A Sikh and a West African soldier at a Command Post, Burma, 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1944.

Lieutenant-General William Slim's 14th Army was a truly multinational force with divisions drawn from Britain, India, East and West Africa and smaller contingents from other countries within the British Empire.

From an album of 36 photographs compiled by Captain E B Mee (later Major), Royal Signals, 81st West African Division, Burma, 1944-1945.