Right at the back I found this flag - blood stained an covered in Japanese characters. I ran to show it to my father who had been in Burma during the war. He snatched it from me and I never saw it ...

He fondly remembers the names of his British commanders. "We kept our loyalty," he says. But Britain did very little to repay this loyalty. Sally McLean grew up steeped in stories of Burma.

to check in the index of the individual listed book for keywords such as: “funeral”, “death”, “life cycle rituals”, “chanting”, etc. For a more general bibliography on Burma see link at the end of ...

and the flag for Tristan da Cunha, part of a British Overseas Territory also including Saint Helena and the Ascension Island. "It would be a bit like a Frenchman saying the Irish flag was an abuse ...

The British colonized Burma in a series of three wars beginning in 1824. During their rule, the Arakan problem declined as the British allowed for a relative degree of local autonomy. From 1824 to ...

so that it is not surprising that the present volume is a fair-sized one; it is well illustrated, having 177 figures. (1) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese ... the Japanese government finally surrendered on 14 August 1945. The longest British and Commonwealth Campaign of World War ...

It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Edited by Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham. Rhynchota. Vol. iv., ...

A poignant ceremony in Saltash marked the death 125 years ago of a gallant Cornishman who died serving his country in the ...