Group    From 1942  To /2/1945

Chindit Special Force

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Burma

Formed by Wingate and served in Burma and India in 1943 and 1944 in WW2. Composed mainly of British and Gurkha soldiers trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines using guerilla tactics. Disbanded in February 1945.

Etymology: Burmese cinthé - a mythological lion-like creature, used by the troops as their badge.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chindit Special Force

Commemorated ati

Chindits

Unless we missed it, Cairns' name is not included in the Green Park Memorial ...

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Wingate

Unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Other Subjects

General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH

General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH

Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and mar...

Person, Armed Forces, India, South Africa

1 memorial
S. G. Sparkes

S. G. Sparkes

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
M. Doodey

M. Doodey

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Yeomanry regiment which saw service in the Second Boer War with 40 and 59 Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry and also served in Belgium and France during WW1. In 1922, the regiment became part of t...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
A. Guttridge

A. Guttridge

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial