Photo Gallery
Second World War
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Burma,
1944
Stores of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own, at Imphal prior to the
deployment into Burma as Number 41 and 46 Columns. The battalion was
flown to the airstrip at 'Broadway', south west of Myitkyina in Northern
Burma on 9th March 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0426
2nd Battalion, King's Own, as part of the 1944 Chindit Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0413
Mules were used extensively for transport in the 1944 Chindit
Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0414
Group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
The soldier in the centre with the large hat is Captain Pete Edwards, the
Transport Officer
Accession Number: KONeg0421
Officers of Number 41 Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own, April
1944, in Burma.
Left to right, rear, Captain Charles Stock, Joe Coleman, Lieutenant David
Harrison, Lieutenant Shaw.
Left to right, front, Major Vernon Royle, Captain Winhill, Lieutenant
Colonel A W Thompson, Captain Harry Gibb (Royal Army Medical Corps) and J
B Tucker.
Accession Number: KONeg0422
Group of soldiers of Number 41 Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own,
April 1944, in Burma.
On the left is Lance Corporal Albert Halsall, who, within a few weeks, won
the Military Medal in command of a Vickers Machine Gun position covering
the withdrawal of the 2nd Battalion from the defensive position called
'Blackpool Block' on 24th May, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0423
Group of soldiers (and mule) of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own,
1944, in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0424
Major Les Heap (looking at camera) in command of Number 46 Chindit
Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma in 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0425
Captain Harry Gibb, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer of
Number 41 Chindit Column in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0427
The Royal Air Force Sergeant who was with Number 41 Column as
wireless operator. Burma, April 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0428
Members of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0429
Captain Pete Edwards (Transport Officer) with one of the mules used
in Burma by the 2nd Battalion, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0431
Elephants were also used for transport in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0432
Group of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0433
Mule transport of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0434
Accession Number: KONeg0435
Accession Number: KONeg0436
Accession Number: KONeg0437
Accession Number: KONeg0438
Accession Number: KONeg0439
Accession Number: KONeg0440
2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0441
2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0442
2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0444
Mules used for transport by the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0445
Captain Pete Edwards (in centre with hat) transport officer of the
2nd Battalion in Burma in April 1944. Note the elephants to the
rear.
Accession Number: KONeg0446
2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0447
2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0448
2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0449
The airstrip at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944. Used by the 2nd
Battalion King's Own in the Chindit operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0678
Crashed Dakota aircraft at the 'Blackpool' airstrip in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0679
Abandoned Japanese bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0680
Anti-aircraft gun at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0681
Airdrop of supplies in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0682
Parachutes left over from an airdrop in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0683
Abandoned Japanese Bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0684
Wrecked glider on 'Blackpool' airstrip in Northern Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0685
Wireless set at 'Blackpool' in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0686
Abandoned jeep in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0687
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