Key Information
Reference code
GRACEY 5/11
Title
Accounts of operations by 4 Battalion, 10 Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, in Burma, 1944-1945
Date(s)
- 1946 Apr 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
66pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters sent to Lt Col William Stillman Ritchie, Royal Scots Fusiliers, relating to the compilation of an operational history of 20 Indian Infantry Div, and typescript narratives concering the history and operations of 4 Bn, 10 Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles during the Burma campaign, entitled 'Jottings from Burma' and 'Hiking in Burma', by Brig Wilmot Gordon Hilton Vickers, General Officer Commanding 33 Indian Infantry Div; also including accounts of confrontations between 4 Bn, 10 Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles and Japanese forces at Puttha, Kabaw valley, Burma, Litan, near Palel, India, and on the Ukhrul road, Burma. 66p.