This is the authentic account of Captain Toole’s experiences in the Burma campaign from 1944-45.
Captain Toole served in:
20 FIELD COMPANY I.E.
and
305 FIELD PARK COMPANY I.E.
both of which formed part of:
The Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
Early in 1945 The Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners received a commendation from Lt. General Scoones as follows:
“I wish to congratulate all Engineers of the Corps on the splendid success of their work during the operations to date. It is by their skill and energy amounting often to continued exertions by day and night that the Corps with all its heavy equipment has first passed over extremely difficult jungle country and mountain track, and secondly, put across a vast river in ten days. Speed has been the essence of our success. Speed has been achieved by the supreme effort of our engineers in spite of jungle, mountains and rivers and often with faulty equipment.”
Captain Toole’s war diaries are presented in chronological order, but structured according to the locations at which his active service took place:
20 Field Company
305 Field Park Company
When you go home, tell them of us and say,
“for our tomorrow, they gave their today”
