The Final Curtain: Burma 1941–1945
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The Final Curtain: Burma 1941–1945

Veterans' Stories

  1. 314 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

The Final Curtain: Burma 1941–1945

Veterans' Stories

About this book

The Final Curtain: Burma 1941-1945 comprises interviews with some of the very few surviving veterans of this most arduous of campaigns. In their own words, soldiers, sailors and airmen now aged between 95 and 101 vividly recount the experiences that they endured more than seventy-five years ago. This is oral history at its best, from officers and men of 14th Army, which comprised some 100,000 British and other Commonwealth personnel, 340,000 from the Sub-Continent and 90,000 East and West Africans. The interviewees include individuals from all these groups. Their accounts cover the retreat from Burma, the Chindit operations behind Japanese lines, the hard-fought struggle in the Arakan, the crucial battles at Kohima and Imphal, and the final advance to Rangoon, culminating in a decisive victory. The veterans featured in this fascinating collection include a Primus (Archbishop) of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a former Chairman of Manchester City Football Club, and the Principal of the Accra Polytechnic in Ghana as well as two career Army officers. Regardless of their post war achievements, all the contributors share the distinction of having served in a hugely demanding and ultimately victorious campaign against a merciless enemy. Their accounts make for inspiring and unforgettable reading.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2022
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781399070447
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Burma Star Memorial Fund
  9. The Burma Campaign 1941–45
  10. The Final Burma Star Reunion
  11. Maps
  12. Glossary of Terms/Names
  13. L/FX 95053 Petty Officer Harry Aitken, Royal Navy
  14. 5618787 Sergeant George Bastone, Devonshire Regiment
  15. 1715951 LAC Fred Behagg, Royal Air Force
  16. 14244284 Gunner Alan Bevan, Royal Artillery
  17. 1535378 Corporal Neil Bullock, Royal Air Force
  18. 1836374 Corporal Eric Davis, Royal Air Force
  19. 14867839 Fusilier Richard Day, Royal Welch Fusiliers
  20. 14315501 Lance Corporal Ted Downs, 3rd Carabiniers
  21. 14783968 Lance Corporal Mervyn Ellicott,Queen’s Royal Regiment
  22. 3034775 LAC Brian Foster, Royal Air Force
  23. 315629 Captain Stuart Guild, Royal Artillery
  24. 353446 Major Patrick Hamilton, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  25. GC 63688 Private Joseph Hammond, Gold Coast Regiment
  26. 2010594 Corporal Peter Heppell, Royal Engineers
  27. Captain Richard Hilder, 3rd Carabiniers
  28. 14524981 Private Idris Jones, Suffolk Regiment
  29. ZBK 13224 Colour Sergeant Maxmos Kettle, King’s African Rifles
  30. 14429428 Sergeant Vic Knibb,Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  31. Lance Corporal Wisdom Kudowor, 26th West African Artisan Works Company
  32. EC 12735 Lieutenant Ted Luscombe,19th Hyderabad Regiment
  33. 1820545 Bombardier Neil McInnes, Royal Artillery
  34. 14318391 Private Sid Machin, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment
  35. 14532305 Sapper Arthur Massey, Royal Engineers
  36. 265871 Major Charles Mercer, Nigeria Regiment
  37. PJX 298234 Warrant Officer Roy Miller, Royal Navy
  38. 14532998 Corporal Victor Mock, Devonshire Regiment
  39. IA 584 Major Drogo Montagu, 2nd Punjab Regiment
  40. 3608538 Sergeant Vincent Murphy, Border Regiment
  41. 14580396 Signaller Dennis Newland, Royal Signals
  42. 14408980 Sergeant Ian Niven, Lancashire Fusiliers
  43. 14821064 Private Lawrence Powers, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
  44. 269213 Captain Maurice Ramsay MC, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  45. EC 3877 Captain John Randle MC, 10th Baluch Regiment
  46. 575568 Sergeant George Rice, Royal Air Force
  47. 109503 Captain John Riggs, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
  48. Gunner Stanley Seymour, Royal Artillery
  49. 126426 Major David Shirreff MC, King’s African Rifles
  50. 273680 Captain Gordon Short, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  51. 3064464 LAC Alan Sier, Royal Air Force
  52. JX 730343 Telegraphist (S) Ken Tomkinson, Royal Navy
  53. 579013 LAC Thomas Tuer, Royal Air Force
  54. Footnote A Hill called Melroseby Dr Yashwant Thorat
  55. Index
  56. Back cover

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