A transcription ofNavvies to the Fourteenth Army by A H Pilcher.This book was published in Calcutta in 1947, believed for Private Circulation, and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps, which however are not contained in the following transcription. The book cover and two photographs may be seen in the webpage https://web.archive.org/web/20230409064307/https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Navvies-Fourteenth-Army-foreword-General-Sir/31167704869/bdThe author was Col. A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the Second World War commanded the Assam Valley Light Horse. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma.The transcription is sourced from the website Koi Hai, located under Memories, the Henderson Family, scroll down to the item dated October 12 2009 http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961The digital file consists of a title page, 5 additional introductory pages, then the transcription of the text.