kohima war cemetery

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
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KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY​

HISTORY INFORMATION
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill, a long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Burma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal.

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY lies on the battle ground of Garrison Hill. No trace remains of the bungalow, which was destroyed in the fighting, but white concrete lines mark and preserve permanently the historic tennis court.

The cemetery now contains 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 1 non-war burial.

At the highest point in the cemetery stands the KOHIMA CREMATION MEMORIAL commemorating 917 Hindu and Sikh soldiers whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith.

At the lower end of the cemetery, near the entrance, is a memorial to the 2nd Division. It bears the inscription;- "When you go home Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, We gave our today."

The cemetery also contains a memorial to the 2nd Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment and a number of other regimental memorials have been erected on and near Garrison Hill.

The cemetery was designed by Colin St. Claire Oakes.
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  1. CHINDITS 1943 Sullivan, George

    SURNAME Sullivan FORENAME George UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5119801 DATE OF DEATH 22nd June 1943 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery,India 11.A.25 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London W resided London W died in hospital,Kohima

  2. CHINDITS 1944 Clarke, Stanley

    SURNAME Clarke FORENAME Stanley UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 3531842 DATE OF DEATH 24th May 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 12.B.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 04.1922 Manchester son of Stanley and Gladys May Clarke...

  3. CHINDITS 1944 Chawner, Eric

    SURNAME Chawner FORENAME Eric UNIT 2 Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 4982754 DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1944 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery,India 3.D.20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 31.12.1915, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK...

  4. CHINDITS 1944 Chambers, Clarence

    SURNAME Chambers FORENAME Clarence UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 3715835 DATE OF DEATH 12th May 1944 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 12.A.29 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 02.07.1914, Penrith, Cumbria, UK resided Lancashire KIA Kohima

  5. CHINDITS 1944 Carrington, Joseph

    SURNAME Carrington FORENAME Joseph UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 6025838 DATE OF DEATH 21st April 1944 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 11.C.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 04.04.1912, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK son of Joseph Carrington...

  6. CHINDITS 1944 Carr, Robert

    SURNAME Carr FORENAME Robert UNIT 2 Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 5955524 DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery,India 3.D.19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Newcastle-on-Tyne son of George and Annie...

  7. CHINDITS 1944 Boughey, William Henry Wilcox

    SURNAME Boughey FORENAME William Henry Wilcox UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 5110298 DATE OF DEATH 15th April 1944 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 11.C.8-11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 26.05.1917, Coventry, West Midlands, UK resided...

  8. CHINDITS 1944 Bottomley, Samuel

    SURNAME Bottomley FORENAME Samuel UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14612722 DATE OF DEATH 24th April 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 11.C.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Yorkshire son of Ernest and Ann Fielding Bottomley, Brighouse...

  9. CHINDITS 1944 Block, Frank Phillip

    SURNAME Block FORENAME Frank Phillip UNIT 1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 6018541 DATE OF DEATH 5th May 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery, India 11.A.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London SE son of Phillip James and Florence Elizabeth Block...

  10. CHINDITS 1943 Pickering, John Francis

    SURNAME Pickering FORENAME John Francis UNIT Royal Sussex Regiment,attached 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 207772 DATE OF DEATH 15th June 1943 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Kohima War Cemetery,India 11.A.24 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London W resided London...
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