East Lancs is the designation of the regiment on my farthers cap badge, served in India, Egypt, Madagascar and Burma, dont have much more information than that about him at the moment, his name was Fred Thornton and he was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Can anyone point me in the right direction, am trying to dig out any information about him during his time in Burma.
Hello- I suspect you will need to apply for his service records first so you can ID what battalion(s) he served with. service records sar form requests
If he was in the East Lancs in Burma than he was in 2nd Battalion, which served in 29th Infantry brigade before it was transferred to 7th Indian Division.
If he was in the East Lancs in Burma than he was in 2nd Battalion, which served in 29th Infantry brigade before it was transferred to 7th Indian Division. In that case this may be of intrest. 3390047 Private John Rawes - EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT:- Daughter Margaret writes " Can you help me please........ I am reaserching my Father who was in the East Lancashire Regiment...... He was in the Middle East Land Force 26/05/42 until 07/01/43 and then went to Burma and awarded The Burma Star and others The dates I have are as follows.... Posted to 19th Training Centre 15/08/41 Posted to 29th Independant Brigade 04/09/42 Posted to 2nd Battalian18/11/42 Posted to 19th Holding Battalion 08/03/46 Search page 18