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Picture taken autum 1979 when Burma Star Association was formed in Kirkwall and was known
then as Orkney, Caithness & Sutherland Branch.
Most of members ex 226. The colours were laid up in St Magnus Cathedral Sunday 24th August 1997.
All branches in Scotland are now closed except Aberdeen Branch.
Picture added on 14 September 2009 at 18:34
I was briefly in Dacca, East Bengal at Christmas 1945 when the lads of Orkney T A came out of Burma. I remember Jim Dowel and Bulldog Robinson, a Linklater from Stenness and others I forget. I was Royal Signals stationed at Chittagong. We had an enjoyable evening with a few bottles of the very strong Black Horse beer.
Added by Tom Scott on 15 September 2009
Front right with white beard is the former Headmaster of North Walls School, Hoy, Charlie (Ritch?)
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Added by Josephine Jones on 18 July 2023
Kirkwall
