War veterans will parade in Inverness this weekend in memory of their comrades who died at the Battle of Kohima in the Far East 70 years ago.
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders veterans will march at the city’s Old High Church on Sunday to remember fellow members of the regiment who lost their lives in the 50-day battle in North Eastern India, close to the Burmese border.
The regiment played a leading role in the eventual victory which, together with a similar triumph at Imphal, further south ended Japanese attempts to conquer India.
Organisers hope that a handful of veterans of the battle, now in their late 80s and 90s, will be among those attending the service in memory of the men who fell serving with Inverness-shire’s own regiment.
Among those expected to attend is Major Donald Maclauchlan, son of the Rev Francis Maclauchlan, who served as padre to the 1st Camerons at Kohima, and later as minister of the Old High from 1950 to 1963.
Former Cameron Highlander and Queen’s Own Highlander Lieutenant Colonel Angus Fairrie, North Kessock, a leading expert on regimental history, will deliver a short address on the Camerons’ contribution to the battle.
