THE BORDER REGT. Todays regiment remembers with pride the four battalions who served in Burma. It was always a view held amongst commentators that Deolali was a centre where those who had become mentally deranged after long service in crab stations were congregated prior to repatriation to an appropriate institution for their disablement, hence the anxiety of anyone posted to Deolali as to whether they would survive to arrive home or not, a view supported by the fact that the camp area allotted to us was just over a wall around the graveyard which contained graves of servicemen, extending well back into the last century. The 4th Border lads were split into 2 groups and didn't meet up until they got back into Britain. On this day in 1944 Captain D.V. The size of a regiment could range from 1,000 to 5,000 troops. Such was not possible in the Naga Hills. After a week or two of rest at railhead, during which malaria began to take its toll, we once more entrained for the long journey back to our old haunt Bangalore. During these engagements the H.Q. Disembarking, they moved to El Quassasin by rail. Exactly how many were killed in this evacuation I am unsure, but all together, with the Lancastria, other ships and on the trains it must have been 2000+. This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. Other ranks' cap badge, The Border Regiment, c1905, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, in South Africa, 1900. 4th (Westmoreland & Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia Subsequently, in March 1941, the men of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment left on the troopship H.M.T. Here we took over from 2/13 Bn. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites All the RAF and British troops were tehn withdrawn, and there was this mad dash to get to the ports. 2nd Battalion 4th Marines | Military Wiki | Fandom By 1920, all of the regiment's war-raised battalions had disbanded. There was much suffering but also much success, including the taking of many prisoners. This infantry regiment was created in 1881. Abandoned by the fleet and besieged by the French, they were forced to surrender, but were allowed to march out with colours flying as a tribute to their gallant defence. The disorders soon settled down and we returned to Ranchi, but were shortly called upon again to assist the civil power, this time at Gaya, south of Patna. SADF 4 SAI Ratels were known for their conspicuous red call sign markings. At first they headed towards Dieppe. Stretchers and litters were constructed of bamboo and casualties were evacuated with Nagas acting as stretcher-bearers. Find out more about the site contributors. had attacked a strongpoint ahead of us and occupied it and we passed through them with a squadron of Matilda tanks and, by daylight, had occupied an escarpment short of El Adam. was attached to the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, as Platoon Commander of 12th Field Company RE . 4th Bn : The Border Regt. War Diary (27 April) #OTD 1944 I know what you mean about the problems of getting information, David, when you are not either the person who served in the Forces or their Next of Kin. Hudson John. where they had an airstrip. For any other comments, please Contact Us. Our force consisted of two platoons and a headquarters platoon. At the same time, the 34th Cumberland and the 55th Westmorland Regts became the 1st and 2nd Bns The Border Regt. At the end of the training period, the battalion was not only highly trained in jungle and Chindit operations but, with the constant exercise and increased rations, was very fit. and for reinforcement, which eventually led to the amalgamation of 4th and 9th Bn., The Border Regiment. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 9th Battalion, Border Regiment in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The History of the Border Regiment - Burma Star Memorial Fund The German invaders over-ran Rennes on Tuesday 18th June and currently I have an account of their initial arrival and occupation in translation. But then at night, the Australian artillery returned the compliment tenfold! It was like Beau Geste excepting instead of arriving on camels, they came in the latest American cars. When we had an airdrop, with five days rations, our packs weighed 80 lbs., which, along with the troops equipment and weapons was a considerable weight to carry up and down the hills. We spent a day or two in a transit area before being taken by guides up to the perimeter defences. The Volunteer Training Corps were raised with overage or reserved occupation men early in the war, and were initially self-organised into many small corps, with a wide variety of names. Repatriation to the U.K. had begun for those with three years and eight months overseas service, so the strength of the battalion was gradually diminishing. consolidated and people got to know one another with the result that when the time came to embark for overseas, the Bn. This infantry regiment was first raised in 1702. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not Alongside this, the 4th (Militia) Battalion was also disbanded in 1908. They became part of Brigadier Orde Wingates Chindit Long Range Penetration (LRP) groups. Gaya is supposed to be the birthplace of Buddha and there is an interesting Buddhist temple there, although India was at that time largely Hindu/Moslem and Buddhism associated more with Ceylon and countries further east. It then participated in the Cherbourg Peninsula operation while attached to 2nd Armored Division from 19 July through 2 August 1944. The 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. On the 1st December 1945 the Battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion, taking on the name of the latter. Orders soon arrived for us to move south towards the area of the Japanese L. of C. Our first objective was Mokokchung in the Naga Hills, east of Kohima. It continued in British Army service until 1959, when it merged with The Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment. was established in a school and detachments were sent out to areas north of here, right up to the Nepalese border. They were referred to as the New Army or Kitchener's Army. I've left a message for Jemma, the co-ordinator for the Radio Cumbria volunteer story gatherers, asking for your question to be passed on to Mr Hutchinson, and if he has further details. Find out how you can use this. These were awarded 66 battle honours and four Victoria Crosses. We arrived in Tobruk Harbour just after dark in the evening, after an uneventful journey, during which we had the nicest English breakfast of bacon and eggs in the Wardroom that we had tasted since coming to Egypt. Over a period of a few days, an army veterinary team removed the vocal chords of the brigades mules under anaesthetic without causing much distress to the mules, which were given 10 days convalescence and seemed none the worse for their operations, which were a big success. Now began a period of intensive jungle training on Chindit lines. was called upon to reinforce the area. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated with the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot to form The Border Regiment. The South Saskatchewan Regiment - Canada.ca
