Burma Rifles: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m remove link breaking guidelines (11 - personal web page)
Maureene (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 5: Line 5:
*'''1922''' 70th & 85th merged to form the '''20th Burma Rifles'''  
*'''1922''' 70th & 85th merged to form the '''20th Burma Rifles'''  
*'''1937''' renamed '''Burma Rifles''' on separation of Burma from India
*'''1937''' renamed '''Burma Rifles''' on separation of Burma from India
=='Z-Force' in Burma, WW2==
Men from the Burma Rifles were recruited to  the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who became 'Johnnies'. It was decided to recruit volunteers who were prepared to go into Burma, hide themselves in selected areas, and report back any information that they could pick up. "All had a thorough knowledge of the jungle, its inhabitants, and their language; all were tough and used to living on their own far from civilization; and all possessed courage of outstanding quality".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226122557/https://www.spink.com//lot-description.aspx?id=100816  Medals of  Major C.G. ´Micky´ Merton], November 25, 2010 spink.com, now an archived page.</ref>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
Line 14: Line 17:
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
* WW2Talk Forum thread  "Interview: Major Neville Graham Hogan officer served with 2nd Bn Burma Rifles"<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49770-interview-major-neville-graham-hogan-officer-served-with-2nd-bn-burma-rifles Interview: Major Neville Graham Hogan officer served with 2nd Bn Burma Rifles] </ref> includes link to a IWM [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012076 1991 interview]
* WW2Talk Forum thread  "Interview: Major Neville Graham Hogan officer served with 2nd Bn Burma Rifles"<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49770-interview-major-neville-graham-hogan-officer-served-with-2nd-bn-burma-rifles Interview: Major Neville Graham Hogan officer served with 2nd Bn Burma Rifles] </ref> includes link to a IWM [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012076 1991 interview]


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 03:19, 2 January 2018

Chronology

  • 1916 Two companies of Burma Pioneers raised in Mandalay
  • 1917 Burma Pioneers became the 70th Burma Rifles
  • 1917 85th Burma Rifles raised from the Burma Military Police
  • 1922 70th & 85th merged to form the 20th Burma Rifles
  • 1937 renamed Burma Rifles on separation of Burma from India

'Z-Force' in Burma, WW2

Men from the Burma Rifles were recruited to the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who became 'Johnnies'. It was decided to recruit volunteers who were prepared to go into Burma, hide themselves in selected areas, and report back any information that they could pick up. "All had a thorough knowledge of the jungle, its inhabitants, and their language; all were tough and used to living on their own far from civilization; and all possessed courage of outstanding quality".[1]

External Links

Historical books online

A Burmese Loneliness: a tale of travel in Burma, the Southern Shan States and Keng Tung by Captain C M Enriquez, 21st Punjabis (Burma Military Police: 85th Burma Rifles) 1918 Archive.org.
A Burmese Wonderland : a Tale of Travel in Lower and Upper Burma by Major C M Enriquez, 3-70th Kachin Rifles, Divisional Recruiting Officer, Burma 1922 with a Map of Burma Archive.org
A Burmese Arcady, an account of a long and intimate sojourn amongst the mountain dwellers of the Burmese hinterland and of their engaging characteristics and customs by Major C M Enriquez, [3/70th] Kachin Rifles. 1923. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University.

References