Good evening all.
I'm interested in tracing a little history of the exploits a uncle undertook during WW2 serving with the Manchester Regiment. I say uncle however he wasn't a blood relative, but a close family friend with no family (other than his wife) who we considered a uncle. As such i dont have a certificate of death (yet) or his service number to get his war records.
However I do know he served in Burma and have what seems to be a Platoon photograph taken before deploying into theatre (attached) along with his medals. He is pictured on the second row, far left.

Do any of you have information on his likely exploits, what Pl, Coy, Bn etc he belonged to, their travel to Burma, training en route and likely actions once there. Also some further reading sources into the Regiments activities would be appreciated (I plan a visit to the Regimental museum soon).
Regards,
Capt Pete McIver REME