When the Japanese invade Burma in 1941 there were many British Army families living there. This is a story of the evacuation of these families and is told from the perspective of one 7 year old boy travelling with his mother and many other families from their home in Maymyo, near Mandalay. They travelled by road, train, steamer, Trek over the Naga Mountains, bus and eventually train to the relative safety of Calcutta. This was a 1,000 mile journey. The life of a soldier is fairly well known but little is understood of what the families go through in both peace time and during conflicts. This...
When the Japanese invade Burma in 1941 there were many British Army families living there. This is a story of the evacuation of these families and is ...
When your wife of many years dies because the hospital wouldn't purchase the medicnes she needs what would you do? In Jay Maxwell's case he decided that those responsible should pay. As child his father had pointed out a place in Holts woods, near where they lived, that held an ammunition bunker for the British Resistance in WWII. Jay read that some of these bunkers hadn't been decommissioned after the war, was this one of them? Having served in the Army for many years Jay knew that if it still contained weapons, he knew how to prepare and use them. What happened next changed his life and...
When your wife of many years dies because the hospital wouldn't purchase the medicnes she needs what would you do? In Jay Maxwell's case he decided th...
