Frederick Loftus-Tottenham
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Major-General Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham, CBE, DSO and Bar was a British Indian Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He later served in the Pakistan Army. During the lat
Loftus-Tottenham in 1947
81st (West Africa) Division
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The 81st Division was formed under British control during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign.
Frederick Loftus-Tottenham
…to refit and rest. In June Loftus-Tottenham was awarded the DSO. In August 1944 Loftus-Tottenham was promoted to acting major-general to command the 81st West African Division which held the left hand flank of XV Corps' front in the Arakan. The division had virtually no transport, relying on auxiliary groups of porters to…
Men of the 81st West African Division mingle with Indian soldiers after their arrival in India for jungle training.
Doctors operating on some of the 81st Division's casualties in Burma, August 1944