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Kohima War Cemetery information


War Cemetery in Kohima
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
War Cemetery with Kohima City in background
Used for those deceased
Established1946
Location25°40′03″N 94°06′11″E / 25.6676093°N 94.1029403°E / 25.6676093; 94.1029403
Midland Ward, Kohima, Nagaland
Designed byColin St Clair Oakes
Total burials1420
Burials by nation
Australia: 3
Canada: 5
India: 330
UK: 1082
Burials by war
World War II: 1420

Kohima War Cemetery is a memorial dedicated to soldiers of the 2nd British Division of the Allied Forces who died in the Second World War at Kohima, the capital of the Indian state of Nagaland in April 1944. The soldiers died on the battleground of Garrison Hill in the tennis court area of the Deputy Commissioner's residence. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which maintains this cemetery among many others in the world, there are 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War at this cemetery, and a memorial to an additional 917 Hindu and Sikh soldiers who were cremated in accordance with their faith.[1][2][3] The memorial was inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir William Slim, then Commander of the 14th Army in Burma.[4]

  1. ^ "Kohima War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  2. ^ "CWGC record. An additional memorial is for 917 Hindu and Sikh cremated dead". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  3. ^ "The Battle of Kohima, North East India 4 April-22 June 1944" (PDF). Kohima Today. Archive Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
  4. ^ "The Kohima Memorial". Worcestershire Regiment.

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