Title:VISIT OF GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE TO MEIKTILA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 103
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Lieutenant-General Leese pays a visit to IV Corps which has been fighting in the Meiktila region of central Burma.
Description: General Leese chats to fellow officers including Lieutenant-General Messervy, Major-General Mansergh and Lieutenant-Colonel Bayley. He meets a small group of men. Leese addresses a large group of Royal Artillery men who gather closely around him. Leese talks to officers. Messervy, Leese and Major-General David 'Punch' Cowan (17th Indian Division commander) walk and talk. Lieutenant-Colonel W Cooper of 1st Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) presents a captured Japanese sword to Leese.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Park, RolandArmy Film and Photo Unit/SEAC Film Unit cameraman/photographer. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leese, Oliver William Hargreaves (person)
Messervy, Frank Walter (person)
Bayley, Kennett (person)
Cowan, David Tennant (person)
Cooper, W (person)
British Army, IV Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Meiktila, Burma (geography)
Battle of Meiktila 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
