2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment

Cpl. Arthur George Pike
Army Service No. 14260370

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Pre-war Occupation:
Student.

Enlisted:
Bodmin, Cornwall on the 20th August 1942, age 19.

Regiments:
(Duke of Cornwall) General Service.
Suffolk Regiment.
Leicester Regiment.
2nd Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment,
November in 1943.

Attached to Battalion H.Q. Intelligence Section
under Lt. Simmons.

Saw Action:
Kabwet, Shwebo, Irrawaddy River, Mandalay Hill,
Maymyo, Toungoo

In December of 1945
Cpl. Pike returned to England on leave. Returning to Burma for three months as a Pay Clerk.

Demobbed:
Aldershot on the 09/10/1946.

IWM Interview:
Recorded interview conducted by the
Imperial War Museums on the 16 January 2002.

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Cpl. Arthur George Pike
Cpl. Arthur George Pike

 

Cpl. Arthur Pike with Lady Slim
Cpl. Arthur Pike with Lady Slim.

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