Description: Royal Air Force / Parachute Regiment Commemorative CoverThe Advance in The ArakanThe Battles of Kohima & Imphal15th February 1944 This is a Limited Edition Signed Cover ~~Cover in good condition as shown in the pictures attachedCover has been flown ~ Contains the original information cards~~~~~~~ Cover Signed By: Brigadier L.F. (Dicky) Richards CBE Major L.F. Richards, 11th Sikh Regiment was Intelligence Officer with the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade at the Battle of Sangshak and the operations for the opening of the Imphal-Kohima road in May 1944 He was born in London in 1915. educated as an Alleyn scholar at the CFS and then joined a firm of importers and exporters operating mainly in India. In 1935, after three years at their London office, he sailed for India. Shortly after the outbreak of World War 11 he joined the Indian Army and was commissioned into the 2nd Royal Bn.11th Sikh Regiment Ahmednagar in March 1941. He raised a mixed Indian and British Provost Unit for HQ 10th Indian Division which was then being formed by the new GOC, Major General W.J. Slim. In May 1941 10 Div embarked for operations in Iraq followed by a short campaign against the Vichy French in Syria and then involvement in the Persian uprising in Teheran. By Christmas 1941 Captain Richards and his Provost Unit were back in Iraq where he was invited by the GOC to volunteer to join 50th Indian Parachute Brigade then being formed in Delhi. In February 1942 he was appointed IO and MTO of 152 Indian Parachute Battalion and served for six years with Indian Airborne including taking part in the operation against fanatical Hur Tribesmen in Hyderabad Sind in 1942, the Battle for Sangshak and the opening of the Imphal-Kohima road in 1944. He returned to Provost duties towards the end of this tour and was much involved in riot control and peace-keeping, in Quetta and Karachi, during the horrific bloodshed that followed Indian Independence in August 1947. Both he and his wife worked tirelessly for both Muslim and Hindu sects, displaying very high standards of leadership, impartiality, compassion and discipline. Brig Richards returned to England in 1948 to join the Essex Regiment His vast experience at specialist Provost duties marked him out as an obvious choice to transfer to the newly forming Corps of Royal Military Police which he did at the instigation of the then CIGS. General Sir William Slim, his old boss. During nearly twenty years with RMP Brig Richards displayed outstanding qualities in the areas of operations, discipline and welfare and was rewarded by appointments to the Order of the British Empire, first as Member, then as Officer and finally as Commander. Brigadier Richards worked tirelessly in his support of the Indian Parachute Brigades Association. In particular he has done much to publicise the true facts of the battle of Sangshak by contributing to books and writing articles on the subject, and was instrumental in presenting a case for Sangshak to be designated a Battle Honour for the Parachute units concerned. ~~~~~~~~~~~ We will gladly combine items for postage, and happy to post worldwidePlease await invoice or request invoice for combined shipping
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Year of Issue: 1981-1990
Era: Elizabeth II (1952-Now)
Topic: WWII
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Colour: Red
