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Burma

Lunt, James 'A Hell of a Licking', The Retreat from Burma 1941 Collins

Allen, Louis Burma, The Longest War 1941-45 Dent, London (1984)
Grant, Ian Lyall Burma 1942, The Japanese Invasion Zampi, Chichester (1999)
Tamayma, Kazuo

McEnery, John H Epilogue in Burma Spellmount, (1990)

Hickey, Michael The Unforgettable Army, Slim's XIVth Army in Burma Spellmount, Tunbridge Wells (1992)

Official History

Joslen, HF Orders of Battle, Second World War 1939-1945 The London Stamp Exchange, London (1990)

Prasad, Bisheswar (ed) Post-War Occupation Forces; Japan and South-East Asia Orient Longmans, Calcutta (1958)

Khera, PN; Prasad, SN; Bhargava, KD The Reconquest of Burma (Vols 1&2) Orient Longmans, Calcutta (1958 & 1959)

Prasad, Bisheswar (ed) The Retreat from Burma 1941-1942 Orient Longmans, Calcutta (1954)

Kirby, S Woodburn The War Against Japan (Vols1-5) HMSO, London (1957-1969)

Regimental Histories
Barclay, CN The History of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1919-1952 Clowes, London (1953)

Chapple, JL The Lineages and Composition of Ghurka Regiments in British Service The Ghurka Museum, Church Crookham (1985)
Farndale, M History of the Royal regiment of Artillery, The Far East Theatre 1941-46 Brasseys, London (2000)

Daniell, David Scott Cap of Honour, The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment White Lion, London (1975)
Hingston, W Never Give Up, Volume V of The History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1919-1942 (1950)
Mullaly, BR Bugle and Kukri, The Story of The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, Volume One The Regimental Trust (1993)

The Standing Orders of the 2nd Battlion, The Burma Rifles (1946)

Army - Medals, Badges

Cole, Howard Formation Badges of World War Two, Britain, Commonwealth & Empire Arms and Armour, London (1973)

Official Records
WO172/974 War Diary of 1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles
WO172/976 War Diary of 3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles
WO172/977 War Diary of 4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles
WO212/315 Order of Battle, Burma.  11th February 1942 
WO212/316 Order of Battle, Burma.  1st April 1942 
WO212/358, 359 & 554 India: skeleton Order of Battle and India: Army with amendments

WO212/543 Order of Battle, HQ Army in Burma.  1st February 1942 (with amendments to 23rd February 1942)

 

18 September, 2008

 

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