New Forest and Hampshire Wartime Association

Simon Leney shares the extraordinary story of his father, Sergeant Roger A. Leney, a SOE Wireless Operator with Force 136 in Burma during the war’s final months. His talk, Mongoose White: Behind the Japanese Lines in Burma 1945, reveals the incredible challenges faced by these covert teams, operating deep behind Japanese lines as the conflict drew to a close. Simon’s father was awarded both the Military Medal and the Croix de Guerre for his wartime service.