A trip to the battlefields of Jessami and Kharasom
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I have just come back from a curated tour of the battlefields of Eastern India. It was very special. There were a number of highlights. One was being accompanied by the grand daughters of Lt Col Dan Laverty of 4th Battalion The Royal West Kents and of Lt Col ‘Bruno’ Brown of 1st Battalion The Assam Regiment. As those of you who know something of the Battle of Kohima, both men spent the entirety of the siege between 4 and 20 April commanding their respective battalions on the besieged Kohima Ridge, when the gallant defenders were relieved by the British 2nd Division, which had raced across India from Poona for the purpose.
A trip to the battlefields of Jessami and Kharasom
A trip to the battlefields of Jessami and…
A trip to the battlefields of Jessami and Kharasom
I have just come back from a curated tour of the battlefields of Eastern India. It was very special. There were a number of highlights. One was being accompanied by the grand daughters of Lt Col Dan Laverty of 4th Battalion The Royal West Kents and of Lt Col ‘Bruno’ Brown of 1st Battalion The Assam Regiment. As those of you who know something of the Battle of Kohima, both men spent the entirety of the siege between 4 and 20 April commanding their respective battalions on the besieged Kohima Ridge, when the gallant defenders were relieved by the British 2nd Division, which had raced across India from Poona for the purpose.