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7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment was formed in July 1940 in Nottingham. They served in a home defence role with 205th Independent Infantry Brigade and then with 204th Independent Infantry Brigade. In September 1942 the 7th Leicesters were sent to India and saw action in Burma in the second Chindit Expedition. In late 1944, they returned to India where the battalion was disbanded on 31st of December 1944 when the men transferred to the 2nd Leicesters.
18th of April 1944 Action
26th Nov 1941 Reorganisation
Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations In early February 1944 preparations began for the 2nd Chindit Expedition. The Special Force or 3rd Indian Division as it was known consisted of the following units, which were split into Columns.
3rd West African Brigade and 14th Brigade
- 6th Btn. Nigeria Regiment. (Columns 66 & 39)
- 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Columns 42 & 73)
- 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35)
- 1st Btn. Beds & Herts Regiment (Columns 16 & 61)
- 12th Btn. Nigeria Regt (Columns 12 & 43)
- 2nd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment (Columns 84 & 65)
- 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 47 & 74)
- 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers
77 Brigade and 111 Brigade
- 3rd Btn. 6th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 36 & 63)
- 1st Btn. Cameronians (Columns 26 & 90)
- 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (Columns 81 & 82)
- 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment (Columns 41 & 46)
- 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (Columns 20 & 50)
- 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
- 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment (Columns 38 & 80)
- 3rd Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93)
23rd Indian Infantry Brigade
- 1st Btn. Essex Regiment (Columns 44 & 56)
- 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Columns 33 & 76)
- 4th Btn. Border Regiment (Columns 34, 55)
- 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry, (Columns 60 & 68)
- 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
16th Brigade Morris Force
- 1st Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22)
- 4th Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94)
- 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 17 & 71)
- 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
- 45th Recce Regiment (Columns 45 & 54)
- 51st and 69th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry (Columns 51 & 69)
- 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
Dah Force
Stronghold Defences
- R S & U Troop 160th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounders)
- W X Y & Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Bofors)
Divisional Troops
- 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles
- 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C.
- 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C.
- 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C.
Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations
1st of March 1944 Exercise
1st of March 1944 Leave
9th of March 1944 Exercise
10th of March 1944 Exercise Torch
16th of March 1944 Move
16th of March 1944 Admin
16th of March 1944 Entraining
22nd of March 1944 Detrained
23rd of March 1944 March
24th Mar 1944 On the March
24th of March 1944 Move
27th of March 1944 Plan
28th of March 1944 Briefing
29th of March 1944 New plan
30th of March 1944 Movements
31st of March 1944 Commands
1st of April 1944 Orders
2nd of April 1944 March and preparations
3rd of April 1944 Columns established
4th of April 1944 Push forward
5th of April 1944 Return
6th of April 1944 Plans
7th of April 1944 Ration issues
8th of April 1944 Plan initiation
9th of April 1944 March continued
10th of April 1944 March continues
11th of April 1944 March continues
12th of April 1944 Supply drops
13th of April 1944 March continues
14th of April 1944 Supply drop failures
15th of April 1944 Supply issues
16th of April 1944 Recce and revised plans
17th of April 1944 Action
19th of April 1944 Action
20th of April 1944 Move
21st of April 1944 Change of Plan
22nd of April 1944 On the March
23rd of April 1944 Move
24th of April 1944 Orders Recieved
25th of April 1944 Move
26th of April 1944 Rations Limited
27th of April 1944 Supplies replenished
28th of April 1944 Move
29th of April 1944 On the Move
30th of April 1944 Garrison
1st of May 1944 Report
6th May 1944 Orders
10th of May 1944 On the Move
10th May 1944 Evacuation
12th of May 1944 Bivouac
13th of May 1944 Attack
14th of May 1944 On the Move
14th of May 1944 Difficult conditions
17th May 1944 Supply Drop
17th of May 1944 Low rations
18th of May 1944 Supply Drop
18th May 1944 Rations
19th of May 1944 Evacuation of sick
19th of May 1944 On the Move
20th of May 1944 Move
21st of May 1944 New Intelligence
22nd of May 1944 Reinforcements
23rd of May 1944 After action
24th of May 1944 In Action
25th of May 1944 March
26th of May 1944 Reinforcement
27th of May 1944 Maintain position
30th of May 1944 Action
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Maj. Arthur Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (d.13th May 1944) Arthur Yeatman-Biggs was shot and killed by the Japanese in Burma while attached to the 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment with the Chindits. He is buried in the Taukkyan War Cemetery.
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Cpl. Harry Fuke 7th Battalion Leicstershire Regiment  My Dad, Harry Fuke served with the 7th. Battalion Leicestershire Regiment during WW2. I have recently received his army records from MOD Glasgow. There is very little detail of his service from arriving in India.
He disembarked in India (Bombay) 24th Oct 1942 from the Capetown Castle troop ship. Posted to (Special Forces Reg.) crossed out and HQ 14th. Infantry Brigade added. His fitness was downgraded to B1/T from A1 on 5th Nov 1943 - I don’t know if this would preclude him from frontline duty?
Now the strange bit in just one line as written on his record:
"Proe. On posting to Force 136 S.O.S. to X (i)." (Record shows he was promoted to Corporal).
I have since found out that Force 136 was part of SOE. So I’m now very confused as to where to go from here. My father use to tell me stories of driving trucks behind enemy lines and burying the contents at given map co-ordinates. But he did not pass a truck test until 1945.
I moved to Australia in 1968 and we never met or spoke again I only have a few memories of things my father spoke of and unfortunately after he died my mother threw all his “war year’s” photo’s and papers away.
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