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{{Globalize|article|United Kingdom|2name=the United Kingdom|date=June | {{Globalize|article|United Kingdom|2name=the United Kingdom|date=June 2022}} | ||
{{Use British English|date=February | {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} | ||
{{Infobox military conflict | {{Infobox military conflict | ||
|conflict = Battle of Pegu | |conflict = Battle of Pegu | ||
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==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
{{Quote box|width=25em|bgcolor=#D1EEEE|quote=About midday on March 8 215th Regiment (of XXXIII Division) entered Rangoon to find to its surprise that the city was unoccupied and deserted. General Sakurai immediately ordered it to pursue the British column which he now realised was the whole of the British forces from the Rangoon area. It was too late and the golden opportunity of destroying the British garrison was lost.|source=—Official History.<ref>Quoted in Liddell Hart 1970, p. 218.</ref>}} | |||
===Payagyi=== | ===Payagyi=== | ||
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===Hlegu=== | ===Hlegu=== | ||
Hlegu was also in Japanese hands as the British approached. The Japanese had erected a roadblock, and they defended it with [[molotov cocktails]], knocking out one of the Honeys. In the end, they were forced to retreat in the face of heavy fire from the tanks. The 7th Hussars' [[Royal Army Chaplains' Department|regimental chaplain]], the Revd Neville Metcalfe, was awarded an immediate [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions in helping the British wounded, and conducting burial services for the dead, despite being wounded by mortar fire.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35532|page=1796|date= 21 April 1942}} Metcalfe was a Chaplain 4th Class who wear the same rank insignia as [[captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captains]] in other corps of the British Army</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7659360|title=Recommendations for Honours and Awards (Army)—Image details—Metcalfe, Neville|work=DocumentsOnline|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|format=fee usually required to view full pdf of original recommendation|access-date=22 July | Hlegu was also in Japanese hands as the British approached. The Japanese had erected a roadblock, and they defended it with [[molotov cocktails]], knocking out one of the Honeys. In the end, they were forced to retreat in the face of heavy fire from the tanks. The 7th Hussars' [[Royal Army Chaplains' Department|regimental chaplain]], the Revd Neville Metcalfe, was awarded an immediate [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions in helping the British wounded, and conducting burial services for the dead, despite being wounded by mortar fire.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35532|page=1796|date= 21 April 1942}} Metcalfe was a Chaplain 4th Class who wear the same rank insignia as [[captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captains]] in other corps of the British Army</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7659360|title=Recommendations for Honours and Awards (Army)—Image details—Metcalfe, Neville|work=DocumentsOnline|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|format=fee usually required to view full pdf of original recommendation|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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[[Category:South-East Asian theatre of World War II|Pegu]] | [[Category:South-East Asian theatre of World War II|Pegu]] | ||
[[Category:Military history of Burma during World War II|Pegu]] | [[Category:Military history of Burma during World War II|Pegu]] | ||
[[Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving India]] | [[Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving India|Pegu]] | ||
[[Category:1942 in Burma]] | [[Category:1942 in Burma]] | ||
[[Category:World War II operations and battles of the Pacific theatre|Pegu]] | [[Category:World War II operations and battles of the Pacific theatre|Pegu]] | ||
[[Category:Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom| | [[Category:Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom|Pegu]] | ||
[[Category:March 1942 events]] | [[Category:March 1942 events]] | ||