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.
Born in Firle, England, died in England. He was a British general and colonial governor in America whose mismanagement of the colonists contributed to the American Revolution. Click on the pictu...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Charles Pope, Australian Imperial Force (Western Australia), 15th April 1917.
Built in 1893-8, Regent House was the first building in the replacement of the John Nash Regent Street, completed in 1927. It is now (20...
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