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==FIBIS resources==
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*"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]].
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: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
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|route= [[Bareilly]] to [[Pilbheet]]
==Also see==
|gauge1= Metre gauge
*[[POW Camps in India#Second World War|POW Camps in India-Second World War]]
|gauge1details= 36 miles
*[[Indian Army Educational and Training Establishments c 1945]]‎
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==Service Records==
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*For the British Army, see [[British Army#Army personnel serving after January 1921| British Army-Army personnel serving after January 1921]] 
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*For the Indian Army, see [[Indian Army#Records|Indian Army-Records]]
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==British Library holdings==
|timeline1date= Oct 1884
===India Office Records===
|timeline1details= Bhojeepura to Bareilly section opened
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/1b2a8929-441f-41c3-a05b-6eabd636b3d5  '''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).
|timeline2date= Nov 1884
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-2&cid=1-1-1-2#1-1-1-2  '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4247-4285'''] Indian Army: Second World War  1932-1947
|timeline2details= Bhojeepura to Pilbheet section opened
===Other===
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''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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War Wikipedia page] and the link [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/index.html Hyperwar: British Official Histories].
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A subcategory of the United Kingdom Military Series is the 5 volume series ''War Against Japan''
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*''War Against Japan, Volume 1: The Loss of Singapore'', Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1957.
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*''War Against Japan, Volume 2: India's Most Dangerous Hour'', Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1958.
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*''War Against Japan, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles'', Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1961.
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
*''War Against Japan, Volume 4: The Reconquest of Burma'', Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1965.
|stations= [[Bareilly]], [[Bhojeepura]], [[Pilbheet]]
*''War Against Japan, Volume 5: The Surrender of Japan'', Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1969. 
|system1date= 1884
 
|system1details= State line worked by [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]
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
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'''Regimental Histories'''
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*''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".
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Also see [[Second World War#Historical books online|Historical books online]] below.
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|successor1= 1891
==Medals==
|successor1details= [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]]
*Geoff Sullivan’s [http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/awardindex.html Geoff's WO 373 Lists: Recommendations for Honours and Awards], WW2,  includes
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**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Burma%20and%20India.html Burma and India]
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**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Malaya%20Singapore%20Java%20Hong%20Kong.html  Malaya And Singapore, Java, Hong Kong]
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704131107/http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/india/army1939.html  Indian Army July 1939] by Dr Graham Watson. indianmilitaryhistory.org, now an archived website.
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*[http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/940PXAA.pdf  Order of Battle Indian Army Beginning 1940] Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu. The information is referenced as: Kirby, Stanley, Woodburn, ''The War Against Japan'', London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1961.
*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission] includes searchable database.
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums WW2Talk  Forum]. A Message Board for most aspects of the War.
*[http://www.ww2f.com/index World War II Forum], an American site. A Message Board for most aspects of the War, with an American focus. 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/ 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.
*[http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/book-review-the-indian-army-1939-47-experience-and-development/ 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 [http://www.idsa.in/specialfeature/ContributionoftheIndianArmedForcestotheSecondWorldWar.html  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 [[Second World War#Historical books online|Historical books online, below]]
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=14 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]]
*[http://alaiwah.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/several-pakistani-generals-were-italian-pows  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)===
*Also see [[Burma#Military|Burma-Military]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130511194909/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map%20of%20Battle%20Areas%20of%20Burma%20in%201942%201945.htm Map of Battle Areas of Burma in 1942-1945] probertencyclopaedia.com, now archived.
*Carl Weidenburner’s [http://cbi-theater.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater/menu/cbi_home.html China - Burma – India: Remembering the Forgotten Theater of World War II]. A 'portal' type  site with a large number of links.
*Gary Goldblatt’s [http://www.cbi-history.com/ CBI Order of Battle: Lineages and History]
**[http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/ ''Ex-CBI Roundup'' online] compiled by Clark King & Gary Goldblatt.  This website will eventually be the online respository of all issues of the ''Ex-CBI Roundup'' from December 1946 through July 2009.
***[http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/documents/1955_july.pdf  ''Ex-CBI Roundup July 1955''] page 28 contains a List of “Air Corps Bases in CBI” for India, Burma and China
*Steve Rothwell’s [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/index.htm The Burma Campaign]
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/index.htm Burma Star Association]
*[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.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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060102200854/http://www.mod.uk/aboutus/history/kohima60/index.html WW2 60th Anniversary: The Battles for Kohima]  mod.uk, now archived.  Includes "British and Indian Army Units awarded the Battle Honour of Kohima".
*[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 
*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]]
*''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.
*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/india/38903297_1_cooks-battle-phillies "'Greatest battle' veterans forgotten"] by Manimugdha S Sharma, April 29, 2013 ''Times of India'' [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=CAP%2F2013%2F04%2F29&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01100&ViewMode=HTML  Alternative version] with different photograph. Kohima
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/that-battle-under-the-cherry-tree/article4695744.ece "That battle under the cherry tree"] by Kishalay Bhattacharya May 8, 2013 ''The Hindu'' Kohima-Imphal
*[http://mattoid.com/data/Military/Sikhs_Slim_and_stuff.htm "Sikhs in Burma Campaign" and "About Viscount Slim"] (scroll down)  from [http://mattoid.com/index.htm mattoid.com]
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistoricalsocietyjournals.cfm ''Bracknell Paper No 6: A Symposium on the Far East War'' [The RAF and WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 24 March 1995.  Royal Air Force Historical Society at raf.mod.uk. Scroll down for pdf download. [https://cms.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F160EEBE_5056_A318_A80D03C599041DCD.pdf  Direct download] Also available through the [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/raf-historical-society-journals.aspx Royal Air Force Museum website] (scroll down)
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/WW2.html The Indian Air Force in the Second World War] bharat-rakshak.com
**[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/WW2/1093-In-the-Skies-of-Calcutta.html  In the Skies of Calcutta : A tribute to Maurice Pring] by  Joydeep Sircar . Details the bombing of Calcutta in December 1942
*[http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/POLICINGWARTIMECALCUTTA.pdf Policing Wartime Calcutta <nowiki>[</nowiki>WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Peter R. Moore oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk
*[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2771785.ece Memories of Madras - The Summer of 1942] The Hindu 3 January 2012
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012137 1992 interview with Harold Douglas James] British officer served with 3/2nd Bn Gurkha Rifles with 3 Column 77 Bde during First Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1943. Imperial War Museums
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80030649 2008 interview with Gawain Thomas Alexander 'Gavin’ Douglas] , born 1914.  British officer served in India, with British and Indian Army, 1935-1940; trained as pilot with RAF in India, 1941-1942; served as flying instructor with RAF in India, 1943-1944, served with 28 and 60 Sqdns, RAF in Burma, 1/1945-5/1945; commanded 34 Sqdn in Burma, 5/1945-10/1945; commanded 28 Sqdn, RAF in Burma and Malaya, 1945- 1946; commanded 152 Sqdn, RAF on North West Frontier of India, 1946-1947 Imperial War Museums.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/ WW2 People’s War] "An archive of World War Two memories-written by the public, gathered by the BBC" includes categories [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1270/  India] and [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1240/ Burma] www.bbc.co.uk
**"Marching on to Laffan's Plain"  by Alan Shaw , the experiences as an officer of the Corps of Royal Engineers `"The Sappers", first in the UK, then for nearly four years with the imperial Indian Army in Central India, Ceylon and the Burma campaign. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/64/a3198864.shtml Chapter 3] At the very end of this chapter, the author received orders to proceed to India or Burma. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/00/a3209500.shtml  Ch 4] Arrived in India May 1942, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a3220138.shtml  Ch 5], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/15/a3222415.shtml  Ch  6], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/50/a3224350.shtml Ch 7], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/29/a3225629.shtml Ch 8], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/34/a3260134.shtml  Ch 9] , [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/60/a3260260.shtml  Ch 10], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/30/a3260530.shtml  Ch 11], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a3264211.shtml  Ch 12], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/15/a3269315.shtml  Ch 13], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/67/a3269667.shtml  Ch 14]
*[http://storyofwar.com/about  A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. Initially with the 1st Battalion  [[17th Regiment of Foot| Leicestershire Regiment]] in [[North West Frontier Campaigns|Waziristan]], he later joined the [[Royal Air Force]], flying in Iraq, India and Burma (where he flew the last Hurricane out, before the advancing Japanese) and Europe
*[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
*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
*"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=TBIk35DFMW0 Taukkyan War Cemetery Burma] Video on YouTube
====Photographs====
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/loumorgan/sets/72157625123489075/ Photographs taken in India 1943-44 by  Major E Brookman] flickr.com. He is stated to be a RAPC [Royal Army Pay Corps] officer
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/24993251@N08/8456587203/in/photolist-dThdKD  Photograph : Truck crossing a river on a raft]. India or Burma early 1940s . The raft was probably made of bamboo. flickr.com (tmv_media)
 
===Singapore and Malaya===
*[http://www.academia.edu/6555331/The_Singapore_Strategy_and_the_Deterrence_of_Japan_Winston_Churchill_the_Admiralty_and_the_Dispatch_of_Force_Z  "The ‘Singapore Strategy’ and the Deterrence of Japan: Winston Churchill, the Admiralty, and the Dispatch of Force Z"]  by Christopher M Bell originally from ''English Historical Review'', vol. 116, 467 (June 2001), 604-34. academia.edu
*[http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Malaya_and_Singapore/index.htm  Fall of Malaya and Singapore] from [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/html/the_rising_sun.htm The Rising Sun], part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website
*[http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/ FEPOW Community] Far East Prisoners of War, part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website
*Singapore National Library e book entry [http://sgebooks.nl.sg/detail/244a2bdb-3100-498c-a8c4-d7c1e40bd861.aspx ''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 [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/publication/46375 catalogue entry]
*IWM catalogue entry with details of the service history  of [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030012958 Lieutenant J Gordon Smith] platoon commander in the [[93rd Regiment of Foot| 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''
*[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/09/eric-lomax 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.
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10367891/Ron-Burton.html 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.
*[http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/specials/noprisoners/viewpoints/elphick.htm "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===
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012).  In  October 1938  he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta. He  became a member of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]].  During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of  Borneo from May 1941.  He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945.
*Klemen L’s [http://oocities.org/dutcheastindies/ Dutch East Indies 1941-1942], now oocities.org, from the archived  [http://web.archive.org/web/20091026235840/http://geocities.com/dutcheastindies/ geocities .com website] includes
**[http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/sarawak.html The Invasion of British Borneo in 1942]. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment
**[http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/borneo_armour.html The Use of Armoured Vehicles on Borneo, 1941-1942] from the section What’s new. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment
 
===Indonesia (Sumatra)===
*[http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-9-the-last-voyage-and-end-of-my-sea-career/ 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===
The '''Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway''' was owned by the Provincial Government and worked by the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR).
*[http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Hong_Kong/index.htm Hong Kong] from [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/html/the_rising_sun.htm The Rising Sun], part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareilly-Pilibheet_Provincial_State_Railway Wikipedia "Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway"] Retrieved on 15  Feb 2016</ref>
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html  Obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt] www.telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 2004 descibes the escape of three men in 1942 from a Japanese P.O.W. camp, following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, for which Anthony George Hewitt, and Captain Robert Douglas Scriven of the [[Doctor|Indian Medical Service]] were awarded the Military Cross<ref> [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35670/supplement/3601/  ''London Gazette'' Tuesday 18 August 1942] Supplement: 35670 Page: 3601</ref>
*[http://www.hongkongwardiary.com Hong Kong War Diary] - a project that documents the 1941 defence of Hong Kong
**[http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison.html  Search Garrison: Hong Kong Defenders, December 1941-August 1945] Includes Indian Army Units and Indian Medical Service
*''The Battle of Hong Kong 1941: A note on the literature and the effectiveness of the defence'' by Lawrence W C Lai, University of Hong Kong , Discussion paper series,  July 2000 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:VoFgbzNO-ZwJ:ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38630229.pdf+The+Battle+of+Hong+Kong+1941:+A+note+on+the+literature+and+the+effectiveness+of+the+defence+b&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShk--4OIxpwj7ZDQIVlwlYoHs5Il1B_MbFHES8iuYBuNu8ayy9qunZkBPKOaVa0c0wd5iITgA3R6EjIW_mxq5WMdiS2z3DWDEYkUYNYzbCIXlqSaEzqg7mh0oD1BODE1d4yK3Fn&sig=AHIEtbQgOH99ETvoM93iEvL4oQbYpZih0g html version], [http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38630229.pdf original pdf]


===French Indo-China===
Two [[metre gauge]](MG)sections opened as part of the Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway:
*[http://www.nids.go.jp/english/event/forum/pdf/2014/08.pdf "The 20th Indian Division in French Indo-China, 1945-46: Combined/joint Operations and the 'fog of war'"] by Daniel Marston (Professor, Australian National University). A presentation at the NIDS  International Forum on War History, 13th Forum 2014. National Institute for Defence Studies, Tokyo Japan
<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Notes” pdf page 8 footnote 13,14 by Keith Scholey]  Retrieved on 15  Feb 2016</ref>
* Bhojeepura to Bareilly (12 miles/19km) opened 1 October 1884
* Pilibhit to Bhojeepura (24 miles/38km) opened 15 November 1884


===Miscellaneous===
The Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway merged with the [[Lucknow-Sitapur & Bareilly Railway]] to become the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] on 1 January 1891.
*[http://www.psywarrior.com/AxisPropIndia.html Axis and Allied Propaganda to Indian Troops] by Herbert  A Friedman (psywarrior.com)
*[http://www.psywar.org/force136.php History of SOE Political Warfare Section, Force 136] including the setting up of a rumour-mongering network in India and the organisation of the Indian Field Broadcasting Units for the production of frontline propaganda. psywar.org. Same article [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47411-history-of-soe-political-warfare-section-force-136/ WW2Talk] Forum
 
==Historical books online==
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/londongazette.html Despatches Published in the ''London Gazette''] includes a number relating to Burma  and South East Asia, in addition to the Middle East, North Africa,  Malaya, etc. from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web", section "The United Kingdom in the Second World War".
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India  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).(1961)--v. 5. Statistics (1962).--v. 6. Medical stores and equipment. (1963)--v. 7. Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''. Further details of the series generally in the [http://stonebooks.com/archives/960515.shtml Book Survey] by Stone&Stone. A set of eight volumes was reprinted in 2012.<ref> WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47088-official-history-of-indian-armed-forces-in-the-second-world-war-reprints/  Official History of Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War reprints] (retrieved 31 May 2014) </ref> Many of the ''Official History'' publications are available at the [[British Library]].  The online transcription  publications on HyperWar are
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945'']  by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html ''East African Campaign, 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963
** The following books are descriptions only
***[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Retreat/index.html ''The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1954. Note: Preface and Contents only
***[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma1/index.html ''The Reconquest of Burma Volume I: June 1942-June 1944''] by S.N. Prasad, K.D.Bhargava, P.N. Khera,  1958. Note: Contents only
***[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma2/index.html ''The Reconquest of Burma Volume II: June 1944-August 1945''] by P.N. Khera, S.N. Prasad,  1959. Note: Contents only.
:It appears that a total of 25 ''Official History'' volumes were published, series General Editor  Dr Bisheshwar Prasad,  seven volumes in the ''Medical Services'' series above, together with: 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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, with TIFF format for single pages, or  as pdf downloads.
:*Series: ''Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''
:**''Campaigns In South East Asia''  1960 (catalogued 1962) barcode 99999990080987 [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111425  Pdf download] 
:**''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'' [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/100570  Pdf download] 
:**''The Reconquest Of Burma Vol II'' 1962  barcode 99999990080988 [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111426  Pdf download]
:**[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111517 ''Post War Occupation Forces: Japan and South-east Asia''] by Rajendra Singh  1958. Pdf download
 
:*Series: ''Campaigns in the Western Theatre''
:**[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111420 ''The North African Campaign 1940-1943''] 1956.  Pdf download
:**''Campaign In Western Asia''  1957 barcode 4990010060130. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/100569  Pdf download]  Iraq, Syria and Iran, and Paiforce.
:**''The Campaign In Italy 1943-45'' 1962 barcode 99999990080986. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/100569  Pdf download] 
 
:*Series: ''General War Administration and Organisation''
:**''Technical Services: Ordnance and IEME''  1962 bar code 99999990080984 (IEME =Corps of Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) (catalogued as ''Technical Services Ordnance And Ieme''). [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111421  Pdf download]
:**[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/97787 ''Expansion Of The Armed Forces And Defence Organisation (1939- 45)''] by Nandan Prasad 1956. Pdf download
:**''Defence of India Policy and Plans'' published 1957 bar code 99999990081112. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111564  Pdf download]   
:**''Indian War Economy Supply Industry And Finance''  1962 barcode 99999990080985. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111422  Pdf download] 
:*Series: ''Medical Services'' edited by B. L. Raina.
:**''Medical Services: Administration''  1953 barcode 99999990062920.  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/119524  Pdf download]  Catalogued as ''Official history of the Indian armed forces in the second world war - 1939-45 Administration''.  A second [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111521  pdf download] barcode 99999990081073. This volume is also available on the [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories|subscription website]] South Asia Archive.  [http://www.southasiaarchive.com/Content/sarf.145574/219058 Contents of the book]
:**''Medicine Surgery And Pathology''  1955 (catalogued 1957)  bar code 99999990081072. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111520  Pdf download]
:**[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111518 ''The Campaigns In The Western Theatre'']  1957. Pdf download.
:**[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111565  ''Campaigns In The Eastern Theatre''] 1964. Pdf download.
:'''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library, probably only available through a University or similar: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000493544 ''The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42''], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000806347 ''History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-45''], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000805724 ''India and the War''], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001620866 ''Expansion of the Armed Forces and Defense Organization, 1939-45''] [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006108217 Medical Services: 7 volumes]
*''The Tiger Strikes : India's fight in the Middle East'' by  W. G Hingston may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as ''The Tiger Strikes''.  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/127324  Pdf download].  Alternative title: ''The Tiger Strikes (A record of the exploits of troops from India in the theatre of war of the Middle East during 1940-41.)'' The narrative of the Eritrean campaign, the battle of Sidi Barrani, and the Syrian campaign. Published for the Government of India.
*''The Tiger Kills: The story of the Indian Divisions in the North African campaign'' by Lieut.-Colonel-W. G. Hingston and Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Stevens may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as ''The Tiger Kills'', barcodes  99999990824648, 99999990848542. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527937  pdf download] 1944, barcode 99999990795891. The Western Desert from 1941 onwards, and the Tunisian campaign.  Also available as a [http://www.mlrsbooks.co.uk/bookstore/index.php/prod9.html?qry=Tiger reprint] by Military Library Research Service Ltd (Jun 2004)
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tiger3/index.html ''The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy''] Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office for the Government of India 1946 "The Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Indian Divisions will forever be associated with the fighting for Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line". Transcribed by Chris Gage ibiblio.org. Alternative version from [http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Tiger/triumphsTC.html  ourstory.info] AFS [American Field Service]
*Four short histories, from  a series of at least ten,<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/51379-short-online-histories/?p=602493 WW2Talk Forum thread]  Short online Histories, category British Indian Army</ref> published under the authority of the Director of Public Relations, War Department , Government of India Archive.org . Note: Original pages have been filmed two to each digital page, and you may need to adjust settings to read all the pages. Select the single page viewing option.
**[https://archive.org/details/GoldenArrow-TheStoryOfThe7thIndianDivision  ''Golden Arrow - The Story of the 7th Indian Division'']
**[https://archive.org/details/OneMoreRiver-TheStoryOfThe8thIndianDivision  ''One More River - The Story of the 8th Indian Division''].  Italy
**[https://archive.org/details/TeheranToTrieste-TheStoryOfThe10thIndianDivision  ''Teheran to Trieste - The Story of the 10th Indian Division'']. 
**[https://archive.org/details/DaggerDivision-StoryOfThe19thIndianDivision  ''Dagger Division - Story of the 19th Indian Division''] Burma
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111189  ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army''] by Major General J. G. Elliott.  Full title appears to be ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945'', published 1965. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/505988  ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47''] by  Lieut Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206262 ''Burma During Japanese Occupation Volume II''] 1944. A government Burma Intelligence Bureau report, published at Simla. Pdf file to download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/default.htm  ''Crisis Fleeting.  Original Reports On Military Medicine In India And Burma 
In The Second World War''] Compiled and Edited by 
James H. Stone. Office Of The Surgeon General 
Department Of The Army 
Washington, D.C., 1969. Website of the US Army Medical  Department,  Office of Medical History
*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org
*From  [http://ourstory.info the field service] [American Field Service AFS]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Ball/fireTC.html#TC ''Ball Of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War''] by Antony Brett-James, 1951
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Geren/diary.html ''Burma Diary''] by Paul Geren published 1943.  In  1941 Paul Geren agreed to spend two years at Judson College in Rangoon, Burma, as a short-term missionary under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Following the Japanese bombing Professor Geren's classroom became a field hospital as he offered his services as an ambulance driver to Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the famed Burma surgeon. He later trekked to India
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Muehl/sahibTC.html  ''American Sahib''] by John Frederick Muehl 1946 He was with the American Field Service, attached to the British Indian Army. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/AmericanSahib Archive.org]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html  ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York
*''Trek Back From Burma''  by W G Burchett, first published c 1943. Two different pdf files to download: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/102827 A],  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175474 B] Digital Library of India. The author was a journalist initially covered the  Sino-Japanese War . Early in 1942 he covered the rout of British forces in Burma then from June travelled extensively through Kuomintang-controlled China and eventually returned to India through Burma.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527961 ''Chungking Diary''] by D F Karaka. 1942. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528002 ''With The 14th Army'']  by D F Karaka, War Correspondent, ''The Bombay Chronicle''. 1944.  A personal diary. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527355  ''Wings Over Burma''] by Kenneth Hemingway 1944.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/66623 ''Wingate's Raiders. An account of the incredible adventure that raised the curtain on the battle for Burma''] by Charles J Rolo , first published 1944. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/81160 ''With Wingate In Burma''] by David Halley 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/127187 ''Wrath In Burma''] by Fred Eldridge 1946. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Wrath in Burma : the uncensored story of General Stilwell and international maneuvers in the Far East''.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527333 ''Burma And The Japanese Invader'']  by Christian John Leroy 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175424 ''The War In Burma''] by Roy Mckelvie 1948. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''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. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/150246  Pdf download]
*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; the direct link for the [http://08.enable.com/fusion/getfile.asp?k:A6W:24:D1:11:8Dg:DC main text].  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,  but this is possibly a manuscript, not the printed book. The book is available at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London.
*''Forgotten Frontier'' by Geoffrey Tyson,  published 1945,  may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, including as a  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528129  pdf download]. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from North Burma into India.
*The following are available on Archive.org in the Lending Library (Only one reader may read at any one time, and you may need to reserve the book if it is on loan) [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeon00seag ''Burma Surgeon''] by Gordon S Seagrave Lieut. United States Army Forces in China, Burma, India. 1943, and [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeonretu00seag ''Burma Surgeon Returns''] by  Gordon S Seagrave MD  1946. These two books are also available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website - [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528012 ''Burma Surgeon'': Pdf download];  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/238226  ''Burma Surgeon Returns'': Pdf download]  The missionary surgeon and his "Burmese Nurses". "Book one describes the walkout with Stilwell, who he calls "Uncle Joe" and their service for the refugees streaming out of Burma and with the Chinese army in India. Book two describes the return with the Chinese and American army while the Ledo Road is build and the north of Burma and the west of Yunnan are liberated and the combined Ledo Road & Burma Road are reopened"<ref>[http://www.tinyadventurestours.com/Eng/Destinations/BurmaRoad.html The Burma Road] tinyadventurestours.com</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/burmaunderthejap017803mbp ''Burma under the Japanese : Pictures and Portraits'']  by Thakin Nu, Prime Minister of Burma.  Edited and translated, with introduction, by J.S. Furnivall 1954 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/127425 ''Singapore And After: A Study Of The Pacific Campaign''] 1942. The author is stated elsewhere to be Joseph Montague Kenworthy, Hon., Baron Strabolgi. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/60150 ''Last Flight From Singapore''] by Arthur G. Donahue 1943.The book tells the story of the battle, in particular the air battle for Singapore and the subsequent battle in the air over the jungle. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2680 ''Malayan Postscript''] by Ian Morrison,1943. The  Malayan jungle campaign and the disaster of Singapore. Pdf download, DSpace, National Library of Malaysia.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527352 ''Why Singapore Fell'']  by Lieut Gen H. Gordon Bennett 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527339 ''Why We Lost Singapore'']  by Dorothy Crisp 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3394  ''Percival and the Tragedy of Singapore''] by  Sir John Smyth 1971. Pdf download,  Repositori Digital, digital repository of the National Library of Malaysia.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/169015 ''Main Fleet To Singapore''] by  Captain Russell Grenfell, R N. 1952. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/IanHay1951ArmyNursing  ''One Hundred Years of Army Nursing : The Story of the British Army Nursing Service from the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day''] by John Hay Beith  1953 Archive.org. Contains chapters on WW2, including India and Burma.
*[https://archive.org/details/1943RankAndBadgesInTheArmyNavyR.a.f.AndAuxiliaries  ''Rank and Badges in the Army, Navy, R.A.F. and Auxiliaries''] edited by E C Talbot- Booth 1943 Archive.org


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Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway
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Line of route
Bareilly to Pilbheet
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 36 miles
Timeline
Oct 1884 Bhojeepura to Bareilly section opened
Nov 1884 Bhojeepura to Pilbheet section opened
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Bareilly, Bhojeepura, Pilbheet
System agency
1884 State line worked by Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway was owned by the Provincial Government and worked by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway(R&KR). [1]

Two metre gauge(MG)sections opened as part of the Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway: [2]

  • Bhojeepura to Bareilly (12 miles/19km) opened 1 October 1884
  • Pilibhit to Bhojeepura (24 miles/38km) opened 15 November 1884

The Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway merged with the Lucknow-Sitapur & Bareilly Railway to become the Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway on 1 January 1891.

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia "Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway" Retrieved on 15 Feb 2016
  2. ↑ "Indian Railway Notes” pdf page 8 footnote 13,14 by Keith Scholey Retrieved on 15 Feb 2016
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