14th ARMY COMMANDER VISITS EA DIV...Army Comdr talking to African Gunner.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1982-06-58-97
Description
Photograph of Lieutenant General Sir William Slim, 14th Army Commander, talking to an African Gunner, 1945 (c). Slim and his staff talk to the Gunner during their inspection of the 11th East African Division in Burma. Elements of the Division played a part in the decisive Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay fought towards the end of the Burma Campaign. Typed on caption above photograph: '394'. Typewritten inscription as title. From photograph album of 190 photographs associated with 11th East African Division and the King’s African Rifles, Burma, 1944-1945. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)
Associated collection
