The Second Division Kohima Museum and Memorial Trust

Registered charity 1177539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SECOND DIVISION MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL TRUST

Promote understanding of the deeds of the 2nd Infantry Division during 1942?46 within the Burma Campaign, with focus on the Battle of Kohima, by displaying current and future collections at the museum. Assist in the maintenance of 2nd Infantry Division memorials in York and Kohima. To assist with maintenance of other memorials around Kohima, including the memorial to Maj Gen Grover in Jotsoma

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THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE AS FOLLOWS:(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE BRITISH SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION DURING WORLD WAR TWO WITHIN THE PERIOD 1942 AND 1946 AND TO INTERPRET THE ROLE OF THE DIVISION FURTHER WITHIN THE OVERALL CONDUCT OF THE WIDER BURMA CAMPAIGN UNDER COMMAND OF THE 14TH ARMY, WITH ESPECIAL FOCUS ON THE BATTLE OF KOHIMA, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM CONTAINING A DISPLAY OF THE CIO’S CURRENT COLLECTIONS AND ALL FUTURE ACQUISITIONS RELATING TO THE BURMA CAMPAIGN.(B) THE FOSTERING OF PATRIOTISM AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY:(1) ASSISTING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF, AND WHERE NECESSARY THE REFURBISHMENT OF, THE BRITISH SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION PERMANENT MEMORIALS TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT THE BATTLE OF KOHIMA LOCATED IN THE MINSTER GARDENS, YORK, AND THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES CEMETERY IN KOHIMA.2) AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES WHERE THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS ARE NO LONGER MAINTAINING THEIR PERMANENT MEMORIALS, ASSISTING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF OTHER BATTLE OF KOHIMA MEMORIALS IN THE VICINITY OF KOHIMA, PARTICULARLY THE MEMORIAL IN JOTSOMA TO MAJOR GENERAL GROVER AND HIS OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE BRITISH SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION.

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• BRIGADIER GREVILLE KENNETH BIBBY CBEchair
• Colonel IAN ROBERT HARGREAVES BENG MSC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeremy Peter Bird
• Kelsey Coleen Loveless
• Michael Tickner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Simon Richard Ditchfield
• Robert Street
• Robin McDermott
• Simon Sole · trustee of 1 other charity

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Operates in: North Yorkshire

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