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The Ministry of Defence Medal Office<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/the-ministry-of-defence-medal-office The Ministry of Defence Medal Office]</ref>holds a collection of WW2 Index Medal Cards which typically ‘include service number, names, class and date of release or discharge, age, rank, regiment or corps, dates and details of medals awarded and a postal address for the individual'.<ref> WW2 Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/50926-campaign-to-release-wwii-medal-index-cards/ post] dated 05 December 2013</ref> There is currently a campaign to have these cards digitised. For contact details, and instructions for application for unclaimed WW2 medals, refer [[Second World War#References|References, below]]
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==Medals==
*Geoff Sullivan’s [http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/awardindex.html Geoff's WO 373 Lists: Recommendations for Honours and Awards], WW2, includes
**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Burma%20and%20India.html Burma and India]
**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Malaya%20Singapore%20Java%20Hong%20Kong.html Malaya And Singapore, Java, Hong Kong]
==External links==
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York
*''Defeat into Victory'' by Sir William Slim, 1956, about the Burma Campaign, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents, computer page 9
*Text from ''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher c 1947 is available as pdf downloads from the Koi Hai website, located under [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961 Memories, the Henderson Family] Scroll down to the item dated October 12, 2009. Does not contain the illustrations and maps from the original publication. The author was Col: A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> This book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. <ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> The [[British Library]] has a catalogue reference Mss Eur F174/1316, probably the printed book, but possibly a manuscript.
== References ==
