Special Service Detachment SSD1 information and route

I know this topic has been raised before on this forum, but I am looking to find some more information (and ideally the route) of Special Service Detachment (SSD1) as they retreated from Bura in 1942.

I have recently discovered that my Grandfather joined SSD1 in March 1942 (possibly on convoy WS14) as a ?specialist?, part of the RAMC. He is not in the group photograph of SSD1 in Taunngyi taken on the 3/2/1942, but I do have a photo of him with ?Jumbo? Newman and Col John Milman at the start of their trek. I have also found c.50 other of my grandads photos that were taken during this mission, but I am struggling to place them.

From the information I have gathered to date, I understand they travelled from the Bush Welfare School in Maymo, to Taunngyi, then on to Kengtung and were finally flown out of Kunming in China. However I have read that group retreated to India before being evacuated from China, this would also match my Grandads account he gave before he passed away. Does anyone have any additional information?

There appears to be a lot of information on SSD2 which was obviously a perilous mission (I have read the excellent book ?no surrender in Burma? by Peter Goode), but I am struggling to find an information on SSD1 other than short paragraphs ? any help would be much appreciated.

I am in the process of editing the photgraphs I have and will upload them to the site once complete.

Try this:-

http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mission-204-special-service-detachment-2.43620/page-3

Good luck?????
Kevin

Hi Kevin

Many thanks for your response - very useful link.

Thanks
Dan

Hi Dan,

You do not mention your grandfather's name...

The whole story of Military Mission 204 and the Special Service Detachments (SSDI & SSDII) is very vague and, the bits we know, very convoluted - if you can add to it and maybe help to unravel the story with the aid of your grandfather's photos it might make things easier to comprehend.

Nick

Hi Nick, I totally agree with your comments regrading 204 and SSD1 - 2.
Most of the information official and unofficial has been added on this site over the past few years. Any on line searches only provides the "Official" information?
As you know some of the information will not be released for a further 40 years, !Ouch still hot!
I still remember the reply I received, when I mentioned what (allegedly) some of 204s tasks involved.(Who told me, when was I told etc. etc.). I was honestly awaiting a knock on the door by hooded men, that's how strong I felt the reply I received.
Kevin

Hi Kevin & Nic

Sorry, my grandfathers name was George James Hayes and he was a Lance Corporal (I think) as part of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

I'm fascinated by this mission. I'm in the process of scanning in the photos and will share them asap. They have comments on the back and I'm hoping people might be able to place some of the photos to help piece his story together.

Thanks both

Dan

Hi Kevin & Nic

I have added some of my granddad photos to the following forum if you are interested:

http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mission-204-special-service-detachment-2.43620/page-6

If you can help with any of the locations or people it would me much appreciated!

Thanks
Dan

Hi Dan, is it possible for you to add the photos on this website, as I am not a member of ww2talk and do not have download authority on their web site.
Cheers
Kevin