1st Burma Regiment plan to capture Winkadat, 21st/22nd May 1945

Steve,

a copy would be fine and, if you have them, the period around 9th-15th February1945 as there is also an aerial photograph of a riverside village, dated 11th February, that obviously has some significance; almost certainly somewhere around Nyaungu.

I am happy to let you have scans of all the 1st Burma Regiment documents that I have. I will send you my email address by PM.

Simon.

 

Undated list of officers.

 

Simon

I looked at the officers in the undated list for a bit of fun, to see if anything might date the list. Going by some of the dates attached to certain officers, the list might date to early 1945 - before March perhaps.

1st Battalion, The Burma Regiment - Officers

Lt. Colonel A.S. Lewis - took command 10th October 1944; left the Battalion 29th June 1945

Major K.L. Hales - ABRO 80; last mentioned in war diary in April 1945

Major K.A.J. Gorvett - wounded 5th March 1945

Major P.F. Taylor - ABRO 95

Major H.M. Gray - nil

Major A.d’o.d.A. Aplin - left 10th July 1946

Captain D.M. Coshan - ABRO 602, returned from leave and marriage, 5th August 1945

Captain L. Bronitsky - left 22nd May 1945

Captain F.Y. Deardon (Dearden?) - arrived as reinforcement, 11th March 1944

Lieutenant J. Barnes - left 29th November 1945

Lieutenant A.A. Higgins - wounded 7th March 1945

Lieutenant Tufail Ahmed - left 28th March 1946

Lieutenant J.A. Jolliffe - nil

2nd Lt. G.E. Bowyer - arrived as reinforcement 12th November 1944

Lieutenant Santa Singh - promoted to Captain 16th July 1944 and appointed Administration Company Commander

Steve

 

Steve,

many thanks for the update. I had basic information on most of these officers and a visit to your website has added a lot more.

Lieutenant J A Jolliffe was John Alexander Jolliffe, EC.13547.Commissioned 16th April 1944.

The attached document is an undated assessment of battalion strength.

Simon

 

It appears that the IWM has footage of two of these Officers in a short film about crossing the Irrawaddy at Nyaung U.

TRANSPORTING MEN AND SUPPLIES ACROSS IRRAWADDY FOR 7TH DIVISION [Allocated Title] (JFU 22)

 

Simon,

Thanks for posting the all the above. I've been waiting for a PM so as to send you a link to the war diary. Hope I hadn't missed it.

Steve