Kohima, (2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolks) - The 2nd Royal Norfolks flew from Calcutta to Dimapur in Assam, a distance of 600 miles, and on April 10th, 1944 set out for the relief of Kohima. by Tim Carew Taken from his book  Royal Norfolk Regiment        Royal Norfolks in Kohima (Frederick Collison´s Story) - Born 1920 Frederick Collison served with the 2nd Battalion in India and fought for GPT Ridge in one of the bloodiest battles against the Japanese, the battle took place at Kohima. By Ron Taylor & Peter Collison       Stand at Kohima (Burma Campaign) - Kohima was isolated in the Japanese advance towards India and without an air-strip the small garrison of 3,500 faced 15,000 Japanese. From the heights above the town the enemy was blasting everything but the men at Kohima had a job to do and that is what they did for sixteen days and nights they stopped the Japanese advance. Taken from Campaign in Burma

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