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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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