Talk details allied win in Burma

The Burma campaign will be brought to life this weekend in the last of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum’s 2023 Winter Lectures series.

In‘defeat Into Victory: The Burma Campaign 1942-1945’, Lt Colonel Andy Middlemiss gives an illustrated account of the events of the campaign, shedding new light on the exceptionally diverse body of men who fought it.

A museum spokesperson said:“of all the campaigns of World War Two, few were harder-fought than the Fourteenth Army’s campaign to drive the Japanese Army out of Burma (now Myanmar).

“This talk will give a sense of the importance to the Allied victory of the effort by the so-called ‘Forgotten Army’to curb Japanese aggression in Asia. It will explore the role played by the extraordinary leadership of General William Slim.

“Known as the ‘Soldier’s soldier’,‘uncle Bill’slim is now seen as one of the greatest of all WW2 commanders.

“Col Middlemiss will detail his success at beating the myth of the invincible Japanese jungle fighter and helping turn the course of the entire war.”

The lecture takes place at 11am on Saturday, March 11, in the Colours Room in The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Kings Old Building, Stirling Castle. Hot drinks will be on offer before and after.

Lt Col Andy Middlemiss, BEM, is a fourth-generation soldier. He was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers for 33 years, serving all over the world, including three Far East tours in Malaysia and Borneo, and several in Northern Ireland. He works as a volunteer for the Perth and Kinross Branch of SSAFA, the charity helping serving and former members of the armed forces and their families. He has led several tours to WW1 battlefields.

Tickets for the lecture are available at argylls. co.uk