Burma Campaign 1942-1945

How My Dad Spent His 21st Birthday

British and Indian troops had defeated a Japanese offensive during the ferocious defence of Kohima, in...

They Came at Us Yelling “ Bansai” Waving Swords and Charging

April/May 1942 I joined the convoy at Liverpool and had a 9 week voyage via South Africa to Bombay Spent a...

Christmas in Burma

Having settled into our new LG at Thetkegyin, on Christmas Eve, 1944, five information sorties were carried...

Nazis on the Playing Field

So I found myself posted to the 1st Battalion of King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles, which together with...

All Things Must Pass

Although being a driver/dispatch rider, my main job was as batman-driver to our Signals Officer, Second...

Burma Road

From Calcutta we went to Dimapur and from there we boarded a lorry to take us to Imphal via Kohima. We were...

Eight Years in the RAFVR - Part Seven - Bombay

Recalling that I was held, temporarily, as a supernumerary on the strength of Air Headquarters, India, I...

My Wartime Childhood in Calcutta, India

The wide road which was like the Mall in London and which led directly towards the Victoria Memorial, one...

Indian Army and Romance

It was in Egypt that Moray met his future Irish wife, Dorothy Kenny, then in the QAs. In fact, he appears...

The Charge of the 8th FieldRoyal Artillery

The 8th Field Royal Artillery attached to the 25th Indian Division , recognition insignia "Ace of...

Wellington bomber crashlands in Bengal

After crash landing in the waterlogged jungles of Bengal, the crew of a Wellington bomber braved the...

From West To East and Back In Uniform

On Easter Day I had arranged for the Chaplain to give me communion but of course, I could not see him and...

Memories of the War From a Young Woman in India by Joan Wakefield (nee Cambay)

To the reader this sounds not at all like war, there were lighter moments, for instance there was the funny...

Bodies in Burma

Bodies were common; as were shortages of food and water... They were the bodies of Japanese soldiers that...

Burma (King’s Own Scottish Borderes.)

Lovely girls, Anglo Indian, Chinese, Burmese. Coming back on the boat there were lots of English people We...

Life with the RAF in India

You could have quite often seen a snake on the top of your mosquito net... Malaria carriers, the mosquito....

159 Parachute Light Regiment R.A/44th Indian Airborne Division

Early in 1945 the 44th Indian Airborne Division was formed to consist of two parachute brigades, one...

Hospital in Burma

I was in Burma when the Japanese, the British prisoners of the Japanese were released, and a lot of them...

My Life as a Sikh Soldier In India

British people really appreciated the Sikhs joining the British Army, and were very encouraging. Whenever...

Maurice Grantham-Experiences in Ceylon and India

We had another long train journey from Calcutta to Bombay and then we came back through the Med.When we...

Heroes of Kohima

Heroes sleeping, softly lying 'Neath soil for which you fought. Deep in the heart of the Naga hills At...

War in Burma: Letters Home from a Brave Father

My father served in Burma during the 2nd World War - he was in the Artillary, his name Bdr.W.J.Eldridge...

A Spell of Duty in Burma

A larger box fitted centrally between two darkrooms and became the entrance to both, with the fittings to...

My Memories of the War in India and My Uncle’s Fortune in Scotland by Mr S E Ali

My Memories of the War in India and My Uncle's Fortune in Scotland by Mr S E Ali. My Uncle's...

Three Years in India

Between 1943-46, I was in the Royal Air Force in a RAF Maintenance Unit based in India... 20 to 30...

In India with the Indian Military Nursing Service

Through contact with Lady Wavell, she was able to leave the camp and enlist with the Indian Nursing...