12 Dec 2012 Obit : Sir John Moreton, diplomat, who has died aged 94, was a WW-II veteran. The campaign in Burma in 1944-45, especially the crucial battle at Kohima that halted the Japanese westward advance, marked him for life. The battle was conducted in monsoon rains and over difficult terrain, but Allied soldiers succeeded in taking Kohima in hand-to-hand fighting that culminated on the district commissioner's tennis court. Moreton was wounded in the shoulder by a sniper but insisted in carrying on. He was awarded an MC, the citation declaring: "Great damage was inflicted on the enemy by the gunfire brought down by Capt Moreton, who put himself in great peril every time he spoke on the wireless owing to the proximity of the enemy... Throughout he showed a great coolness, judgment and courage of the highest order." (snip) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9740344/Sir-John-Moreton.html ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar