British Deputy High Commissioner to grace Imphal Battle commemoration
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 20 2014 :
Scott Furssedonn Wood, British Deputy High Commissioner to Eastern India, will be attending the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of Battle of Imphal (WW-II) .
According to a statement issued by Santosh Shekhar, PRO, 70th Anniversary Battle of Imphal, during his first sojourn in Imphal, Scott will be attending the Memorial Service at Imphal War Cemetery and the Closing Ceremony of the Commemoration.
Scott is a career diplomat and assumed charge as the British Deputy High Commissioner for Eastern India in October 2013.Before being posted to Kolkata Scott was based in the US.
From 2008 to 2013, he served at the British Embassy in Washington DC, first as Head of Strategic Threats, working on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation issues; and then as Head of the Political Section, where he was responsible for coverage of the 2012 Presidential election, a role which took him to 47 of the 50 states.
Joining Scott will be Lt.Col.Simon Colyer, Military Adviser, British High Commission, New Delhi during the visit to Imphal.
The 70th Anniversary Battle of Imphal (WWII) is being organized jointly by 2nd World War Imphal Campaign Foundation and Manipur Tourism Forum with the support of Government of Manipur.
.OIbobi Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur is the Chief Patron of the Organising Committee.