WW2 arm patch

[Andrew Davies]

Can anyone identify this patch? No further info apart from the picture.

 

[arthurk]

I think it might be the 3rd Indian Division (Chindits) - see

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Badges/69686/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=chindits

 

[Flook]

The medal ribbon looks rather like a Military Cross.

 

[arthurk]

The medal ribbon looks rather like a Military Cross.

If so, you can find a list of Chindits recipients at

http://www.chindits.info/Awards/Awards%20List.html

- from roughly a third to half way down the page.

 

[Flook]

If so, you can find a list of Chindits recipients at

http://www.chindits.info/Awards/Awards%20List.html

Never wanting to miss an opportunity to plug a really good book, under the DSO in this list is Captain J. Masters who is in fact John Masters the novelist. As WW1 is all around us, among the many fine books he wrote was 'The Ravi Lancers' - a cracking novel about an Indian cavalry unit sent to fight in France & Belgium.
BTW the 'Blackpool' against his name in the DSO list refers to a military stronghold in Burma and not the seaside town!