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* 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]
*[https://www.spink.com//lot-description.aspx?id=100816  Medals of  Major C.G. ´Micky´ Merton], Burma Rifles and later the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who was one of the original 'Johnnies' November 25, 2010 spink.com
*[https://www.spink.com//lot-description.aspx?id=100816  Medals of  Major C.G. ´Micky´ Merton], Burma Rifles and later the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who was one of the original 'Johnnies' November 25, 2010 spink.com
*[http://members.madasafish.com/~cj_whitehound/family/Denis_Wilmot_Rae_b1908.htm Denis Wilmot Rae circa 1908] mentions that other ex Burma Rifle men who had escaped to India were connected with the Johnnies and Z-Force (WW2)
*[http://members.madasafish.com/~cj_whitehound/family/Denis_Wilmot_Rae_b1908.htm Denis Wilmot Rae, born circa 1908] mentions that other ex Burma Rifle men who had escaped to India were connected with the Johnnies and Z-Force (WW2)
 
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024039855 ''Kachin military terms''] by C M  Enriquez,  Major, 85th Burma Rifles  1919 Archive.org
**The [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924024039855#page/n7/mode/2up Dedication] indicates that D Company, 85th Burma Rifles, served in Mesopotamia 1917-1919
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Revision as of 11:20, 15 March 2015

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

External Links

Historical books online

  • Kachin military terms by C M Enriquez, Major, 85th Burma Rifles 1919 Archive.org
    • The Dedication indicates that D Company, 85th Burma Rifles, served in Mesopotamia 1917-1919

References