DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 181, Year 2015 - Page 10
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*~ 27 iglfi :5u: 9- ' ‘xI'E . '7: , “:2:- ‘ ' -. -r \%;:> Royal Marines Royai Indlan Navy Merchant Navy SEAC ALFSEA 12m Army 14th Army H e have been notified. sadly, (If the deaths oft/1e following Bur …
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Kohima There’s a land called Assam between Bengal and Burma, Where forgotten armies fought for Kohima On those Naga hills at India’s East gate, There General Slim decided to wait. As allies of the Bri …
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My father, Captain Dennis Croft Thomas 42 Commando Royal Marines took part in the D- Day Landings with the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group. This group remained in France until 24 June 1944, when i …
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Bridport Branch: Only three members are able to attend meetings etc. . Charles Everidge's daughter, Mrs Liz Jones, has become secretary of the Friends of Bridport Branch with the intention of taking o …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 181, Year 2015 - Page 14
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WREATH LAYING HORSEGUARDS AND WHITEHALL I have proudly carried this name for 69 years and often delighted in explaining the origin of 2ND SEPTEMBER 2015 Kohima to people. I have children of my own, wh …
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diary said “ A big ‘do’ with bags of hooch and everyone merry and singing. Aug 16th day off. Everyone has hangover troubles, one or two merry all day from last night! ” That evening we went to the nea …
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We were here for a week during which time we were able to go into Calcutta every day. Aweek in Calcutta is sufficient for a lifetime; the Indian driver is a menace to humanity, the bullock carts seem …
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so long I couldn’t discern either end. Four slabs wide, the centre marked by a line of red bricks embedded in the concrete, I suddenly understood that the driver had been telling me there were four ru …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 181, Year 2015 - Page 18
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' ‘ hes cutting across the If you look on Google Earth for Dhubulia, West Bengal, you Will see two gas . . green landscape and another gash cutting diagonally across them. It is, Without a doubt, a Th …
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