The return of 7th Battalion, The King's African Rifles, to Nairobi from Burma, 1946 (c)

Photograph by Major M K Beedle, King's African Rifles, 1946 (c).

From late 1944 the British 14th Army commanded by General Slim executed a series of offensives against the Japanese in Burma. In the central region of the country 7th Battalion, Kings African Rifles, part of 28th East African Brigade, helped to screen the flank of British IV corps as it advanced down Gangow valley in its attack on the strategic town of Meikila. This vital flank defence exposed the brigade to some of the toughest fighting and heaviest casualties of the campaign.

One of six photographs of the return of 7th Bn King's African Rifles to Nairobi from Burma; East Africa command Tattoo, 1946-1947.