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Burma
Army Command – 19 March 1942
I. 1 Burma Corps
(Burcorps)
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(a) Corps Troops
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7 Armoured Brigade
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2nd Royal Tank Regiment
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7th Queen's Own Hussars
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1st
Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment
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attached
from 17 Indian Infantry Division |
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Artillery
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Antitank
Batteries
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'A'
Battery, 95th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
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Royal
Horse Artillery
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414th
Battery, Royal Horse Artillery |
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Artillery
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Heavy
Antiaircraft Batteries
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8th
Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA
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Light Antiaircraft Batteries
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3rd Indian Light Antiaircraft Battery, Indian Artillery
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less one troop |
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Engineers
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Artizan
Works Companies
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18th
Artizan Works Company
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17th
Artizan Works Company
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Field
Companies
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1st
Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners
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Pioneer
Battalions
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6th
Pioneer Battalion, Indian Engineers |
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Infantry |
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1st Special Service Detachment |
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(b)
1 Burma Division
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Artillery
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Antitank
Batteries
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8th
Indian Anti-Tank Battery, Indian Artillery
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Mountain
Regiments
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27th
Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery
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HQ |
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Mountain
Batteries
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23rd
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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2nd
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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Engineers
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Field
Companies
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56th
Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras less two sections
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Sappers and Miners
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The
Malerkotla State Field Company, Indian States Forces
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Field
Park Companies
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50th
Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras
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Sappers and Miners
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Infantry
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Burma
Frontier Force
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FF1,
Burma Frontier Force
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attached |
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FF3,
Burma Frontier Force
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FF4,
Burma Frontier Force
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FF5,
Burma Frontier Force
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attached |
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2nd
Special Service Detachment
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Brigades
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1 Burma Brigade Group
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2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (2/7th Rajput)
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1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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attached |
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5th Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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2 Burma Brigade Group
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5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment (5/1st Punjab)
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7th (Burma Police) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
attached |
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FF8, Burma Frontier Force
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attached |
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13 Indian Infantry Brigade
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1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (1/18th
R Garh Rif)
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(c)
17 Indian Infantry Division
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Artillery
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Antitank
Batteries
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5th
Indian Anti-Tank Battery, Indian Artillery
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attached
from 2nd Indian Anti-Tank Regiment |
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Antitank
Regiments
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2nd
Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery
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assigned to Line of Communication Troops |
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Field
Regiments
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1st
Indian Field Regiment
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Field Batteries
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1st Indian Field Battery, Indian Artillery
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2nd Indian Field Battery, Indian Artillery
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Mountain Batteries
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5th
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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detached,
re-equipping at Mandalay |
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12th
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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less
one section re-equipping at Mandalay |
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15th
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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detached,
re-equipping at Mandalay |
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28th
Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
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detached,
re-equipping at Mandalay |
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Engineers
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Field
Companies
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24th
Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
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60th
Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras
Sappers and Miners
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70th
Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
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Infantry
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1st
Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
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attached
to 48th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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1st
Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment
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attached
to 7 Armoured Brigade |
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5th
Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment (5/17th Dogra)
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8th
(Frontier Force) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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1st
Rangoon Battalion, Burma Military Police
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"Force Viper", Royal Marines detachment - river patrol
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Burma
Frontier Force
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1st
Detachment, Burma Frontier Force
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2nd
Detachment, Burma Frontier Force
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3rd
Detachment, Burma Frontier Force
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FF2,
Burma Frontier Force
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attached |
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FF6,
Burma Frontier Force
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Reconnaissance
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1st
Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
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Brigades
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16 Indian Infantry Brigade
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2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
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1st Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment (1/9th Jat)
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7th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment (7/10th
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4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (4/12th
FFR)
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48 Indian Infantry Brigade |
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1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
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attached |
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"5th Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles (Composite Battalion)"
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1st Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (1/3rd
Gurkha Rifles)
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2nd Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (2/5th
Gurkha Rifles)
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"7th Gurkha Rifles (Composite Battalion)"
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1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7th Gurkha Rifles)
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3rd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (3/7th Gurkha Rifles)
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1st Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (1/4th Gurkha
Rifles)
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63 Indian Infantry Brigade
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1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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attached from Army Command |
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1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles (1/10th Gurkhas)
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1st (King George's Own) Battalion,
11th Sikh Regiment (1/11 Sikh)
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2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles (2/13th FF
Rif) |
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II. Army Troops
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28th
Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery
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1st
Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA, Burma Auxiliary Force
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The
Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma
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a detachment |
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Auxiliary
Force
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9th
(Reserve) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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10th
(Training) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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The
Bhamo Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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less
detachments |
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The
Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Reserve Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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The
Karen Levies
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III. Line of Communication Troops
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2nd
Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery
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RHQ
only - less both batteries, no guns |
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8th
Indian Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, Indian Artillery
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3rd Indian Light Antiaircraft
Battery, Indian Artillery one
troop
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The
Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma
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no
guns, less one detachment |
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Auxiliary
Force
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56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras
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two sections |
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Sappers and Miners
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2nd
Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)
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3rd
Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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4th
Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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6th
Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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possibly
only a company in strength remaining. Became a garrison company of
Karens during Mar-Apr-42 |
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11th
Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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12th
(Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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13th
(Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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14th
(Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles
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The
Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force
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The
Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force
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The
Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force
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The
Mandalay Battalion, Burma Military Police
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The
Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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detachments |
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The
Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Frontier Force
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detachments |
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MI
(Mounted Infantry) Detachment, Burma Frontier Force
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1st
Garrison Battalion
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2nd
Garrison Battalion
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1st
Garrison Company
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2nd
Garrison Company
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3rd
Garrison Company
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4th
Garrison Company
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5th
Garrison Company
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6th
Garrison Company
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7th
Garrison Company
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13 April, 2011
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