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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 range penetration groups trained to operate from bases deep behind Japanese lines.
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Order of Battle – 2nd Chindit Expedition 1944 Headquarters 3rd Indian Infantry Division
Division Commander Major-General Orde.C. Wingate (succeeded by Major_General W.D.A. Lentaigne ) Deputy Commander Major_General G.W. Symes, (succeeded by Brigadier D. Tulloch ) Brigadier General Staff Brigadier D. Tulloch,( succeeded by Brigadier H.T. Alexander ) Locations of Headquarters Rear HQ at Gwalior, Central India Main HQ first at Imphal later at Sylhet , Assam Launching HQ at Lalaghat Tactical/Forward HQ, Shaduzup, Burma Thunder 3rd West African Brigade
Officer Commanding (O.C.) Brigadier A.H. Gillmore, (succeeded by Brigadier A.H.G. Ricketts ): 10 HQ column 6th Battalion Nigeria Regiment: 66 and 39 Columns 7th Battalion Nigeria Regiment: 29 and 35 Columns 12th Battalion Nigeria Regiment: 12 and 43 Columns 3rd West African Field Ambulance: Support Javelin 14th British Infantry Brigade
O.C. Brigadier T. Brodie: 59 HQ column 2nd Battalion The Black Watch : 42 and 73 Columns 1st Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: 16 and 61 Columns 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment: 65 and 84 Columns 7th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment: 47 and 74 Columns 54th Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment:support Enterprise 16th British Infantry Brigade
O.C. Brigadier B.E. Fergusson: 99 HQ column 2nd Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment(West Surrey); 21 and 22 Columns 2nd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment ; 17 and 71 Columns 51/69 Field Regiment Royal Artillery 51 and 69 Columns (infantry columns made up of R.A. personnell) 45th Reconnaissance Regiment ; 45 and 54 Columns (infantry columns made up recce units) 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: support Emphasis 77th Indian Infantry Brigade
O.C. Brigadier J.M. Calvert: 25 HQ column 3rd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles: 36 and 63 Columns 1st Battalion The King's Regiment (Liverpool): 81 and 82 Columns 1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers : 20 and 50 Columns 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment : 38 and 80 Columns 3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles: 57 and 93 Columns 142 Company Hong Kong Volunteers & Medical and veterinary detachments: support Profound 111th Indian Infantry Brigade
O.C. Brigadier W.D.A. Lentaigne, (succeeded first by Major J. Masters and then by Brigadier Morris ): 48 HQ Column 1st Battalion The Cameronians: 26 and 90 Columns 2nd Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster): 41 and 46 Columns 3rd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles: 30 Column Mixed Field Company Royal Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers & Medical and veterinary detachments: support
O.C. Brigadier J.R. Morris 4th Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles: 49 and 94 Columns 3rd/4th Gurkha Rifles: 40 Column
O.C. Lieut-Colonel D.C. Herring Kachin levies Bladet (Blain's Detachment)
O.C. Major Blane Gliderborne commando engineers Royal Artillery Supporting non-mobile units designed to defend Chindit Jungle Fortresses.
R, S and U Troops 160th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (All 25 pounders) W,X,Y, and Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment (40mm Bofors / 12.5 mm Hisoano guns)
NO 1 Air Commando USAAF – strike and casualty evacuation (until 1/5/1944 only) Eastern Air Command – supply U. S.Army 900th Field Unit (engineers)
2nd Battalion Burma Rifles 145th Brigade Company R.A.S.C. 219th Field Park Company Royal Engineers 61st Air Supply Company R.A.S.C. Galahad 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) US Army
1st Battalion; Red and White Combat Teams 2nd Battalion; Blue and Green Combat Teams 3rd Battalion; Khaki Orange Combat Teams Also known as Merrill's Marauders and after being trained were transferred to General Joseph Stilwell 's Northern Combat Area Command and operated independently of the Chindits.
O.C Brigadier Lance E.C.M. Perowne CBE: 32 HQ column 1st Battalion Essex Regiment :Columns 44, 56 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment : Columns 33, 76 4th Battalion Border Regiment:Columns 34, 55 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: Columns 60, 68 (fighting as infantry) 12th Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: Support This Brigade trained as a Chindit Brigade, but was removed from Special Force and used elsewhere.
References
Books Chindit by Richard Rhodes James : Hardcover 256 pages (August 1980) Publisher: J Murray; ISBN 0719537460 Paperback 224 pages (10 September, 1981) Publisher: Sphere; ISBN 0722151020 Hardcover (November 1980) Publisher: Academic Pr Canada Ltd; ASIN 0719537460 The Road Past Mandalay by John Masters Make for the Hills an autobiography by Sir Robert Thompson, Pen & Sword Books/Leo Cooper, 1989, ISBN 0850527619
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2nd Queen’s and the Chindits (1459 words)
After crossing the Indian frontier the two columns spent 94 days in Burma of which 67 were spent on the march, usually in single file. The Brigade objective was the capture of Indaw, thirty miles away, an important communication centre and base, with its two airfields. It was therefore decided to limit their objective to the capture and destruction of Indaw West airfield by the 16th Brigade with the Queen’s columns, now united, attacking from the west and two gunner columns from the north.
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