The Burma Rifles were a British colonial regiment raised in Burma. Founded in 1917 as a regiment of the British Indian Army, the regiment re-used the name of an unrelated earlier unit, the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) Madras Infantry, which evolved into the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. After Burma was formally separated from India, the regiment was allocated to Burma. Following Burma's independence from Britain in 1948, the regiment was absorbed into the new Burmese army.
The BurmaRifles were a British colonial regiment raised in Burma. Founded in 1917 as a regiment of the British Indian Army, the regiment re-used the...
relaxing the ban, raising a Burmese battalion in the 70th BurmaRifles, a Burmese company in the 85th BurmaRifles, and seven Burmese Mechanical Transport companies...
2002, the force has had the role of guarding the India–Myanmar border. The present day Assam Rifles can trace its origins to a paramilitary force known as...
Myanmar, the country's largest pro-democracy political party. Tin Oo joined the military on 26 February 1946 as a second lieutenant in BurmaRifles Battalion...
the 10th battalion 20th BurmaRifles and after training served with the 2nd battalion 20th BurmaRifles, seeing service in Burma during the rebellion of...
India, rather than jungles. The battalions of the BurmaRifles which formed most of the 1st Burma Division were originally raised as internal security...
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily...
Officially the Union of Burma from 1962 to 1974 Officially the Union of Burma from 1988 to 1990 and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar from 2008 onwards Fleischmann...
contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Myanmar Army...
to 1st Burma Division. These units served with the brigade. 2nd Battalion, BurmaRifles 4th Battalion, BurmaRifles 6th Battalion, BurmaRifles 8th Battalion...
by the Burma Military Police Act. In July 1917, the 85th Burman Rifles were raised from the Burma Military Police. After the separation of Burma from British...
General Aung Shwe (Burmese: အောင်ရွှေ; 19 May 1919 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's BurmaRifles rising to Brigadier...
The Garhwal Rifles, formerly known as the Royal Garhwal Rifles, are an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1887 as the 39th...
There were twenty regular Indian regiments of infantry (including the BurmaRifles) and ten Gurkha regiments. Before the war, all the Indian regiments had...
disbanded, the 3rd Madras Regiment for economic reasons, and the 20th BurmaRifles when Burma ceased to be governed by India. The end of World War I did not...
The Rajputana Rifles is the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally a part of the British Indian Army, when six previously existing...
1942 4th Battalion, BurmaRifles February to March 1942 3rd Battalion, BurmaRifles February to March 1942 8th Battalion, BurmaRifles February to March...
Gilkes) 8 Column (Major Walter Scott) HQ Group (BurmaRifles) O.C. Lt-Colonel L.G. Wheeler 2nd BurmaRifles (replaced by Captain P.C. Buchanan on the death...
as Lance corporal in the 2nd BurmaRifles. In December, 1949, the "C" Company (about 150 soldiers) of the 2nd BurmaRifles Battalion marched towards Kayah...
Wàngzhī (Chinese: 陈旺枝). Aung Gyi was member of General Ne Win's 4th BurmaRifles rising to brigadier general. He played a role in the caretaker government...
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