V FORCE

Major Maurice Budd MC

Maurice Budd led successful patrols by infiltrating Japanese lines in Burma to send back to the Allies information about enemy forces preparing in invade India.
  • Memorial Text
  • Major Maurice A. J. Budd MC
  • 1917-1945 Age 28
  • Royal Sussex Regiment. Attached V Force Burma 1945
  • Major Maurice Budd’s mission with V Force was to establish an intelligence gathering Operation behind Japanese lines in the Arakan district of Burma 1945.
  • The Japanese had just started their invasion of India and were eventually defeated at Kohima and Imphal.
  • During the period16th February to 15th May 1945, Maurice operated continuously with clandestine small patrols providing a constant flow of information regarding enemy concentrations and movements.
  • The enemy were aware of his presence behind their lines and were hunting him. He remained and completed his task and then succeeded in withdrawing his patrol without loss.
  • The award of the Military Cross was announced in the London Gazette on 17th January 1946. Maurice did not live to receive the award as he died in a road traffic accident in November 1945.
  • He is remembered here by his sister Pauline and extended family.
  • September 2012
  • “Honi soit qui mal y pense” – “Shame on him who thinks evil upon it” – Motto of the order of the Garter.

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