The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to welcome guest speaker Dr Bob White, soon to be Curator of the Kohima Museum in York. Bob has a lifelong interest in military history and is delighted to be the curator-in-waiting of the Kohima Museum. Bob’s father was in the 25th Dragoons and was wounded at the Battle of the Admin Box, described by Slim as “the turning point in the Burma Campaign”.
Speakers:
Dr Bob White - soon to be Curator of the Kohima Museum Bob White was educated at the University of Oxford. For 40 years he worked in biotechnology & cancer research, culminating as Chair of Biochemistry at the University of York. He has enjoyed both teaching and research.
Outside his professional career, Bob has a lifelong interest in military history and is delighted to become curator of the Kohima Museum in York. Bob’s father was in the 25th Dragoons & was wounded at the Battle of Admin Box, described by Slim as “the turning point in the Burma Campaign”.
Sylvia May - CEO of The Kohima Educational Trust Sylvia May was born in New Jersey, USA in 1957. Her parents moved to England in 1963. Educated at High Wycombe School for Girls, she decided to pursue a career in the world of books. Sylvia worked for HarperCollins for 37 years, the last eleven of which she headed up their UK-based International Sales team. Sylvia May is the daughter of the late Gordon Graham, Founder and President of the Kohima Educational Trust. She is proud that her father has inspired many people to share his vision to commemorate those who fought and died in Kohima, and the wonderful Naga people who have done so much for the British in the past. She first visited India in 1994 with her husband Robert, and has returned on numerous occasions, staying in Kohima several times. In 2000, they followed the WWII route of the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, her father’s regiment. The regiment’s first main engagement in this theatre of war was at Zubza shortly before the Battle of Kohima.