The CWGC said the Kohima War Cemetery has a feature that is possibly not shared by any other cemetery in the world: A tennis court.
“Each of our cemeteries tells its own story. As you walk through and read the names, dates and regiments on our headstones you can build an understanding of what happened to the men and women commemorated there,” the CWGC wrote on its website.
“But you can also gather clues about the history of the world wars by looking at the physical features of a cemetery….” it added.
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