Who said for our tomorrow they gave their today?
John Maxwell Edmonds
John Maxwell Edmonds 1875–1958 ‘For your tomorrows these gave their today. ‘
Where is it written for your tomorrow we gave our today?
Kohima’s War Cemetery
“When you go home, tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today,” reads an epitaph written by English classicist, John Maxwell Edmonds, as you walk through the gardens of Kohima’s War Cemetery.
When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today meaning?
This evocative epitaph is enshrined on the Kohima war memorial in Nagaland, built to commemorate soldiers of the empire who laid down their lives to repel Japanese assault in 1944 during World War-II.
What is the Kohima epitaph?
The Kohima Epitaph is the epitaph carved on the Memorial of the 2nd British Division in the cemetery of Kohima (North-East India). It reads: ‘When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.
What is the Kohima Prayer?
The Kohima Epitaph is the epitaph carved on the Memorial of the 2nd British Division in the cemetery of Kohima (North-East India). It reads: ‘When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, We only say the Kohima if there are no Burma Star Veterans present at church services.
What is written in Kohima War Memorial?
The epitaph inscribed on this memorial reads: Here, around the tennis court of the deputy commissioner, lie men who fought in the battle of Kohima in which they and their comrades finally halted the invasion of India by the forces of Japan in April 1944.
Where is Kohima in India map?
Nagaland
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| Coordinates:25.6701°N 94.1077°ECoordinates:25.6701°N 94.1077°E | |
| Country | India |
How do you spell Kohima?
a town in and the capital of Nagaland, in E India.
Who wrote the exhortation?
The Exhortation is an extract from a poem written by Robert Laurence Binyon called “For the Fallen”, written in mid-September 1914, just a few weeks after the outbreak of The War.