Hi all, I'm new here, and looking forward to finding my way around. I have a question about the 24th Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment RA...
Hi there just joined. Looking for info that will help me find the gaps in my dad's war story in Burma. He was a signalman and before he died in...
Personal Number: IA 149 ; 83186 Rank: Major-General Name: Sir Harold Rawdon BRIGGS, KCIE, KBE, CB, DSO**, MiD** Unit: 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian...
Does anyone already have the War Diaries for this unit for 1943, 1944 and 1945? I am looking to trace an Officer's service with it in these...
Personal Number: 12895 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Geoffrey Charles EVANS, KBE, CB, DSO**, MiD**** Unit: Royal Warwickshire Regiment ; 1 Royal...
Any info please ?
Major General H.R.Briggs arriving on 25th Dragoons Lee tank "Shrewsbury" from the Ngakyedauk Pass during the relief of 7th Division (Messervy)in...
Can anyone suggest any further avenues of research that I might pursue regarding my grandfather? He was one of the defenders of the Admin Box...
Is anybody out there able to supply badges and insignia of the British / Indian armies? A couple of weeks ago Dad gave me his army medals for safe...
John Leyin, pictured top left. He was the gunner/loader in my father's Lee Grant in the Battle of The Admin Box and wrote the excellent book,...
Inscribed on the back," RAC Depot Poona, self, Henry and Charles". I wonder who Henry and Charles were and their rank?
Lt Eric Miles,Troop 4 leader,B Squadron,25th Dragoons at left.I wonder who the other two were?
Lt Eric Miles,Argentine volunteer, Troop 4 commander, B Squadron 25th Dragoons. Died in London on the 25th March 2014, aged 92.Possibly was the...
The 25th Dragoons in October 1943 before they took part in The Battle of The Admin Box in February 1944, which stopped the Japanese advance into...
Right guys you are now getting used to my stupid ignorant questions. So here is my next one. How will I know if he was part of the Chindits clan...
Hi I started posting without introducing myself so please consider this my introduction. My grandfather was an RAMC medical officer who died in...
I've just finished reading the chapter about the 'admin box' in Louis Allen's book Burma the longest war 1941-45 and I get the impression that not...
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