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The Garrison on 4th April 1944

 

                                  detachment 24th Reinforcement Camp             one 25pdr gun

                                  CRE 112                                                            Commander Royal Engineers and staff

                                  GE Kohima                                                         officer and staff

            1st Battalion Assam Regiment                                                about 200 men, others withdrawing on Dimapur

                      a company, 3rd/2nd Battalion Punjab Regiment           about 140 men

                      a company, 1st Garrison Battalion Burma Regiment

                      a company, 5th Battalion Burma Regiment

                                  two platoons, 27th Garrison Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Regiment

            3rd Battalion Assam Rifles (Naga Hills Battalion)                   less detachments

                                  detachments “V” Force

            The Shere Regiment                                                              Nepalese Contingent

                                  221st Line Construction Section                     signals, less detachment

                                  detachment Burma P&T Signals

                                  detachment IV Corps “R” Signals

                                  detachment “T” Line of Communication Signals

                                  80th Light Field Ambulance                             from 50th Parachute Brigade

                                  detachment 53rd Indian General Hospital

                                  19th Field Hygiene Section

                      49th General Purposes Transport Company, RIASC

                                  39th Cattle Conducting Section, RIASC

                                  87th Indian Field Bakery Section, RIASC

                                  622nd Indian Supply Section, RIASC

                        1432nd Company, Indian Pioneer Corps

                      24th Reinforcement Camp

                        Administration Kohima Garrison                               commander and staff

 

Reinforcements on 5th April 1944

 

                      2nd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners, IE

                      20th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery                       4 X 3.7inch mountain guns

            4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment                             18 officers and 420 men

                                  75th Field Ambulance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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