wounded on Garrison Hill in April 1944 with 2nd Bn The …
