Mr Gray served with the Suffolk Regiment in Burma during World War II.

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Maj Philip Malins, from Solihull in the West Midlands was held by the Japanese in Burma during World War II.

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In 1903, Orde Wingate, British general who led his forces against the Japanese in Burma in World War II, was born in Naini Tal, India.

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The British officer created the "Chindits" a special force who fought guerrilla-style behind Japanese lines during the Burma campaign in World War II.

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Not long after Billy's birth, his father, William Connolly, left to join the war effort in Burma.

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Archaeologists have called off a hunt for World War II Spitfires in Burma.

BBC: Search for 'buried Spitfires' in Burma called off

British experts have begun work in Burma following a 17-year search for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in the country.

BBC: British team in Burma begin lost Spitfire hunt

Maj Malins was a veteran of both Burma and Dunkirk and he also won the Military Cross for leading a mission in French Indochina after the war had ended.

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