Eric Deacon recalls his time being part of the war efforts in 1944 for VE Day.

ONE of the last surviving members of the legendary Chindits special forces unit has been laid to rest with full military honours after he died aged 104. Arthur Rollins served in the famous jungle ...

One of Britain’s last remaining hero Chindits has died. Charlie Richards, 104, told last year how he survived a “living hell” in World War II . He was then one of only two Chindits still alive. They ...

THEY were the lions of the jungle – 10,000 British troops led by an eccentric genius. With their distinctive slouch hats, the Chindits were the highly trained special forces who fought the Japanese, ...

They are renowned for their bravery, determination and perseverance in the face of terror, and now the Chindits have had their place in modern history cemented with the unveiling of a permanent ...

And their badge is a Burmese dragon in honour of their glorious predecessors, the Chindits. The 77th Brigade, or Chindits, suffered heavy casualties fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Burma ...

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