When the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders unveiled their memorial at Kohima, there were present at the ceremony not only the officers and men of the battalion, but many Naga tribesmen, whose homes were near the Knoll where the memorial stands, the scene of much bitter and bloody fighting. The service was brief and simple, and just before the bagpipes began with the strains of the Camerons lament, 'Lochaber no more' the adjutant read out the long roll of officers, NCO's and men of the battalion who had been killed in the Kohima fighting. Wreaths were placed on the memorial by the Commanding Officer, the 2nd in command, and by representatives of each company of the battalion. There was also a wreath from the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada.
As the ceremony drew to its close the Naga headman stepped forward from his place beside the Commanding officer and the District commissioner. He stood for a moment before the memorial, a dignified figure with head bowed. Then, in his own language and on behalf of his people, he promised that they would look after the memorial always, in order to do honour to the men who had been killed on these hills. It wasa moving gesture from thee Highlanders of Asia.