Early Day Motion·EDM 285

70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN

22 July 201465 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Sir Julian Lewis

Conservative — New Forest East

Motion Text

That this House recognises with respect and gratitude all who fought in the war in Burma 70 years ago; notes that this was the longest land campaign of the Second World War; salutes the memory of nearly 40,000 British and Commonwealth Service personnel who died in the fighting, as well as the thousands more killed in captivity; and commends the work of The Not Forgotten Association, a tri-service charity for the wounded in keeping alive the memory of such sacrifices.