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.

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Chindit Special Force

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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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T. R. Endersby

T. R. Endersby

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
ORP Dzik

ORP Dzik

Former Submarine in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).

Vehicle, Armed Forces, Poland

1 memorial
Graham Thomson Lyall, VC

Graham Thomson Lyall, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 27 September 1918, age 26, while serving in the 102nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "Through two days of operations he captured 185 prisoners and 27 gun...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
C. Challis

C. Challis

Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

Worked for the Great Northern Railway and died in WW1. In 2009 we were contacted by Tina Rickward, telling us she was the grand-niece of the man who appears as 'Benger A. H.' on the King's Cross w...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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H. N. B. Spink

H. N. B. Spink

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. The plaque gives him "M.L.S.B." after his name but we don't recognise the qualification.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
F. Cayley Robinson

F. Cayley Robinson

Frederick Arthur Cayley Robinson.  Painter and book illustrator.  Born Brentford, Middlesex. In 1914 moved with his wife and daughter into 1 Lansdowne House.  That same year he began 10 years as a...

Person, Art

1 memorial