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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: 23r …
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By Pte Len AC0Reynolds, 1st Btn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 16 Column - 14th Brigade Special Force, Chindits Called up 18.1.1940. Discharged 25.11.45 Overseas to India 16.6.42. On arrival …
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By Ken Moses My first unit in India No. 3 P.R.O. had a Co W/C A. Pearson later to become the legendary CO of 194 Squadron. I did not know that I would follow him to 194 Sq. the most arduous, taxing …
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I started off my military career at the age of 13 in the Cadet Corps of the Royal Masonic School (Boarding). At age 16 I joined the Territorial Army in the London Rifle Brigade and on September 1st, …
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By Capt DW (Joe) Payne, 33rd Anti Tank Regt RA Sgt. Bill Willingham (OPA), Bdr. Danny Wright (signaller) and I, escorted by Gnrs. Cowan and ‘Yorky’ Woolard, crossed the Irrawaddy in the dark and a r …
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Percy joined the Merchant Marine on June 13th 1942 in Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). After training at Bombay, Percy served on several ships – M/V Cromwell, S/S Empire Record, M/V Ryle Queen …
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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 is m …
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The following memoir, written by the late Rev Donald Mackay, was published in 1960 in “The Covenanter” , the Regimental Journal of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). It has been reproduced by courtes …
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Transcript of letter from Lt. Col. Charles Walwyn to Mrs J Reeve on 13th October 1944 regarding the injuries received by Sgt James A Reeve during action at Frontier Hill [Pt 2940] Burma on 10th Oct 19 …
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14618303 Sergeant Stanley Albert Philip THOMSON, Devonshire Regiment, IACC (Indian Army Corps of Clerks), RASC (Royal Army Service Corps). On September 3rd 1939 my parents and I sat around the wirel …
