Far East Collection (page 2)

Recently some RAF officers visited a Roman Catholic community of Indians and Anglo-Indians in a Burmese village in a liberated area

Men of the Royal Corps of Signals who provided the land communications required to co-ordinate the air offensive which made possible the Allied victory in Burma

To maintenance units behind RAF forward airstrips in Burma come all types of aircraft needing repairs from Tigers to Thunderbolts

At the request of the military authorities in Burma sixteen African Chiefs were invited to tour Ceylon, India and the Burma Front to visit men of their tribes serving with the British Forces

In two attacks Allied heavy and medium bombers recently destroyed, a heavily fortified strongpoint at Ningthoukhong in Burma

Punjab troops act as firefighters on the Arakan front. Villages on the front suffer from enemy bombs and shellfire. Here Indians of the 16th Punjab Regiment help to extinguish a village fire

RAF Personnel, whose job it is to guard the forward airstrips on the Burma front, keep up to the mark with a periodical course in jungle warfare

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

On board British Royal Navy submarine HMS Templar with the Eastern Fleet during the Second World War. In the engine room, leading stoker Joe Henley of Cardiff makes adjustments to the engines at

Units of the US Army Medical Corps in combat areas perform their duties under extreme difficulties. Here an emergency operation is being performed in a dug out located deep in the jungle of

Reconstructing the Burma road near the Salween River during the Second world War. An American Army bulldozer and Chinese labourers carrying basket loads of crushed rocks

Allied troops use a jeep as a locomotive on the 37 mile railroad which runs from Mougang, Burma, northeast to Myitkinya. Both of these former Japanese supply bases, now in Allied hands

British troops at a forward position in the Burmese jungle, celebrate Christmas with tinned plum pudding an extra rations of beer and cigarettes

Details of a pipeline that will extend 2000 miles from Calcutta to Yunnan, South China were revealed by Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan, commander of US forces in the Burma-India theatre

The road from Imphal to Tamu in Burma cleared by British sappers. The road was previously only able to take heavy traffic as far as Palel at the feet of the Chin Hills

Soldiers of the British 36th Division in Burma during the Second World War. Picture shows Private Campion (Southport) being assisted by Sergeant Perry (Rock Ferry) and Private Grice (St. Helens)

Escort carriers of the US Navy prepare for action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. On 16th and 17th February 1945, more than 15

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Shakespeare, of the East Indies fleet, returned to harbour with a gaping hole in her sides having fought one of the most arduous battles of the submarine war

HMS Illustrious oils a destroyer in the Indian Ocean with the Eastern Fleet 20th May 1944

RAF Thunderbolts strike at Japanese communications during the Second World War. RAF fighter pilots, flying cannon-firing Thunderbolts from Indian bases on the Burma front

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

Chinese troops enter a Burmese village during Second World War. Circa March 1945

British and Chinese officers meet in a Burmese village during Second World War. Circa 1940s

Men of the 36th Infantry Division firing a 25-pdr field gun in the Burmese jungle against Japanese positions. Circa December 1944

Men of the 36th Division advance on Mandalay during Second World War. Circa January 1945

The West Yorks troops and tanks advance through Burmain the Imphal-Kohima area. 7th June 1944

Men of the Indian Field engineers searching for mines and booby traps during the advance on Pinwe. 10th December 1944

Ground troops under General O. C. Wingate and Col. Cochran
Ground troops under General O.C. Wingate and Col. Cochrans Commandos fight off Japanese forces at an airbase. Circa February 1944

Lt. General Sir M. G. N Stopford visits troops in Kyaukse, seen here talking to Gunner A
Lt. General Sir M.G.N Stopford visits troops in Kyaukse, seen here talking to Gunner A. Gallagher. 26th March 1945

Lance Corporal F. Webling, of 21 Lorve Gardens, Holland Park Avenue, London, and his troops advance on Mayu Ridge. 2nd November 1944

Radio Telephonists at work beneath a gigantic idol in whose Temple a command post has been set up. Circa 1940

British troops capture Meiktila. British troops mopping up in Meiktila. They are searching damaged buildings for stray Japanese snipers. Circa 1940

General Sir A. F. P. Christison, Commander of the 15th Indian Corps, 14th Army
General Sir A.F.P. Christison, Commander of the 15th Indian Corps, 14th Army, visits a memorial dedicated to the men of the Yorks and Lancs regiment who fell in action in the Arakan. Circa 1944

Jeeps and trailers of an Assault Field Regiment, 36th Division, moves up to Mewlu. 11th December 1944

R. A. F. attack bridge on the Burma - Thailand railway at Kalunpe
R.A.F. attack bridge on the Burma - Thailand railway at Kalunpe. (Above) The main bridge between milestone 44 and 45 which was completed destroyed while the by-pass bridge suffered damage

R. A. F. Beaufighters attack the oil pipeline at Kanhla during Second World War
R.A.F. Beaufighters attack the oil pipeline at Kanhla during Second World War. 9th May 1944

British troops landing near Elephant point in Rangoon. 18th May 1945

British infantrymen search Japanese foxholes in Meiktila during Second World War. Circa March 12th 1945

Men of the Punjab rifles advance on Meiktila behind a Sherman tank. Circa 1940s

British armour makes its way along the road from Imphal to Tamu. 8th February 1945

Men of the 36th Division with the Royal Welch Fusiliers working with a salvaged outboard motor on the banks of the Irrawaddy river. Circa 1940s

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