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BURMA CAMPAIGN 1942-1945
MALAYA 1949
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1954
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1994
48 BRIGADE WAS REFORMED IN 1949 FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST THE COMMUNIST TERRORISTS IN MALAYA. FOR FIVE YEARS UNITS OF THE BRIGADE MOUNTED CONTINUOUS AND SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST THE TERRORISTS.
VICTORIA CROSSES WON BY MEMBERS OF
48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE
HAVILDAR GAJE GHALE, 5TH ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES (FRONTIER FORCE)
26 MAY 1943
SERGEANT HANSON VICTOR TURNER (POSTHUMOUS), THE WEST YORKSHIRE
REGIMENT (PRINCE OF WALES' OWN) 7 JUNE 1944
RIFLEMAN GUNJU LAMA, 7TH GURKHA RIFLES 12 JUNE 1944
SUBEDAR NETRABAHADUR THAPA (POSTHUMOUS), 5TH ROYAL GURKHARIFLES
(FRONTIER FORCE) 25 JUNE 1944
NAIK AGANSING RAI, 5TH ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES (FRONTIER FORCE}
26 JUNE 1944
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BASIL WESTON (POSTHUMOUS), THE GREEN HOWARDS ATTACHED TO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (PRINCE OF WALES' OWN)
3 MARCH 1945
THE SEVERITY OF THE BATTLE FOR IMPHAL IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT FOUR OF THE BRIGADE'S SIX VICTORIA CROSSES WERE WON IN THAT BATTLE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 1944.
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