This is the Grandfather of one of the manager's at work. Been pestering him to show me these for ages. Grandfather is on the right in the Jeep photo. I'm assuming he's in 43rd Gurkha Lorried Brigade going by the arm badge ? Yes, I know he's a Sikh, so must be Brigade HQ . White over blue tac sign, signals? Need some help with a bit more info.
Owen Thank your friend for letting us see these evocative pics. The indian Army was to gain no less than 18 VCs in WW2 and were renowned in Italy as being amazing fighters Ron
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The Kukri details on the shoulder patch seem different from what's shown here, 43RD INDIAN LORRIED INFANTRY BRIGADE | eBay I'm not able to find any similar examples but there does seem to be some variation. WW2 17th Gurkha Rifle Brigade Cloth Formation Sign Patch Badge
Assuming you have the unit down right, you may want to consult this: Anonymous A Gurkha Brigade in Italy: The Story of the 43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade Bombay: Times of India Press, 1946 One of those softcover short histories, but It's a bit of an elusive one.
We discussed something similar on the forum a good few years back: British Indian Army records - where are they? I did contact Delhi one other time in relation to the Dogra Regiment and received some information back, but this was general detail and not specific to anyone soldier.
I didn't realise this fact, but the 2/10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles were part of 3rd Indian Motor Brigade, which became 43rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Lorried) at some point near the end of January 1943, having had a bad time at Gazala. 2/10th were joined by 2/6th and 2/8th Gurkha Rifles in the new brigade, which could well have been home to your man. The brigade got around a lot (everybody got around a lot in the desert) and was under 4th, 8th & 10th Indian Division in North Africa and Italy, and from 25/10/44 until 7/10/44 was with 56th (British) Division at the Gothic Line. When we get some dates, we'll know what units to chase up.
