🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 October 13, 1905: Anne Bromhead is born on this day in Assam, India. An Intel Officer, she was described as "most efficient and conscientious." #AnneMarieGonvilleBromhead #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: soeinburma.com/females-in-the…

Restoration of Adams VC - Ashwell Rutland. Plaque on grave was in a poor state when we cleaned it earlier this year. Returned to restore plaque. #VCTrust

Scottish friends! Come hear me speak about WWII Scotland - Wednesday 8 October, Alexandria Library west-dunbarton.gov.uk/leisure-parks-…

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 SEP 27, 1888: Major Rainald Burne, MC, MiD is born in Surrey. Picked up by SOE in 1940, he was sent to work in Burma as part of the Oriental Mission. #RainaldHugoBurne #OrientalMission #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: soeinburma.com/the-men-of-soe…

Autumn is here. Nights in reading beckon. Two great new publications on the war in Burma, both with thirteen 5* reviews, both published by chiselbury just waiting for you to enjoy. Get on it!

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 SEP 28, 2022: This superb article by Lily Johnson is published by History Hit💥 which reveals 10 facts about SOE agent Nancy Wake, AC, GM. #NancyWake #FSection #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 historyhit.com/facts-about-so…

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 September 29, 1911: Elizabeth Baker (née Bradley) is born in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. She worked as a stenographer for SOE's Malayan Country Section (1944-45). #ElizabethBaker #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: soeinburma.com/females-in-the…

A shadow fleet tanker identified as a possible launch point for the drones that closed Copenhagen’s airport last week, was approached by a Marine nationale vessel on Monday & is now anchored off Saint Nazaire under investigation for a "suspected violation" lloydslist.com/LL1154977/Fran…

Was very pleased to receive this from Dr. Richard Duckett today & look forward to reading about Peacocks role within the SOE, Burma. Have had some great reviews. Good to see more books coming out about that theatre of war. Thanks Rich. 👍📚😉👏

The IFBUs were at the Battle of Imphal, and even encouraged the Japanese to show the white flag on three recorded occasions there. See my amazon.co.uk/Special-Operat…

In overall charge of Operation Dilwyn from Dec 1944, a mission with the Kachin in Kachinland and Northern Shan States. Later served in the Korean War.

As Christian Parkinson & I edge towards the end of our Peninsular War series we visit one of the biggest, most impressive & famous battlefields, Salamanca 1812. Come with us to see it from the air & on the ground. Free on YouTube consider giving it a like. youtu.be/dyAXfBMN_t4?si…

#Yangon’s Royal Lake wasn’t born of nature - but empire. Once jungle and tigers, #Kandawgyi was built by the British, shaped by war, and still holds the city’s oldest secrets beneath its calm surface. yangontimemachine.com/en/all-article…

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 8, 1905: Lt. Col. Ronald Critchley, MC, DSO is born in Dumfriesshire. He served with SOE's Mission 101 and Force 136. Dr. Richard Duckett #RonaldAshetonCritchley #Mission101 #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/3 More information: soeinburma.com/the-men-of-soe…

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 October 9, 1909: Major Alfred Trutwein MBE, an Anglo-Burman, is born in Bassein (Pathein), Burma (Myanmar). He commanded Operation Barge. #AlfredTrutwein #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/2 More information: soeinburma.com/the-men-of-soe…

Just discovered there's a children's book about Force 136: amazon.com/Endgame-Secret…

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 11, 1943: Jemadar (Lt.) Sum Naw, a Kachin born in 1919, parachutes into Burma on Operation Dilwyn, remaining in the field until 20 June 1944. Dr. Richard Duckett #SumLatNaw #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: soeinburma.com/the-men-of-soe…

Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 I’ll be touching on that same theme when I give my talk on #MongooseWhite to the Rotary Club at Monmouth this Wednesday evening. Always an honour to tell the story of my father’s service in Burma, the men of #Force136 & #OperationCharacter 🙏 Dr. Richard Duckett Duncan Gilmour

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