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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Kohima_60_booklet.pdf Second World War: 60th Anniversary: Battle of Kohima] (24 page pdf) www.army.mod.uk
*[http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/index.html Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943] The [[8th Regiment of Foot|13th King's Liverpool Battalion]] formed the British half of the infantry soldiers for the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade that year. Steve Fogden’s extensive website. Includes a section on cemeteries and memorials.
*British Army Lieutenant Desmond F. Earley, [[44th Regiment of Foot|Essex Regiment]] [http://www.war-experience.org/collections/land/alliedbrit/earley/article.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:lxklesG8ddcJ:www.war-experience.org/collections/land/alliedbrit/earley/article.pdf+essex+regiment+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShTX4oNtPicCmTunS6o5ztMb9Bf3oPrUc8IXIueg23hBnx7QDaB73mXZLMyN8THrSr3ZVGG1ZvgZn0N0pLm4A6bQJQp9efPXq0TGGhsyCRNQOA-tLgU05baUld83DcguPO1QX27&sig=AHIEtbSJfmUIx7k0s5OfDSHL_l_i5fv26A html version]. He fought the Japanese in Assam in 1944. [http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre]
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
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