Burma Rifles

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

• Burma Rifles Wikipedia
  
• The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
  
• 2nd Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
  
• 12th Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
  
• 14th Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
  
• "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" includes link to a IWM 1991 interview
• 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
• 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

• 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