What is the Kohima epitaph?

What is the Kohima epitaph?

The Kohima Epitaph is the epitaph carved on the Memorial of the 2nd British Division in the cemetery of Kohima (North-East India). It reads: ‘When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.

How many British soldiers died at Kohima?

4,064 men
During the Battle of Kohima, the British and Indian forces had lost 4,064 men, dead, missing and wounded. Against this the Japanese had lost 5,764 battle casualties in the Kohima area, and many of the 31st Division subsequently died of disease or starvation, or took their own lives.

Which place is called Stalingrad of India?

The face-off that ensued has been called “Stalingrad of the East” because it was a decisive turn in the war. Between April and June 1944, Japanese and Allied forces battled across Kohima and the villages around it.

Who said when you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today?

Who wrote lest we forget poem?

Where does “Lest we forget” come from? The phrase originates in a Victorian poem by writer Rudyard Kipling, who composed it before it was then used to commentate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, when it was published in The Times.

Is there any Chamar Regiment?

The Chamar Regiment was an infantry regiment formed by the British during World War II. Raised on 1 March 1943, the regiment was initially assigned to the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade….Chamar Regiment.

Did Japanese invade India?

A Japanese invasion of India had, in fact, been mooted in the early stages of the war. By 1943, the Japanese had successfully displaced the Allies in Burma, rekindling ambitions of a glorious liberation of India. What still held the armies back, however, was the terrain between Burma and India.

Who won the Battle of Imphal?

British Indian victory
Battle of Imphal

Where is the world’s largest war memorial?

The Great Ocean Road hugs the south-west coast of Victoria, and it is also the largest war memorial in the world.