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 ...

Charles Richards, who has died aged 104, was one of the last surviving Chindits to have taken part in Operation Thursday, the second deep penetration expedition into Burma.

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, ...

A new Army unit which will use psychology and social media to help Britain "fight in the information age" should not be created at the expense of combat troops, a former commander of British forces in ...

Colonel Charles Mercer, who has died aged 105, took part in Operation Thursday, the codename of the second Chindit deep-penetration expedition into enemy-occupied Burma. In 1943 Mercer, then a second ...

One of Britain's last remaining hero Chindits has died, taking with him first-hand memories of one of the most brutal and secretive campaigns of the Second World War. Charlie Richards, who was 104, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Social Media news every morning. The British Army will revive one of the most contentious special forces units of the second world war, ...

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