Can someone identify this badge?
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SUNRAY_MINOR said:
Here is another variation of the insignia. The insignia were more than likely locally produced resulting in the variations.
But never mind that looking at your palm you are going on a long journey!
paralog said:
SUNRAY_MINOR said:
Here is another variation of the insignia. The insignia were more than likely locally produced resulting in the variations.
But never mind that looking at your palm you are going on a long journey!
I'll say. Aside from all the difficulties associated with the climate and terrain, they were dependent on resupply and casevac by air - which couldn't always happen (imagine trying to fly in/out in monsoon), so they were underfed and exhausted, and often had to shoot their wounded rather than abandon them for the Japanese to torture to death. Severe losses were a fact of life: if memory serves, the force that emerged from the jungle at the end of the last Chindit exped was down to 2/3 of its original strength.
What's that mean?
And yes my Grandfather was among those who had to walk to India after the war ended, when they lost 1/3 of their numbers and lost much of their supplies. They had to eat the pack donkeys and then carry the stuff that the donkeys had.
My nan did say that he dropped behind enemy lines.
I wish he was still alive, but he died when my mum was 18 in the 50s of a heart attack.
Apparently he would never speak about what happened and his family only truly understood what he went through when my uncle saw someone wearing the same badges as him and asked him if he knew my grandfather. Apparently they were really good mates and he said alot about their exploits. I still need to ask my uncle exactly what he said, and when I have I will post the results here for anyone interested.
And yes my Grandfather was among those who had to walk to India after the war ended, when they lost 1/3 of their numbers and lost much of their supplies. They had to eat the pack donkeys and then carry the stuff that the donkeys had.
My nan did say that he dropped behind enemy lines.
I wish he was still alive, but he died when my mum was 18 in the 50s of a heart attack.
Apparently he would never speak about what happened and his family only truly understood what he went through when my uncle saw someone wearing the same badges as him and asked him if he knew my grandfather. Apparently they were really good mates and he said alot about their exploits. I still need to ask my uncle exactly what he said, and when I have I will post the results here for anyone interested.
Apparently one of the things he did tell my nan was that he once had to pretend he was dead to avoid being captured by the Japanese when they attacked the camp they were in.
I think that he must have been in the first expedition since I remember my nan talking about that 1000 mile walk.
In a secret compartment he made in his Paybook I found a handwritten copy of Kipling's 'If' that his mother sent him. Apparently it was his favourite poem.
I think that he must have been in the first expedition since I remember my nan talking about that 1000 mile walk.
In a secret compartment he made in his Paybook I found a handwritten copy of Kipling's 'If' that his mother sent him. Apparently it was his favourite poem.
Joke - as in Madame Petulengra The Gypsy Palm Reader At Brighton Beach . .
Nip down to your local library, see if they've got Max Hastings book "Warriors" - it has a chapter about a Gurkha officer who led one of the Chindit Brigades in that last exped. I read it last night, it is a good short summary of what it was all about.
Nip down to your local library, see if they've got Max Hastings book "Warriors" - it has a chapter about a Gurkha officer who led one of the Chindit Brigades in that last exped. I read it last night, it is a good short summary of what it was all about.
Oh right, I should have known.
And I will check my library later on since I am going into town anyway.
My grandfather didn't win any medals or anything and in fact the Army was considering a court martial for a time when he fell asleep on watch, but it was quashed after they found out the circumstances - and since they had to find their own way out of Burma anyway >.<
And I will check my library later on since I am going into town anyway.
My grandfather didn't win any medals or anything and in fact the Army was considering a court martial for a time when he fell asleep on watch, but it was quashed after they found out the circumstances - and since they had to find their own way out of Burma anyway >.<
You can apply for service records below, if next of Kin like your Nan then it is free, for other family members £30.
I believe there is a bit of a backlog on processing requests at the moment so may take up to 6 Months.
Could give you valuable research material.
He would have been awarded at least 3 medals at my reconing.
39-45 Star, Burma Star and The 39-45 War Medal
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html
Sorry for the poor Joke.
I believe there is a bit of a backlog on processing requests at the moment so may take up to 6 Months.
Could give you valuable research material.
He would have been awarded at least 3 medals at my reconing.
39-45 Star, Burma Star and The 39-45 War Medal
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html
Sorry for the poor Joke.
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