World War II
The 99th Field Regiment was mobilised with the outbreak of war in September 1939. In January 1940 they were sent to France, as part of the BEF, seeing active service in that country and in Belgium. Following the Dunkirk evacuation the Regiment was based in Yorkshire, until in 1942 they were sent out to the Far East and attached to the 2nd Division, seeing service in India and Burma, including the Battle of the Arakan. In 1944, they were involved in the Allied advance and involved in the Battles of Kohima, Imphal, Rangoon and Mandalay.
In 1945 after the end of the war they returned to Calcutta in India for demobilisation.
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