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The 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment was formed by the redesignation of the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot in 1881. The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
Combatants Great Britain Egypt Commanders Garnet Wolseley Ahmed Urabi Strength 17500 60 guns c. ...
Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...
Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33...
A battle honour is a military tradition practiced in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and is an official acknowledgement rewarded to military units for their achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign. ...
Combatants Britain Germany Commanders Sir John French Alexander von Kluck Strength 4 divisions 8 divisions Casualties 1,600 5,000 (estimate) The Battle of Mons (Flemish name for Mons is Bergen) was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I. Following the surrender of the...
Combatants United Kingdom Newfoundland German Empire Commanders Julian Byng Georg von der Marwitz Strength 2 Corps 1 Corps Casualties 45,000 killed 9,000 prisoners 100 tanks destroyed 45,000 killed 11,000 prisoners The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a British campaign of World War...
There were four Battles of Ypres during World War I: First Battle of Ypres ( October 19 – November 22, 1914) Second Battle of Ypres ( April 22 – May 15, 1915) Third Battle of Ypres ( July 31 – November 6, 1917) (also known as Passchendaele) Fourth Battle of Ypres ( September 28...
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Combatants Greece United Kingdom New Zealand Australia Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength United Kingdom: 15,000 Greece: 11,000 Australia: 7,100 New Zealand: 6,700 Total: 40,000 (10,000 without fighting capability. ...
Siege of Tobruk Conflict World War II, Western Desert Campaign Date March 31, 1941 – November 27, 1941 Place Tobruk, Libya Result Allied victory The Siege of Tobruk was a lengthy confrontation between Axis and Allied forces in the North African Campaign of World War II. See also Afrika Korps...
The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained...
The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
The 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army . ...
History The 2nd Battalion's first action was with the Egyptian Expedition, under General Graham's brigade in 1882, where it fought at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. From Egypt it was sent to Bermuda, Nova Scotia, South Africa and Limerick in Ireland by 1912. The Urabi Revolt was an uprising in Egypt in 1881-82 against the Khedive and European influence in the country. ...
Combatants Great Britain Egypt Commanders Garnet Wolseley Ahmed Urabi Strength 17500 60 guns c. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages none (English, French, Gaelic) Flower Mayflower Tree Red Spruce Bird Osprey Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...
World War I During the First World War the 2nd Battalion served in France and Flanders with the 16th Brigade, 6th Division. At the outbreak of war the battalion was based in Ireland from there they were hurried to the front in Belgium, they arrived shortly after the Battle of the Marne. They relieved greatly reduced battalions of The Lincolnshire Regiment and the Royal Scots Fusiliers and received their first casualties (three killed and eleven wounded) that night from German artillery. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a...
The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. ...
See: British 6th Division (World War I) British 6th Infantry Division This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
There were two Battles of the Marne during World War I: First Battle of the Marne (1914) Second Battle of the Marne (1918) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Royal Scots Fusiliers is a Regiment of the British army. ...
The 2nd Battalion fought through the fighting in 1915 and was involved in the first battle that used tanks toward the end of the Somme campaign in 1916. The battalion was involved in most of the battles of 1917 and 1918. Private John Caffrey was awarded the only Victoria Cross won by the battalion during World War I in November 1915. An early model British Mark I male tank, named C-15, near Thiepval, 25 September 1916. ...
An early model British Mark I male tank, named C-15, near Thiepval, 25 September 1916. ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
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Photo submitted by Franklyncards John Caffrey Born 23 October 1891, Birr, Kings County (Offaly) he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
In 1919 the battalion was sent to Iraq with the 17th Division's 51st Brigade. The British 17th (Northern) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. ...
The British 51st Infantry Brigade is currently known as 51 (Scottish) Brigade and as part of the 2nd Division, it is the regional administrative formation responsible for all the units of the Territorial Army based in Scotland. ...
Inter-War Years After the Great War the 2nd Battalion spent from 1921 to 1939 on overseas duty in India and the Sudan.
World War II At the out break of the Second World War the 2nd Battalion was based in Khartoum in the Sudan on garrison duties. In July 1940 they were moved to Egypt and then to Palestine where they became part of the 14th Infantry Brigade. The battalion was again part of the 6th Division. In May 1940 the Brigade moved to Cairo and was then broken up. The 2nd Battalion went to Alexandria. On 28 October Lieutenant-Colonel Sim, C.O. of the battalion, was told by Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, commanding the British Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, that the battalion was now on loan to the Royal Navy and would be moving to Crete as soon as possible in the cruiser HMS Ajax. On 1 November 1940, the battalion sailed for Crete, arriving at Suda Bay on the 2 November. Their arrival was met by an attack by the Italian Air Force, Lance-Corporal Loosemore and Private Lister were both wounded. They were the battalions first casualties of the Second World War. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
For other uses, see Khartoum (disambiguation). ...
The Holy Land or Palestine Showing not only the Old of Judea and Israel but also the 12 Tribes Distinctly, and Confirming Even the Diversity of the Locations of their Ancient Positions and Doing So as the Holy Scriptures Indicate, a geographic map from the studio of Tobiae Conradi Lotter...
History At the start of the Second World War this unit was made up of regular army battalions based in the Middle East garrisons. ...
The British 6th Division was a Regular Army division that was sent to France on 10 September 1914. ...
Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area - City 210 km² - Metro 1,492 km² Population (2005) - City 7,438,376 - Density 35,420/km² - Urban 10,834,495 - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST...
This article is about the city in Egypt. ...
October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...
Andrew Jonathan Cunningham was born in Dublin, Ireland on December 15, 1982. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ...
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax the Great: The first Ajax, launched in 1765, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line broken up and sold in 1785. ...
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Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Suda Bay is a harbor on the northwest coast of Crete. ...
The Aeronautica Militare Italiana is the Italian air force. ...
On 31 December 1940 Lieut.Col. Sim went to Egypt and Maj. A. Gilroy (Black Watch), who would later command the 14th Infantry Brigade, took command of the battalion. The 14th Brigade was reformed around the 2nd Yorks and Lancs and 2nd Black Watch and under the command of Brig.B.H.Chappel DSO. The brigade spent its time building defences on the island, but these were limited. Little happened on Crete until April 1941 when the Allied forces in Greece were evacuated. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ...
In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...
Battle of Crete
 German paratroopers landing on Crete With the surrender of Greece in 1941 Crete was thrust into the war. The 2nd Battalion, Yorks and Lancs along with the 2nd Bn, Black Watch and 2nd Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment were tasked with the defence of Heraklion airfield. Image File history File links German_paratroopers_jumping_From_Ju_52s_over_Crete. ...
Image File history File links German_paratroopers_jumping_From_Ju_52s_over_Crete. ...
Combatants Germany, Italy, Bulgaria Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand Commanders Wilhelm List, Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Papagos, Henry Maitland Wilson, Thomas Blamey Strength Germany: 680,000 men,[1] 1200 tanks, 700 aircraft, Italy: 529,000 men Greece: 350,000 men, British Commonwealth: 58,000 men Casualties Italy: 13,755...
The 2nd Battalion, Black Watch was fromed in 1881 when the 42nd Regiment of Foot and the 73rd Regiment of Foot were amalgamated to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) . Categories: | ...
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ...
Heraklion or Iraklion (Greek: ΗÏάκλειο Italian: Candia), is the largest city and the capital of Crete. ...
From the middle of May 1941 air attacks against Heraklion increased to four or five a day until 20 May when troop carriers dropped paratroopers at Maleme airfield on the west of the island. Warning reached Heraklion as their own share of German troop transports were spotted arriving at about 400 feet four abreast in long columns that stretched out of sight. This was the largest of the German parachute formations made up of the 1st Fallschirmjager Regiment, 2nd Battalion from the 2nd Fallschirmjager Regiment and an AA Machine Gun Battalion under the command of Col.Bruno Brauer. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ...
Maleme (Greek Μάλεμε) is a town and airport 16km to the west of Chania, in North Western Crete, Greece. ...
The three battalions of the 14th Brigade managed to destroy nearly all the German parachute troops that were landed at Heraklion on 20 May apart from a small pocket, the brigade inflicted massive casualties on the enemy paratroopers. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ...
In a matter of seconds the air was full of parachutes slowly descending to the ground. The moment the Battalion had waited for had come. Intense small-arms fire caused very heavy casualties among the enemy. Of those who escaped death in the air, the majority were killed on the ground, before they had time to get clear of their harness, by small parties of men rushing from their slit trenches with bayonets and bombs. The tanks and carriers also came out of their hiding-places and massacred all those who landed in the open. – From 2nd Battalion War Diary The three battalions of the 14th Brigade managed to destroy nearly all the German parachute troops that were landed at Heraklion on 20 May apart from a small pocket: the brigade inflicted massive casualties on the enemy paratroopers. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ...
The enemy fared no better at the hands of the other units of the garrison. Of about 1,000 enemy troops who had come down inside the perimeter, over 900 of them had been buried by noon the next day. Small parties and odd individuals of course escaped, but these were mopped up during the next few days. Quite a large force, however, had fallen clear of the perimeter and parties of them were heard calling to each other after dark; they made no attempt to attack, being possibly too shaken by what had happened to their comrades. Thus the day ended in complete victory for the Heraklion garrison and the total failure of the Germans to achieve their object of capturing the aerodrome by direct airborne attack. – From 2nd Battalion War Diary After this attempt the Germans did not try to land any more paratroopers at Heraklion instead they built up their forces outside the perimeter.
Before the Germans were able to complete the encirclement of Heraklion a company from the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders joined the defence from Tymbaki on the south coast. The 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was formed in 1881 when the 91st (Princess Louises Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot were amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . ...
The German forces from Maleme landed four more companies of troops in the vicinity of Heraklion which successfully linked up with the survivors of the first landings and launched counter attacks on the British positions. The fighting at this time was extremely fierce but the Yorks and Lancs held their positions. By 28 May the position on the island as a whole had been lost and General Freyberg ordered the evacuation. When the men of the 14th Brigade heard of the evacuation they were astonished; Maleme (Greek Μάλεμε) is a town and airport 16km to the west of Chania, in North Western Crete, Greece. ...
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...
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as to them the whole battle of the last ten days had seemed to have been eminently successful. – Battalion Hist.
The Evacuation The evacuation was badly attacked during the withdrawal to Alexandria with over one-fifth of the 4,000 troops evacuated being killed, wounded or captured on the voyage out. The destroyer HMS Imperial (D09) suffered mechanical failure and had to be sunk by the Hotspur and due to the delay, caused by transferring men over to the other ships, the convoy was still well within reach of the Luftwaffe and Italian Airforce. The Hereward was sunk (her survivors were rescued by the Italians). Both the Dido and the Orion suffered massive bomb damage with heavy casualties amongst the crew and troops packed onboard both ships. Some 600 troops were killed or captured before the convoy could reach safety. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (695x655, 96 KB) Description: Walking wounded British troops disembarking at a port in Egypt after the evacuation of Crete. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (695x655, 96 KB) Description: Walking wounded British troops disembarking at a port in Egypt after the evacuation of Crete. ...
Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport For other uses, see Alexandria (disambiguation). ...
HMS Imperial (D09) was an I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 22 January 1936, launched on 11 December 1936 and commissioned on 30 June 1937. ...
HMS Hotspur (H01) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. ...
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HMS Hereward (H93), named after Hereward the Wake, was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936. ...
HMS Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. ...
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology. ...
After a brief period of recovery in Egypt the 2nd Battalion was sent with the 14th Brigade to fight the Vichy French forces in Syria. As they arrived at Damascus the French had surrendered. The battalion remained in Syria on occupational duty until mid-October 1941 when they moved to Alexandria to a staging camp from where they would be sent to Tobruk to relieve the besieged Australian 9th Division. The Opera in Vichy. ...
Damascus at sunset Damascus ( translit: Also commonly: الشام ash-ShÄm) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ...
Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Ţubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ...
The 9th Division of the Australian Army was formed to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF). ...
Battle of Tobruk The 6th Infantry Division was renumbered as the 70th Infantry Division and given a new commander (Maj.Gen. Ronald Scobie) for deception purposes and were sailed into Tobruk by the Royal Navy from 19 August to 25 October 1941. // History This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. ...
Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie KBE, CBE, CB, MC was a British Army officer. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...
The 70th Division along with the Polish Carpathian Brigade, a Czech brigade and the 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, which missed the boat out, settled into the considerable defences. The 2nd Battalion was placed in the 2nd line (Blue Line) of defences. In November the garrison was informed of its role in the up coming Operation Crusader in which the 70th Division would have to break out through the besieging German and Italian force and link up with Eighth Army. Combatants United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Poland Germany Italy Commanders Claude Auchinleck Alan Gordon Cunningham Neil Ritchie Erwin Rommel Ludwig Crüwell Strength 8th Army comprising XIII Corps, XXX Corps and 70th Division. ...
The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations in World War II, fighting in the campaigns in North Africa and Italy. ...
The 2nd Battalion were one of the leading battalions in the break out. They suffered massive casualties assaulting the enemy positions and while the relief force got held up fighting toward Tobruk the battalions of the 70th Division had to hold the positions they had gained and wait. The battle ended up virtually like the trench warfare of the First World War.
Operation Crusader turned into weeks of attrition the cost of which finally pushed Rommel away from the perimeter of Tobruk allowing Eighth Army to lift the siege. Tobruk would not stay liberated long; during the Battle of Gazala in 1942 the fortress fell with the Axis forces taking thousands of prisoners of war. Rommel is the family name of Eddie Rommel baseball pitcher; Erwin Rommel (German Field Marshal), and his son Manfred Rommel (former Mayor of Stuttgart). ...
The Battle of Gazala was an important battle of the World War II Western Desert Campaign, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya from May 26 to June 21, 1942. ...
Area under Axis control over the course of the war shown in black The Axis Powers were those states opposed to the Allies during the Second World War. ...
Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
Chindits
 A Chindit column crossing a river in Burma The 2nd Battalion, however, did not remain in North Africa to see the fall of Tobruk instead they were to head to one of the most difficult fighting terrains in the Second World War, on 28 February 1942 the 70th Division was put aboard ships headed for India to help stop the rapid advance of the Japanese Army in Burma. The 70th Infantry Division, consisting of regular army troops, was considered one of the better and more experienced of the British divisions operating at this stage of the war. The Far East Command fully appreciated the arrival of this formation but instead of using the division as a complete formation it was decided to break it up for long range infiltration operations behind Japanese lines much against the wishs of General Slim, commander of the Fourteenth Army. The units of the division were converted into Chindit brigades and the battalions were organised into columns. The 2nd Battalion became the 65th and 84th columns in the 14th Chindit Brigade. Image File history File links Chindit_column,_Operation_Longcloth. ...
Image File history File links Chindit_column,_Operation_Longcloth. ...
Northern Africa (UN subregion) geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ...
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ...
The Far East Command was a military regional division of the British military. ...
Field Marshal Sir William Slim (pictured here as a Major General) Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (6 August 1897 - 14 December 1970), British military commander and 13th Governor-General of Australia, was born near Bristol, Gloucestershire. ...
The British Fourteenth Army was a multinational force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during World War II. Many of its units were from the Indian Army as well as British units and there were also significant contributions from East African divisions within the British Army. ...
The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 3rd Indian Infantry Division) were a British jungle Special Forces unit that served in Burma from 1943 until 1945 as part of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long...
After months of training and waiting for the right opportunity Operation Thursday began on 5 February 1944: this was the second large scale Chindit operation (Operation Longcloth happened in 1943). The 14th Brigade was flown into a landing strip (called Aberdeen) cut out of the jungle by the 16th Brigade. From Aberdeen the battalion sent out missions to attack Japanese supply lines and communications. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
After the death in a plane crash of the commander and creator of the Chindits Maj.Gen. Orde Wingate on March 24, decisions were made and the plans were changed. Without the force of Wingate driving the operation forward focus for the Chindit forces was switched to battles on the Indian border at Kohima. Orde Charles Wingate Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO (February 26, 1903 – March 24, 1944), was a British major general and creator of two special military units during World War II. // Orde Wingate was born 23 February 1903 in Naini Tal, India to a military family. ...
The Battle of Kohima was a battle of the Burma Campaign in World War II, fought around the town of Kohima in northeast India from April 4 to June 22, 1944. ...
The 14th Brigade with the 2nd Yorks and Lancs took an incredible and exhausting march through the heavy jungle, heading north to operate with US Gen. Joe Stillwell. The brigade lost many men on the march and when they arrived were not in a condition to fight immediately. The 14th Brigade remained in action supporting the newly formed 36th Infantry Division until August 1944. Most of the casualties suffered during this campaign were from malaria, dysentery and malnutrition. The battalion was then moved to India and did not take part in any further operations. Stilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. ...
The British 36th Infantry Division was a Second World War British Army formation was created from the Indian Army 36th Infantry Division during the campaign in Burma. ...
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ...
Dysentery is an illness (formerly known as the bloody flux or simply flux) involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. ...
Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. ...
During the Second World War the 2nd Battalion had fought against the Germans, Italians, Japanese and the Vichy French in four different campaigns and in extremely different environments.
Post 1945 In 1947 the 2nd Battalion was given orders for disbanding and amalgamation with the 1st Battalion. It was reformed in 1952 but disbanded again in 1955. In 1968 the York and Lancaster Regiment chose to disband rather than amalgamate further. The colours were laid up in Sheffield Cathedral ending 210 years of the regiment's history. The name would be carried on by The Hallamshire Battalion in various forms. Sheffield Cathedral is the Church of England cathedral for the diocese of Sheffield, England. ...
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