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241585 Pte. Nathan Todd British Army Royal Artillery from:London Nathan Todd was my uncle. He joined up in 1940. He was, initially, in the Royal Artillery until October 1943 when he was attached to the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. He served in the Chindits behind the Japanese lines. He told me that at one stage he and a fellow soldier contracted malaria and dysentery and were very ill. Because they were behind the Japanese lines they could not be taken along with their group. The commanding officer told them that they would taken by the Naga tribesmen on mules to try to get back to the British base. He handed my uncle and his colleague a revolver each with the instruction, "Five bullets for the enemy and one for yourself". With that they were placed on the mules, I think he said that they were sort of slung over them, and taken by the Naga tribesman to begin their journey back to base. It must have been a long journey because he was posted missing in action. He told me very little of his experiences despite my questions. He told me that one morning, before he was taken ill, he woke up in his sleeping bag to find that a python had wrapped itself around him. He could just move his hand and managed to shoot it with his revolver. He was discharged in 1946. My uncle died 40 years later - the irony was that he died following an intense bout of malaria which he suffered with all his life after his military service. Barrie Add to this record.  Related Content: Royal Artillery 4th (Westmoreland & Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment Burma & India Campaign Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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