Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to welcome back our trustee Charlotte Carty as guest speaker for this webinar about Sherborne School.
This is the story of how Old Shirburnians were involved in the Burma theatre of war from 1944 as part of Britain's Forgotten Army. The presentation will focus in particular on old boys at the Battle of Kohima but will also cover others involved in Slim's Fourteenth Army across a range of regiments and services, including the Chindits.
Known as 'The Stalingrad of the East’ due to the 'backs-to-the-wall' defence, the Battle of Kohima marked the first defeat of the Japanese on land in Asia during the Second World War. It was a turning point in the war. Many miles from their alma mater in Sherborne town, Dorset, Old Shirburians were caught up in Britain's Greatest Battle, as voted for by the National Army Museum in 2013. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the fighting there.
Those who made the ultimate sacrifice are commemorated on the Memorial Wall in Sherborne School chapel but others were also fighting there, caught up in one of the fiercest battles of the war. The courage, bravery and tenacity of these old boys must never be forgotten.
The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to welcome back our trustee Charlotte Carty as guest speaker for this webinar about Sherborne School.
This is the story of how Old Shirburnians were involved in the Burma theatre of war from 1944 as part of Britain's Forgotten Army. The presentation will focus in particular on old boys at the Battle of Kohima but will also cover others involved in Slim's Fourteenth Army across a range of regiments and services, including the Chindits.
Known as 'The Stalingrad of the East’ due to the 'backs-to-the-wall' defence, the Battle of Kohima marked the first defeat of the Japanese on land in Asia during the Second World War. It was a turning point in the war. Many miles from their alma mater in Sherborne town, Dorset, Old Shirburians were caught up in Britain's Greatest Battle, as voted for by the National Army Museum in 2013. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the fighting there.
Those who made the ultimate sacrifice are commemorated on the Memorial Wall in Sherborne School chapel but others were also fighting there, caught up in one of the fiercest battles of the war. The courage, bravery and tenacity of these old boys must never be forgotten.
