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Second World War
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Burma,
1944
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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
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2nd Battalion, King's Own, as part of the 1944 Chindit Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0413
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Mules were used extensively for transport in the 1944 Chindit
Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0414
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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
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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
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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
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Group of soldiers (and mule) of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own,
1944, in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0424
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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
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Captain Harry Gibb, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer of
Number 41 Chindit Column in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0427
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The Royal Air Force Sergeant who was with Number 41 Column as
wireless operator. Burma, April 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0428
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Members of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0429
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Captain Pete Edwards (Transport Officer) with one of the mules used
in Burma by the 2nd Battalion, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0431
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Elephants were also used for transport in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0432
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Group of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0433
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Mule transport of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0434
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Accession Number: KONeg0435
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Accession Number: KONeg0436
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Accession Number: KONeg0437
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Accession Number: KONeg0438
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Accession Number: KONeg0439
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Accession Number: KONeg0440
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2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0441
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2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0442
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2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0444
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Mules used for transport by the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0445
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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
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2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0447
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2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0448
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2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0449
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The airstrip at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944. Used by the 2nd
Battalion King's Own in the Chindit operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0678
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Crashed Dakota aircraft at the 'Blackpool' airstrip in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0679
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Abandoned Japanese bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0680
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Anti-aircraft gun at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0681
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Airdrop of supplies in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0682
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Parachutes left over from an airdrop in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0683
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Abandoned Japanese Bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0684
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Wrecked glider on 'Blackpool' airstrip in Northern Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0685
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Wireless set at 'Blackpool' in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0686
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Abandoned jeep in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0687
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