Burma Collection

A thick columns of black smoke rising from a Japanese train attacked by Bristol Beaufighters at Kokkogon, about 40 miles along the branch line from Pyinmana, on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, Burma

The British landing on Ramree Island, Arakan. 15th February 1945

Arakan landing: Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a
Arakan landing:Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a landing on the Japanese flank in Arakan early March 1944

Private C. White after killing five Japanese soldiers who attacked his Bren gun post. 9th October 1944

The British 36th Division celebrating St. Andrews Day in Myanmar. 25th December 1944

Senior Officers of Allied Land Forces South East Asia, leaving 36th Division Headquarters for an inspection of front line troops with Major General F.W. Festing (driving). 16th March 1945

Major General F. W. Festing, D. S. O. commanding the 36th Division visiting forward areas
Major General F.W. Festing, D.S.O. commanding the 36th Division visiting forward areas near Hopin in North Burma. He is travelling by jeep train

Burma Defence. Indian Mountain Battery, operating in the frontier regions where the country is rugged, mountainous and jungle covered. Pictured, guns being carried by mules. February 1942

The making of the Manipur road. Circa July 1945

Japanese train in Rangoon (Yangon). June 1945

Landing craft being unloaded at the Rangoon (Yangdon) beach head. May 1945

Flying Officer R. B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J. A
Flying Officer R.B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J.A. Brown of West Hartlepool, Co, Durham (centre), and Sergeant P.F

Two Consolidated Liberator B Mark VIs of No. 356 Squadron RAF based at Salbani, India, leave the smoke-covered target area after bombing a Japanese supply base

British mortar team during the attack to capture Meiktila. Circa February 1945

Allied troops land the Arakan stronghold. 16th February 1945

Landing craft travel up the Rangoon (Yangdon) river as smoke from an air strike obliterates all effective defence. May 1945

British troops of the 15th Indian Corps landing on Ramree Island. Supplies come ashore. February 1945

Air Attacks on Japanese supply lines in Burma. Allied Air forces are playing an important part in the Burma fighting. Japanese supply lines are constantly hammered from the air

RAF Beaufighters attack oil storage tanks at Sadaing Tank Farm, Yonangyaung, Burma. World War Two. No actual year given for this picture, but Mirrorpix will suggest 1943

Bren gun carriers being swung on to Rangoon docks. Burma. circa 1st November 1941

British and Chinese Officers meet on the road in Burma. Chinese reinforcements passing through a Burmese village were met by British liaison officers

Arakan front line: 7th division fights its way out of Japanese ring. The Arakan Campaign was the Allied attack into Burma, following the Japanese conquest of Burma earlier in 1942

Brigadier Orde Wingates Chindits in Burma, circa 1943

Chindits buying food in a Burmese village in 1943

A soldier working on the Burma Road. Circa 1942

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

British patrol pass a Burmese farmer and oxen. 2nd August 1945

Radio telephonists at work in Meiktila. 1st April 1945

14th Army on the way to Mandalay. 20th February 1945

Soldiers in combat during Second World War, Burma. 13th February 1945

Allied troops make their way inland south of Rangoon. 18th May 1945

RAF Liberators of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, recently made a daylight attack on an important Japanese held railway station at Pak Nam Phau in Burma

Lieutenants A Sten, (Burnley, Lancashire), of the field regiment, Royal Artillery, synchronises his watch with the Brigade Headquarters over phone, prior to a barrage on Pinwe. Circa January 1945

Royal Artillery battery fire against the Japanese in Pinwe. Circa January 1945

British and Indian paratroops during the assault on Rangoon. A motor launch with guns ready for action enters Rangoon city area. May 1945

Front line burial of a British soldier shot by Japanese on the road to Mandalay. Pictured, British soldiers of the 36th Division prepare to bury a comrade along the road north of Pinwe. January 1945

British troops landing near Elephant point near Rangoon (Yangdon). May 1945

Lieutenant A. Garwood, the commander of the Sherman tank, feeding an elephant with biscuits from the turret of his tank on the road at Taungtha, Burma, 14 April 1945

A Valentine bridgelayer of the 3rd Independent Bridge Building Company, Royal Armoured Corps, spans a damaged bridge near Meiktila, Burma. 28 March 1945

A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V5589, of No. 113 Squadron RAF based at Asansol, India, veers out of control as it is shot down by Japanese fighters while carrying out a low-level bombing attack on two

Men of the Tripura Rifles prepare and ambush after sixth month campaign against the Japanese. Circa 1940s

Indian troops of the Frontier Force Rifles launch an assault on a precipitous hill feature on the road to Taungup, the last Japanese coastal supply base in the Arakan

The crew of a Lee tank pose with a captured Japanese flag during the advance south of Mandalay, Burma. 20th March 1945

Chinese troops cross a temporary suspension bridge over the Salween river as they continue their drive to open the Burma Road. 28th October 1944

Jeeps and trailers of an Assault Field Regiment, 36th Division, negotiate a muddy track. 9th December 1944

Indian troops disembarking from their landing craft after commandos had secured the beach head. 8th February 1945

Punjabis of the 14th Army attack Monywa after the fall of Budalin. Circa 1940s

British soldiers and locals in the compound of the church in Chantha. 11th February 1945

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