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48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE BATTLE HONOURS
HMAWZA 1 APRIL 1942
AFTER
BEING
48
BRIGADE IN
ENCIRCLED AT HMAWZA, NORTH OF PROME, REPULSED ITS ASSAILANTS, INFLICTING HEAVY LOSSES BY ATTACKING THEM THE FLANK. THE BRIGADE THEN WITHDREW TO THE NORTH.
KOKKOGWA 11/12 APRIL 1942
REPEATED
DURING THE NIGHT OF 12TH APRIL THE JAPANESE LAUNCHED HEAVY ATTACKS ON THE BRIGADE POSITION. AT DAWN AFTER HAND ΤΟ HAND FIGHTING THE JAPANESE WERE FINALLY REPULSED AND THE WITHDRAWAL CONTINUED.
KYAUKSE 29/30 APRIL 1942
AT 2200 HRS ON 29 APRIL THE JAPANESE LAUNCHED A FIERCE ATTACK AGAINST THE BRIGADE POSITIONS ASTRIDE THE ROAD TO MANDALAY AT KYAUKSE. THE GURKHAS HELD THEIR FIRE UNTIL THE ENEMY WERE WITHIN 150 YARDS OF THEIR POSITIONS. THE JAPANESE LOST OVER 500 KILLED FOR THE LOSS OF ONLY 10 KILLED AND WOUNDED IN 48 BRIGADE. THE ATTACK CONTINUED UNTIL 1700 HRS ON 30 APRIL WHEN THE BRIGADE BROKE CONTACT AND WITHDREW.
SHWEGYIN 8 MAY 1942
DURING THE FINAL WITHDRAWAL OF THE ARMY AT SHWEGYIN ACROSS THE CHINDWIN RIVER, 48 BRIGADE HELD A DEFENSIVE POSITION AGAINST THE JETTY AND WERE HEAVILY ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY. THEY HELD THEIR POSITION LONG ENOUGH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ARMY TO ESCAPE ON FOOT UP A MULE TRACK BEFORE THEMSELVES FOLLOWING ALONG THE SAME TRACK.
CHIN HILLS 1943
48 BRIGADE WERE DEPLOYED IN THE CHIN HILLS FOR MOST OF 1943, HOLDING AND BUILDING THE ROAD INTO THE IMPHAL PLAIN IN THE AREA OF TIDDIM. THEY FOUGHT A SMALL BUT CONTINUOUS AND BITTER WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE 33RD DIVISION.
MILESTONE 109, TIDDIM ROAD 21/22 MARCH 1944
48 BRIGADE
DURING THE WITHDRAWAL TO IMPHAL AT MILESTONE 109 BROKE THROUGH A STRONGLY HELD JAPANESE DEFENSIVE POSITION ASTRIDE THE ROAD. THIS CLEARED THE WAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF 17 DIVISION то WITHDRAW AND PREVENTED THEIR DESTRUCTION BY THE ENEMY.
/PALEL HILLS