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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Dragoons 25th Dragoons] Wikipedia | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Dragoons 25th Dragoons] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/52/a1311652.shtml Secret Training on DD (Swimming) Tanks. Preparations to retake Singapore] by John Leyin. ww2peopleswar BBC. | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/52/a1311652.shtml Secret Training on DD (Swimming) Tanks. Preparations to retake Singapore] by John Leyin. ww2peopleswar BBC. Extracted from the book ''Tell Them Of Us: The Forgotten Army – Burma'' by John Leyin. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009483860. | ||
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060033289 IWM video: 14th Army Breaks Japanese Counterstroke In The Arakan: Battle Of The Admin Box [Allocated Title<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Imperial War Museums video. Mentions a Lee-Grant medium tank of 25th Dragoons and "Tank crewmen, probably of 25th Dragoons". Requires Adobe Flash software. | *[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060033289 IWM video: 14th Army Breaks Japanese Counterstroke In The Arakan: Battle Of The Admin Box [Allocated Title<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Imperial War Museums video. Mentions a Lee-Grant medium tank of 25th Dragoons and "Tank crewmen, probably of 25th Dragoons". Requires Adobe Flash software. | ||
*[http://www.fireandfury.com/painting/burmaarmypaintingguide.pdf British & Indian Armoured Units Of the Burma Campaign: A Painting Guide] by R Mark Davies. Includes photographs and text about 25th Dragoons | *[http://www.fireandfury.com/painting/burmaarmypaintingguide.pdf British & Indian Armoured Units Of the Burma Campaign: A Painting Guide] by R Mark Davies. Includes photographs and text about 25th Dragoons | ||
Latest revision as of 06:09, 13 December 2017
25th Dragoons, a tank regiment, was raided at Sialkot 01 February 1941 from a cadre of 3rd Carabiniers
Chronology
- 1941, February 01. Raised at Sialkot from a cadre of 3rd Carabiniers
- 1947 September disbanded in India.
Battle Honours
North Arakan, Buthidaung, Razabil, Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma 1944-45[1]
Actions
Bryan Perrett, in his book, Tank tracks to Rangoon, says of the 25th Dragoons,"they will always be remembered by anyone who fought in the Arakan as having been a major factor in smashing the myth of Japanese invincibility". The history of the 5th Indian Division comments: "The debt owed to those tanks (of the 25th Dragoons) and their crews cannot be over-emphasized. It was their accurate, high velocity, close-range blasting which put our infantry back whenever the Japanese penetrated our defences or captured any vital position."[2]
Regimental journal
There was a regimental journal, sample pages of which are available.[3]
External links
- 25th Dragoons Wikipedia
- Secret Training on DD (Swimming) Tanks. Preparations to retake Singapore by John Leyin. ww2peopleswar BBC. Extracted from the book Tell Them Of Us: The Forgotten Army – Burma by John Leyin. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009483860.
- IWM video: 14th Army Breaks Japanese Counterstroke In The Arakan: Battle Of The Admin Box [Allocated Title] Imperial War Museums video. Mentions a Lee-Grant medium tank of 25th Dragoons and "Tank crewmen, probably of 25th Dragoons". Requires Adobe Flash software.
- British & Indian Armoured Units Of the Burma Campaign: A Painting Guide by R Mark Davies. Includes photographs and text about 25th Dragoons
References
- ↑ 25th (22nd) Light Dragoons & 25th Dragoons Regiments.org. now an archived website
- ↑ richardmiles 25th Dragoons Ranchi, India. October 1943 WW2Talk Forum November 28, 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ GillT, 25th Dragoons in India, 1945-7 WW2Talk Forum August 16, 2017 et al. You must be logged into WW2Talk Forum to see the images. Retrieved 13 December 2017.