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Museum Staff Attend Book Launch
Museum Staff attend Book launch In early November 2011 the curator of the museum (Bob Cook) and his assistant (Brian Ward) were invited to attend the launch of the latest book on the Burma Campaign. Japan’s Final Bid for Victory … Continue reading
Bradford School Children Take a Trip Back in Time
BRADFORD SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME A dozen Year 10 pupils from Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College in Bradford have visited a World War II museum in York to discover more about their ancestors. The Kohima Museum, … Continue reading
John Jessop bids farewell to the Kohima Museum
Major (Rtd) John Jessop bids farewell to the Kohima Museum after 24 years. Major John Jessop has decided to step away from the wheel at last to finally enjoy his postponed retirement from using his considerable administrative & management skills … Continue reading
Ellen Hannay Story
Lance Sergeant Robert Bell Hannay was killed in action on 14th April 1944 during the 2nd Division’s advance to Kohima to relieve the besieged garrison there. He was with the 1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders and was just 30 years … Continue reading
Kohima Battle Museum Accredited
Kohima Battle Museum Accredited Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Source: MoD The Kohima Museum, North Yorkshire’s smallest military museum, has won national accreditation which was presented last week when the veterans of the Second World War Battle of Kohima gathered in … Continue reading
Gurkha Visit Kohima
Reflections on Kohima British Gurkhas Pokhara Battlefield Tour to Kohima, 14-22 April 2010 As I write I am looking at a photograph we took of the Kohima battlefield from near the Cameron Memorial on Naga Hill. It is a cloudy … Continue reading
Sato Memorial
Why I visited Lieutenant General Kotoku Sato’s Tombstone and his Memorial Shonai-machi, Yamagata Prefecture on 16th and 17th November 2010 My Link with Lieutenant General Kotoku Sato I became very interested in Lieutenant General Sato, because my father, Taiji Urayama, was … Continue reading
