Kohima and Imphal
The remote Indian village of Kohima was the site of bitter hand-to-hand fighting between vastly outnumbered Commonwealth troops and the Imperial Japanese army during April 1944. Although the garrison was relieved on 20th April, the fighting carried on until 6th June. Both Kohima and the nearby town of Imphal were strategic objectives for the Japanese as part of Operation U-Go and the invasion of India. Losing both proved a disaster for the Japanese forces and a turning point in the Burma campaign for the allies.
Major Maurice Arthur Jack Budd MC, Royal Sussex Regiment attached V Force Burma 1945
Driver John Frederick Herr, Royal Engineers, killed in action at the Battle of Imphal on 7 April 1944
Private 6348864 Gerald Percy Bloomfield, 4th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private Leslie White, 7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment ~ Fell at Naga Village, Kohima
Lieutenant John Mcculloch Young, 175591, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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