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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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
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SURNAME
Coutts
FORENAME
James
UNIT
1 Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (111 Ind.Bde)
RANK
Rifleman
NUMBER
14529924
DATE OF DEATH
11th June 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Kohima War Cemetery, India Collective grave 1.C.1A and 1-26
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 14.01.1924 Lanarkshire...
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SURNAME
Collins
FORENAME
Thomas Leslie Alfred
UNIT
1 Bn Essex Regiment (23 Bde)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
5837393
DATE OF DEATH
21st April 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Kohima War Cemetery,India 11.C.15
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 19.04.1923 London E
resided Suffolk
son of Leonard and...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...