tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post1903685599747936238..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: VJ DAY: My dad's role in the 'Forgotten Army'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-66314056462439304212020-08-17T10:33:55.619+01:002020-08-17T10:33:55.619+01:00Thank you for sharing your Dad's story with us...Thank you for sharing your Dad's story with us, and thank you Alfred Chambers for your efforts, that helped turn the tide of the Second World War in the Far East.<br /><br />Stories like this form part of a history that should never be forgotten. A speaker from the Imperial War Museum, on BBC yesterday, reminded us that as well as the British soldiers who took part in the Burma campaign, there were around 300,000 Indian Army volunteers (mainly Sikhs) and around 80,000 from the East and West African regiments.<br /><br />The war in Europe involved everyone in this country, so is most prominently remembered and written about (including by me). But the other "theatres of war" were just as important, and often awful and tragic (as all war is), and must not be forgotten.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.com