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We boarded the ship on the 16th January 1943 at Liverpool Docks, where we had been in the transit camp for about a week. Ours was a very small draft, twelve in all. We all came from the same Battalio …
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Brigadier Michael Calvert, DSO and Bar, wartime Chindit commander, died on November 26 aged 85. He was born on March 6, 1913. Michael Calvert was one of the most colourful and unorthodox characters …
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Bill Hanna of the Gordon Highlanders & 255 Ind Tank Bde A Condensed recollection of my Father's War, through England, the Orkneys, India and then Burma. My Father took part in the 14th army advance …
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The following is an account written by Ted Ridley of the return to Hill 173 on the 60th Anniversary of The Battle of Kangaw Hill. The 31st January 2005 was the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Kang …
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The Burma Campaign, 1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders, 23rd Indian DivisionBy PM Torrance Chapter 1 - 1942 February 25th The Battalion entrained at AGRA bound for KOHIMA. Our Transport consist …
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By Major WAS Hyde MC MiD In taking heed of the reminder 'Before it got too late', I thought I would put to paper some thoughts of the time I spent in the Battalion. The Battalion was part and parc …
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Rifle Company Officers of 22 Column, 2nd Bn Queens. Gordon Hughes, then a Lieutenant, is in the centre By Gordon Hughes For many years during March, I found myself remembering Harry Sparr …
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I trained in Douglas, Isle of Man. I had applied to join the Royal Signals, having been in a Signals Section in the Home Guard (under age really but many of us were - nobody asked awkward questions at …
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By Sterling Rock Johnson After the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941, the Japanese escalated from regional aggression to a sweeping armed conquest of virtually all Asia. With bewildering speed, J …
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Donald enlisted at Vancouver in April, 1941. He did his square-bashing at Jericho Beach and then was posted to UBC to take the course on Physics and Electrical theory. He was then sent to #5 RAF Sign …
