About the contributor

My father, Philip Hamer Howarth, was in the 2nd Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment from 1940-1942. He was commissioned at OCTU Bangalore in May 1943 and was in the King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners until the end of the war. Although he didn't speak much about his experiences during his working years, they were often on his mind in latter years and he wrote down his memories for ex-army association archives, British Legion talks and family. It was important to him that the stories should be recorded. My father died in March 2005 and I wanted to add his story to this website in his memory.