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Rajindar Singh Dhatt was living in pre-partition India when the Second World War broke out. He joined the army and fought at Kohima and Imphal in North East India.
Everyone at the Royal British Legion is incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore.
As Europe celebrated the surrender of German forces on VE Day, thousands of British, Commonwealth and Allied Armed Forces personnel were still involved in bitter fighting in the Far East.
An essential part of maintaining morale was keeping troops entertained. Most units had a joker, and larger units would stage pantomimes.
In the UK there has been a huge increase in funding to help communities understand and celebrate the fight for recognition of Commonwealth soldiers.
Michael Tibbs, 98, joined the Royal Navy at the age of 18 after the outbreak of the Second World War, following in the footsteps of his father who was a Naval Chaplain.
Read the stories of three soldiers who contracted malaria when they served in the Far East during the Second World War.
We encourage everyone to embrace the traditions of Remembrance but also make it their own. Use these resources to create your own Act of Remembrance.
Joshua was 19 when he joined the Army in Gold Coast (now Ghana) and went on to serve in the Far East campaign in pre-partition India and Burma.
Commonwealth forces outnumbered British forces in the Far East, and they were essential in bringing the war against Japan to an end.
Alan McQuillin, 97, joined the RAF in 1941 taking part in the Normandy landings before being deployed to support the war effort in the Far East.
By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.
After VE Day thousands were still fighting in the Far East. Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marks the day Japan surrendered on the 15 August 1945, effectively ending the Second World War.
For millions of pre-partition Indian Army soldiers who had fought in the Far East, peace brought a number of challenges.
As African men from the Fourteenth Army returned home in 1945, they found the war had brought subtle and profound change to the continent.
The incredible story of how Major John Monro escapes a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War and received the Military Cross.
