CHINDITS 1943
77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition)
By Chris Hunter
By Thom Nicholson
CHINDITS 1943 - 77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition) |
|||
|
HISTORY Brigade comprised of 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles 142nd Commando Company 2 Bn Burma Rifles 8 RAF Sections Brigade Signal Section (Royal Corps of Signals) a Mule Transport Company split into 2 groups No 1 (Southern) Group Commander Lt-Col. Alexander (3/2 Gurkha Rifles) Adjutant Cap. Birtwhistle (3/2 Gurkha Rifles) No 1 Column Maj. G.Dunlop,M.C. (Royal Scots) No 2 Column Maj. A.Emmett (3/2 Gurkha Rifles) No 2 (Northern) Group Commander Lt.Col. S.A.Cooke (Lincs Reg,att King's Reg) Adjutant Cap. D.Hastings (King's Reg) No 3 Column Maj. J.M.Calvert (R.E.) No 4 Column Maj. Conron (3/2 Gurkha Rifles) later Maj. R.B.G.Bromhead (R.Berkshire Reg) No 5 Column Maj. B.E.Fergusson (Black Watch) No 7 Column Maj. K.D.Gilkes (King's Reg) No 8 Column Maj. W.P.Scott (King's Reg) 2 Bn Burma Rifles Commander Lt.Col L.G.Wheeler (Burma Rifles) Adjutant Cap. P.C.Buchanan (Burma Rifles) Brigade HQ Commander Brig. O.C.Wingate,DSO (late R.A.) Brigade Major Maj. R.B.G.Bromhead (R.Berkshire Reg) later Maj. G.M.Anderson (Highland Light Infantry) Staff Captain Cap. H.J.Lord (Border Regiment) |
|||
| Roll Of Honour: 527 | Awards: 58 | Images: 44 | Links: 1 |
• Chindits 1943 - Website of Steve Fogden dedicated to the First Chindit Expedition.
![A Chindit's Chronicle](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file0595158323.jpg"])
By Bill Towill
![Beyond the Chindwin](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1848840373.jpg"])
By Bernard Fergusson
![Captured Behind Japanese Lines: With Wingate's Chindits Burma 1942-1945](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1399016881.jpg"])
![Chindit](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file0552178942.jpg"])
By Richard Rhodes James
![Chindit Affair: A Memoir of the War in Burma](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1848844484.jpg"])
By Frank Baines
![Chindit Column](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file0718305558.jpg"])
By Charles Carfrae
![Jocks in the Jungle: The Black Watch and Cameronians as Chindits](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1848847920.jpg"])
By Gordon Thorburn
![March or Die: Story of Wingate's Chindits](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1853107174.jpg"])
By Philip Chinnery
![War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file0752460781.jpg"])
By Tony Redding
![Wingate And The Chindits: Redressing the Balance](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file030435452X.jpg"])
By David Rooney
![Wingate's Lost Brigade: The First Chindit Operations 1943](["https:\/\/www.specialforcesroh.com\/store\/tb_file1848840543.jpg"])
By Philip D. Chinnery
- Published
- Jun 13, 2020
- Page views
- 4,794
