Early Day Motion·EDM 285

70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN

22 July 201465 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Sir Julian Lewis

ConservativeNew 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.