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261966 Sgt. George Henry Edward Reed British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots from:Gravesend George Reed was sent to India in 1944 on the Queen of Bermuda. He spent time with several Scottish regiments and then joined the Americans under General Slim and Merrill’s Marauders, seeing action at Myitkyina and Imphal and crossing the Irrawaddy. After the war, he remained in India at the Red Fort in Delhi for the war trials. His claim to fame was that one day when he was in charge of the sentry at the Red Fort, a high-ranking Indian gentleman insisted on being allowed to enter the fort. George was called forward and without any respect told the gentleman to ‘Foxtrot Oscar’. It later transpired that the gentleman in question was the future prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Many years later, George was attending to his runner beans in the garden when the Red Arrows, returning from an aerobatic display, flew low over the house. In a fright, George dived for the floor and when he opened his eyes he saw that he was surrounded by his beans on trellises. This panicked him into thinking he was back in Burma. It took us ages to calm him down. Like many others he had recurring bouts of malaria over the years. Alan Reed Add to this record.  Related Content: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Burma & India Campaign Siege of Imphal Siege of Myitkyina 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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