Photo Gallery
Second World War
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Burma,
1944

Stores of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own, at Imphal prior to the
deployment into Burma as Number 41 and 46 Columns. The battalion was
flown to the airstrip at 'Broadway', south west of Myitkyina in Northern
Burma on 9th March 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0426

2nd Battalion, King's Own, as part of the 1944 Chindit Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0413

Mules were used extensively for transport in the 1944 Chindit
Operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0414

Group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
The soldier in the centre with the large hat is Captain Pete Edwards, the
Transport Officer
Accession Number: KONeg0421

Officers of Number 41 Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own, April
1944, in Burma.
Left to right, rear, Captain Charles Stock, Joe Coleman, Lieutenant David
Harrison, Lieutenant Shaw.
Left to right, front, Major Vernon Royle, Captain Winhill, Lieutenant
Colonel A W Thompson, Captain Harry Gibb (Royal Army Medical Corps) and J
B Tucker.
Accession Number: KONeg0422

Group of soldiers of Number 41 Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own,
April 1944, in Burma.
On the left is Lance Corporal Albert Halsall, who, within a few weeks, won
the Military Medal in command of a Vickers Machine Gun position covering
the withdrawal of the 2nd Battalion from the defensive position called
'Blackpool Block' on 24th May, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0423

Group of soldiers (and mule) of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own,
1944, in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0424

Major Les Heap (looking at camera) in command of Number 46 Chindit
Column, 2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma in 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0425

Captain Harry Gibb, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer of
Number 41 Chindit Column in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0427

The Royal Air Force Sergeant who was with Number 41 Column as
wireless operator. Burma, April 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0428

Members of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0429

Captain Pete Edwards (Transport Officer) with one of the mules used
in Burma by the 2nd Battalion, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0431

Elephants were also used for transport in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0432

Group of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0433

Mule transport of the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0434

Accession Number: KONeg0435

Accession Number: KONeg0436

Accession Number: KONeg0437

Accession Number: KONeg0438

Accession Number: KONeg0439

Accession Number: KONeg0440

2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0441

2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0442

2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0444

Mules used for transport by the 2nd Battalion in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0445

Captain Pete Edwards (in centre with hat) transport officer of the
2nd Battalion in Burma in April 1944. Note the elephants to the
rear.
Accession Number: KONeg0446

2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0447

2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0448

2nd Battalion, King's Own in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0449

The airstrip at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944. Used by the 2nd
Battalion King's Own in the Chindit operations.
Accession Number: KONeg0678

Crashed Dakota aircraft at the 'Blackpool' airstrip in Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0679

Abandoned Japanese bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0680

Anti-aircraft gun at 'Blackpool' in Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0681

Airdrop of supplies in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0682

Parachutes left over from an airdrop in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0683

Abandoned Japanese Bunker in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0684

Wrecked glider on 'Blackpool' airstrip in Northern Burma.
Accession Number: KONeg0685

Wireless set at 'Blackpool' in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0686

Abandoned jeep in Northern Burma, 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0687
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