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2 RGR BURMA BATTLEFIELD TOUR
June 2013
By Lieutenant W. A. Plumley, RGR
In June 2013 a group of 11 Officers and SNCOs from the 2
nd
Battalion,
The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) conducted a Battlefield Tour to Sin-
gapore and Myanmar (Burma). It marked the first official British Army
Battlefield Tour to Myanmar since 1947. The Tour, organised by Lieu-
tenant W. Plumley and Sergeant Suresh, was joined by Professor
Daniel Marston, a leading academic on the Burma campaign and for-
merly a war studies lecturer at Sandhurst. The recent change in the
Burmese government created an exciting opportunity for 2 RGR to visit
Myanmar before the Battalion returned to the UK from Brunei.
The historical legacy of the Burma campaign for RGR is huge; of the 45
serving Gurkha Battalions in World War Two, 27 served in Burma, far
more than any other theatre. A total of nine Gurkha VCs were won in
GOC Support Command, Major General C Boag CBE
unveiling the RGR Afghanistan Memorial Wall with Gurkha
Major 2 RGR Major Dammar Shahi, April 2013
