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*[http://www.ww2f.com/index World War II Forum], an American site  includes [http://www.ww2f.com/forum/40-the-cbi-theater/ The CBI Theater] The China-Burma-India Theater, including naval action in the Indian Ocean. Has links to the previous site, which is stated to be a "companion" website.
*[http://www.ww2f.com/index World War II Forum], an American site  includes [http://www.ww2f.com/forum/40-the-cbi-theater/ The CBI Theater] The China-Burma-India Theater, including naval action in the Indian Ocean. Has links to the previous site, which is stated to be a "companion" website.
*[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/campaign_burma_japanese.html Japanese conquest of Burma, December 1941-May 1942] historyofwar.org
*[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/campaign_burma_japanese.html Japanese conquest of Burma, December 1941-May 1942] historyofwar.org
*[http://www.michiganwarstudiesreview.com/2010/20100706.asp "A Close View of the Disaster at the Sittang Bridge" [Burma 1942<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major E.R.B. Hudson of Malerkotla Field Company, an affiliated unit of the  Royal [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]. michiganwarstudiesreview.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Kohima_60_booklet.pdf Second World War: 60th Anniversary: Battle of Kohima] (24 page pdf) www.army.mod.uk
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Kohima_60_booklet.pdf Second World War: 60th Anniversary: Battle of Kohima] (24 page pdf) www.army.mod.uk
*[http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/index.html Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943]  The  [[8th Regiment of Foot|13th King's Liverpool Battalion]]  formed the British half of the infantry soldiers for the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade that year. Steve Fogden’s  extensive website. Includes a section on cemeteries and memorials.
*[http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/index.html Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943]  The  [[8th Regiment of Foot|13th King's Liverpool Battalion]]  formed the British half of the infantry soldiers for the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade that year. Steve Fogden’s  extensive website. Includes a section on cemeteries and memorials.
*Stewart Cochrane’s [http://www.chindit.net/Main.htm Black Watch RHR Chindit]  , dedicated to Pte.William "Cocky" Cochrane 
 
2nd Battalion, [[73rd Regiment of Foot|The Black Watch]]  in Burma   
*Stewart Cochrane’s [http://www.chindit.net/Main.htm Black Watch RHR Chindit]  , dedicated to Pte.William "Cocky" Cochrane 
 
2nd Battalion, [[73rd Regiment of Foot|The Black Watch]]  in Burma   
*British Army Lieutenant Desmond F. Earley, [[44th Regiment of Foot|Essex Regiment]] [http://www.war-experience.org/collections/land/alliedbrit/earley/article.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:lxklesG8ddcJ:www.war-experience.org/collections/land/alliedbrit/earley/article.pdf+essex+regiment+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShTX4oNtPicCmTunS6o5ztMb9Bf3oPrUc8IXIueg23hBnx7QDaB73mXZLMyN8THrSr3ZVGG1ZvgZn0N0pLm4A6bQJQp9efPXq0TGGhsyCRNQOA-tLgU05baUld83DcguPO1QX27&sig=AHIEtbSJfmUIx7k0s5OfDSHL_l_i5fv26A html version]. He fought the Japanese in Assam in 1944. [http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre]
*British Army Lieutenant Desmond F. Earley, [[44th Regiment of Foot|Essex Regiment]][http://www.war-experience.org/collections/land/alliedbrit/earley/article.pdf pdf]  He fought the Japanese in Assam in 1944. [http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1580495/Brigadier-John-Prendergast.html Obituary: John Prendergast] 1910-2008 ''The Telegraph'' 03 March 2008.  He took part in the Arakan (Burma) campaign as second in command of [[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|1/15th Punjab Regiment ]]( 1/15 PR)  and was then given command of [[122nd Rajputana Infantry| 3/6th Rajputana Rifles]], part of 19th Indian Division (in Burma). He was awarded a DSO for the Burma campaign. His books include an autobiography  ''Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47'', available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1580495/Brigadier-John-Prendergast.html Obituary: John Prendergast] 1910-2008 ''The Telegraph'' 03 March 2008.  He took part in the Arakan (Burma) campaign as second in command of [[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|1/15th Punjab Regiment ]]( 1/15 PR)  and was then given command of [[122nd Rajputana Infantry| 3/6th Rajputana Rifles]], part of 19th Indian Division (in Burma). He was awarded a DSO for the Burma campaign. His books include an autobiography  ''Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47'', available at the [[British Library]]
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html  Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007).  He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html  Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007).  He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
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*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes] [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/contents.htm Contents page] Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes was in the RAF and arrived in India in the latter part of 1943 in the chapter [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/bombay2.htm Ashore in Bombay]. He subsequently joined X Squadron Royal Indian Air Force and served in Burma until he was invalided back to England in 1945
*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes] [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/contents.htm Contents page] Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes was in the RAF and arrived in India in the latter part of 1943 in the chapter [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/bombay2.htm Ashore in Bombay]. He subsequently joined X Squadron Royal Indian Air Force and served in Burma until he was invalided back to England in 1945
*[http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=98353 Military Cross-Mick Muldoon-“The Surfboard Commandos”] dnw.co.uk
*[http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=98353 Military Cross-Mick Muldoon-“The Surfboard Commandos”] dnw.co.uk
*Joseph Robert Milner describes his time in India and Burma performing primarily clerical duties c 1945 to 1947. He was drafted for India [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tPRVSEAwqwUJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife2.doc+Army+Life+Chapter+4+India+ronbaileyscarvings.com&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShRovvyXCRlJz_fbALslMs9BHOM6yDsoClDFDTYkzem35FrFssOC-MNo6Jq87RG1U71g8m5oEOvAyuc3f3vZ4dUerfY2u9XLj_vIyVxB9Vvp-og7KrkqT7IHtKQ_ht9DFSY65hL&sig=AHIEtbSXY3Fg2wviY-df4wVRrOZl7hF1dg page 19] of this document. His time in India and Burma is described in this [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:KFT6z10X6pwJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife3.doc+Turkish+POWs+Deolali&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiSh0z7TSq6ps1Not2Bjig1XpLgiaT_jqmyQ1Gdxy7txbH0G2B-kj5T7gEqdfOpWPzLkfBBxLrFzdcbNjgnJp9Rx06W5C6obtKIAwlpF0K_wRFbETqG4Qd--AKma_n9WBb10Zr9&sig=AHIEtbRpAlapu5pvt9s3TWgqsgLf4zs88g document] [http://ronbaileyscarvings.com/milner.htm ronbaileyscarvings.com]
*Joseph Robert Milner describes his time in India and Burma performing primarily clerical duties c 1945 to 1947. His story is available as downloads from [http://ronbaileyscarvings.com/milner.htm ronbaileyscarvings.com]. He was drafted for India page 19 of Chapter 3. His time in India and Burma is described in Chapter 4.
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur]] in 1947
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur]] in 1947
*"Browsing Through a Treasure House: The Literature of the Burma Campaign" by Gordon Graham. From the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London  2011 [http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:v3O2SHEBrZ4J:eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf+bugles+and+a+tiger+pdf&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjcpygNipmoq8levYlMb8DDq_TBL24H3XW_NetZZK9HlFFiTSrJbCnb55Za10r95hqVV8Zp1Xf1pSDEeO7BfM_hssh7KzSJPsRkcol2hrKMm0NAADHqZlAXKaNYXtV5jWZFdGDG&sig=AHIEtbTDbBEJAjy1SEWsYQpG5KTAnIoUxA html version] [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668 Abstract] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121095717/http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf archive.org version])
*"Browsing Through a Treasure House: The Literature of the Burma Campaign" by Gordon Graham. From the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London  2011 [http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf pdf] [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668 Abstract] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121095717/http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf archive.org version])
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o3m-obQ_XA 7 Wonders of India: Kohima War Cemetery]  Video on YouTube
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o3m-obQ_XA 7 Wonders of India: Kohima War Cemetery]  Video on YouTube
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIk35DFMW0 Taukkyan War Cemetery Burma] Video on YouTube
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIk35DFMW0 Taukkyan War Cemetery Burma] Video on YouTube

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FIBIS resources

  • "Indian Army Prisoners of War in the Second World War" by Hedley Sutton FIBIS Journal, No 12 (Autumn 2004). For details of how to access this article online, see FIBIS Journals.
An alphabetical listing by surname of nearly 900 Indian Army personnel who became prisoners of war between 1941 and 1945 is available at the British Library. Most were held by the Japanese, with some held by the Italians.The vast majority are Europeans, but a handful of Indians are recorded; plus a few Indian Medical Service nursing sisters

Also see

Service Records

British Library holdings

India Office Records

  • IOR/L/MIL/14/143 3 Sep 1939-30 Jun 1948. Indian Army Officers Casualty Returns: Alphabetical lists of casualties by death among British officers and warrant officers of the Indian and Burma Services 3 Sep giving rank, age, unit, date, place and cause. Possibly may provide information additional to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database information (refer below).
  • IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4247-4285 Indian Army: Second World War 1932-1947

Other

The History of the Second World War is a 75 volume official history published by HMSO 1949-1976, consisting of 28 volumes in the United Kingdom Civil Series, 21 volumes in the United Kingdom Medical Series and 26 volumes in the United Kingdom Military Series . Details are set out in this Wikipedia page and the link Hyperwar: British Official Histories.

A subcategory of the United Kingdom Military Series is the 5 volume series War Against Japan

  • War Against Japan, Volume 1: The Loss of Singapore, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1957.
  • War Against Japan, Volume 2: India's Most Dangerous Hour, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1958.
  • War Against Japan, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1961.
  • War Against Japan, Volume 4: The Reconquest of Burma, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1965.
  • War Against Japan, Volume 5: The Surrender of Japan, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1969.

Part of the United Kingdom Medical Series is the publication The Army Medical Services, Campaigns, Volume 5: Burma, Crew, Francis A. E. London: HMSO, 1966

Regimental Histories

  • Fourth Indian Division by Lieut-Colonel GR Stevens OBE, published c 1948. "The 4th was one of the most celebrated Divisions of WW2, combining some of the most illustrious Regiments of the British and Indian Armies. It travelled 15,000 miles and suffered 25,000 casualties during its five years of service in Eritrea, Syria, the Western Desert, Tunisia, Italy and Greece. It particularly distinguished itself at Cassino".

Also see Historical books online below.

Medals

External links

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission includes searchable database.
  • WW2Talk Forum. A Message Board for most aspects of the War.
  • World War II Forum, an American site. A Message Board for most aspects of the War, with an American focus.
  • WW2 People’s War "An archive of World War Two memories-written by the public, gathered by the BBC". Written between June 2003 and January 2006. www.bbc.co.uk. If you can't find an article you are looking for, Google "BBC-WW2 People's War" and your search term.
  • The Indian Army 1939-47: Experience and Development. The Second World War Military Operations Research Group
  • "Contribution of the Indian Armed Forces to the Second World War": IDSA Special Feature January 2013 download pdf IDSA-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Includes the advice that twenty five volumes in the Official History series were published.

Middle East and North Africa

  • Refer Historical books online, below
  • An Indian POW in Italy Satyen Basu, a doctor from Calcutta, joined the Indian Medical Service early in the Second World War and served with the Allied forces in Iraq, Syria and North Africa. His unit surrendered near Tobruk in 1942 and he was transported to a POW camp in southern Italy, not far from Naples. amitavghosh.com. Scroll to the bottom of the page for Part 1. A Doctor in the Army by Satyen Basu (Calcutta 1960) is available at the British Library
  • Several Pakistani Generals were Italian POWs Officers of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade during the Battle of Ghazala 1942 were captured when their brigade was overrun by the Afrika Korps on the very first day of the battle, and sent to POW camps in Italy, and later Germany. (retrieved 26 May 2014)

China-Burma-India (CBI)

Photographs

Singapore and Malaya

  • Fall of Malaya and Singapore from The Rising Sun, part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website
  • FEPOW Community Far East Prisoners of War, part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website
  • Singapore National Library e book entry They Died For All Free Men by Surjan Singh available to read online as Limited Preview. The tags for this book include include India. Army; Sikhs- Singapore; World War, 1939-1945--Registers of dead—Singapore; World War, 1939-1945--Registers of dead--India; Soldiers' monument--Singapore. This book is also available at the Imperial War Museums, with this catalogue entry
  • IWM catalogue entry with details of the service history of Lieutenant J Gordon Smith platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (12th Indian Infantry Brigade, 11th Indian Division) from (?) July 1941 in Singapore and Malaya, his eventual capture in late January, 1942 and his time in the camps on the Burma - Siam railway. His memoir is War Memories: A Medical Student In Malaya And Thailand
  • Eric Lomax obituary (1919-2012) The Guardian 10 October 2012. A member of the Royal Signals, he was in Singapore at the surrender and became a POW working on the Burma-Siam railway. His memoir is The Railway Man, now also released as a movie of the same name.
  • Obituary: Ron Burton 09 October 2013 The Telegraph. He was Sergeant, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (125 ATR), taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore.
  • "Cover-ups and the Singapore Traitor Affair" by Peter Elphick 28 November 2001- presented at the Fall of Singapore 60th Anniversary Conference, National University of Singapore, 16-17 February 2002. A Captain in the Indian Army, Patrick Vaughan Heenan was executed on Friday 13th February 1942, two days before Singapore surrendered, for being a traitor. ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission)

Borneo

Indonesia (Sumatra)

  • Chapter 9: "The Last Voyage and End of My Sea Career" from his autobiography Lest I Forget by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin. In March, 1942 he was a Cadet on the 'Chilka' on the way to Padang in Sumatra to evacuate families and troops from Sumatra when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. He subsequently became a POW until the end of the war. His story continues to Chapter 20.

Hong Kong

Miscellaneous

Historical books online

  • India in World War II. Details of the Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War by the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), published in the 1950s and 1960s. From "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web". HyperWar describes two volumes in the Medical Services series, however there are seven in total. The complete Medical Services series is v. 1. Administration.--v. 2. Medicine, surgery and pathology.--v. 3. Campaigns in the Western Theatre.--v. 4. Preventive medicine (nutrition, malaria control and prevention of diseases).--v. 5. Statistics.--v. 6. Medical stores and equipment.--v. 7. Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre. Further details of the series generally in the Book Survey by Stone&Stone. A set of eight volumes was reprinted in 2012.[2] Many of the Official History publications are available at the British Library. The online transcription publications on HyperWar are
It appears that a total of 25 Official History volumes were published including Campaigns in the Eastern theatre: [v.1] Campaigns in South-East Asia, 1941-42 (Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo).-[v.2] The retreat from Burma, 1941-42.-[v.3] Arakan operations, 1942-45.-[v.4,5] Reconquest of Burma, 1942-45.-[v.6] Post-war occupation forces : Japan and South-East Asia. Campaigns in the Western theatre [v.1] North African campaign, 1940-43.-[v.2] Campaign in western Asia (Iraq, Syria, Iran and Paiforce).-[v.3] Campaigns in Italy.-[v.4] East African campaign 1940-41. General war administration and organisation: [v] The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945. [v] History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-45. [v] The Corps of Indian Engineers, 1939-1947. [v] Technical services: ordnance and I.E.M.E. [v] Expansion of the armed forces and defence organisation, 1939-45. [v] Defence of India: Policy and Plans. [v] Indian War Economy: Supply, Industry & Finance. [v] India and the War.
The following volumes may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Series: General War Administration and Organisation
    • Defence of India Policy and Plans published 1957 bar code 99999990081112
    • Indian War Economy Supply Industry And Finance 1962 barcode 99999990080985
    • Technical Services: Ordnance and IEME 1962 bar code 99999990080984 (IEME =Corps of Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) (catalogued as Technical Services Ordnance And Ieme)
  • Series: Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre
    • The Reconquest of Burma Volume I 1958 barcode 4990010060131. Catalogued as Official History Of The Indian Armed Forces In The Second World War,Vol. 1, 1939-45
    • The Reconquest Of Burma Vol II 1962 barcode 99999990080988
    • Campaigns In South East Asia 1960 (catalogued 1962) barcode 99999990080987
  • Series: Campaigns in the Western Theatre
    • Campaign In Western Asia 1957 barcode 4990010060130 Iraq, Syria and Iran, and Paiforce.
    • The Campaign In Italy 1943-45 1962 barcode 99999990080986
  • Series: Medical Services
    • Medical Services: Administration 1953 barcode 99999990062920 . Catalogued as Official history of the Indian armed forces in the second world war - 1939-45 Administration This volume is also available on the subscription website South Asia Archive. Contents of the book
    • Medicine Surgery And Pathology 1955 (catalogued 1957) bar code 99999990081072
Restricted access Hathi Trust Digital Library, probably only available through a University or similar: The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42, History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-45, India and the War, Expansion of the Armed Forces and Defense Organization, 1939-45 Medical Services: 7 volumes

References

  1. London Gazette Tuesday 18 August 1942
  2. WW2Talk Forum post Official History of Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War reprints (retrieved 31 May 2014)
  3. WW2Talk Forum thread Short online Histories, category British Indian Army
  4. Scroll down to comments section Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma BBC ww2peopleswar
  5. marelibri.com, page no longer accessible