Kohima Museum - York

Brian Ward has been an invaluable member of the Kohima Museum curator team for 12 years. He is responsible for the immaculate presentation of the Museum & has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Kohima Campaign.

On his 80th birthday, Brian has stepped back from his busy role at the Museum. He was heard to mutter “One Bob’s bad enough”.

His colleagues & the Museum’s Trustees are extremely grateful for all his excellent work & hope that he will be a regular visitor.

Saturday 23 November is Military Memorabilia Day at York Army Museum. https://yorkarmymuseum.co.uk/exhibitions-events/

Bring along your archives, medals, photographs & objects. Chat to experts from Kohima Museum, Green Howards Museum, Yorkshire Regiment & Royal Dragoon Guards.

Free admission 10am-3pm at York Army Museum, beside Clifford’s Tower in the centre of York. No need to book.

A webinar by Charlotte Carty will take place at 8pm on Monday November 18th describing the Kohima Memorials now & in 1944. It can be watched free of charge live or in retrospect at the website of the Kohima Educational Trust through this link.

The museum was visited by the daughter, grandson & great-grandson of Kohima veteran Dennis (Joe) Dernie, Royal Army Service Corps, 6th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

On 24th October, Lt Col Mike Tickner will give a webinar entitled: –

 Sustain to Victory: Resupplying the 14^th Army

Introduced by Dr Robert Lyman.

This will be part of the webinar series of Kohima Educational Trust. Register to listen live for free by clicking here.

The next webinar arranged by the Kohima Educational Trust will be on September 19th 2024.

The story of the remarkable Ursula Graham Bower: Anthropologist and Guerrilla.

Told by her daughter Catriona Child.  

 

Over three hundred people attended the annual Battle of Kohima service of remembrance in the Dean’s Park of York Minster on July 4 2024. Over one hundred visited the Kohima Museum afterwards.

York Minster, Thursday 4th July 2024 11.00am

We will be gathering once again in the Dean’s Garden of York Minster to commemorate the battle of Kohima on Thursday 4^th July at 11.00am.

At 10.30 on June 22 1944, Durham Light Infantry of 2 British Infantry Division, moving south from Kohima, met 1/17 Dogras of 5 Indian Infantry Division, moving north from Imphal. The road was open at last to allow supplies through. The siege of Imphal was over.

Captain Sean Kelly, 2 Durham Light Infantry, wrote:

“Imphal was relieved. We sat alone in the sunshine & smoked & ate. Soon the staff cars came purring both ways. It was a lovely day.”