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NAGA FIGHTER IN BURMA WITH BRITISH FORCES: WORLD WAR II
NAGA FIGHTER IN BURMA WITH BRITISH FORCES: WORLD WAR II
A Naga fighter posing with British troops during World War II. These tribesmen sided with the British against the Japanese on the Burma Front. During a 96-day running battle Jack Russell, from West Norwood, was injured and carried by Naga tribesmen to a casualty clearing station, where Vera Lynn sat on his bed and sang to the injured troops. Jack Russell enlisted in 1940 and was sent to India before seeing action on the Burma Front in 1944-45 with the 118 Light Ack-Ack Regiment. After the war he was promoted to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, serving with the last of the British Raj forces in India.Digital image by kind permission of Jack Russell from 'Into Burma', published in Calcutta. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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| Collection: | Home Front Project 2005 |
| Image type: | Photograph |
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| Ref: | 06767 |
| Identifier: | SPd4064/2 |
| Date: | 1944 |
#1926 - 1950 #Home Front Project 2005 #Photograph #WAR AND ARMED FORCES
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