10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

Misc Burma and Misc India

Photo's we are not sure of the dates they where taken

My Dad Joe Kennedy served as a Lancashire Fusilier in the 10th Battalion. He was in Burma from Dec 1941 - Aug 1945. My mum kept these two paper cuttings the first from a Manchester local newspaper from that time which she sent to my dad, he carried it with him throughout the War in his wallet. The second copy of the same picture featured many years later in the the Weekend addition in 1969. She always claimed the soldier she had marked with an X was her Joe, and she could possibly be right
Kath Redston

Joe Kennedy 3rd from left front row


Kath Redston
Rising star

My Father Cpl. Joe Kennedy served in Burma from 1941-1945 with the 10th Batallion of Lancashire Fusiliers. He was probably extremely grateful to have these outstandingly brave Women serving alongside him too. ??


Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma)
A WAS(B) canteen at Nasik in Burma 1943
The Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) (WAS(B)) also known as the Chinthe Women because of the mythological creature that formed their badge. The unit was formed on 16 January 1942 and disbanded in 1946. They were a 250 strong group of British and Australian women who manned Mobile Canteens for the troops of Burma Command in World War II. They were founded and led by Mrs Ninian Taylor, who was granted the rank of Major and her services were an OBE for her services.
The unit moved through Burma with the British Fourteenth Army running mobile canteens providing "char & wads" living in dangerous and uncomfortable conditions, sleeping in bombed out, rat infested houses or tents with their stores and equipment brought in by air.They improvised stoves from old ammunition boxes. They were evacuated from Myitkyina on the last plane, and from the Battle of Imphal during the siege, but returned as soon as the Japanese retreated, eventually reaching Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
Many were mentioned in dispatches. General Slim later 1st Viscount Slim, Commander of the 14th Army known as the "Forgotten Army", said of them "They showed the highest standard of devotion and courage." Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese referred to them as "the biggest single factor affecting the moral of the forward troops.




 
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 Burma
sometime between
1942 - 45
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India
sometime between
1942 - 45

 
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these 5 photos where sent in by
Mildred Martley
sister of Fusilier Wells
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