A girl is heading to India to re-create a 39-hour stroll undertaken by her grandfather throughout World War Two.

Charlotte Carty, from Milborne Port in Somerset, will stroll 77 miles (124km) throughout hills and jungle from the village of Jessami to Kohima.

She stated her grandfather, Lt Col William Felix ‘Bruno’ Brown, was “part of the forgotten army”.

“It’s about passing on the torch of remembrance for the next generation,” she added.

In 1944, Lt Col Brown was commanding officer of the first Assam Regiment, a regiment recruited from native Indian tribes.

In April of that 12 months, the Allied garrison within the village of Kohima was besieged by troops of the Japanese Imperial Army.

Lt Col Brown was advised to withdraw from the battle of Jessami together with his regiment to offer assist on the battle of Kohima.

His efforts to guide his males by means of troublesome jungle terrain contributed to him being awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

“They were running for their lives, effectively, with Japanese soldiers sweeping after them. I’m not sure they would have stopped,” stated Ms Carty.

“I think they would have tried to keep going and that’s what we are going to do too,” she added.

Lt Col Brown arrived in Kohima at 15:00 native time on 3 April 1944. The contribution of him and his males to the battle there was described as “vital” by many historians.

Ms Carty stated: “They had been fighting day and night for five days beforehand. The terrain they would have been facing was extreme.

“They will need to have been drained.”

At midnight on 1 April, exactly 80 years to the hour after her grandfather made that arduous journey, Ms Carty and around 20 others, many of them descendants of those involved, will recreate the route of the withdrawal.

“I shall be in items. I shall in all probability be in crying rather a lot. It will probably be very emotional,” Ms Carty stated.

Dr Robert Lynam, a historian who is an expert on Kohima, is joining the walk.

He stated: “How many officers would have fought for 4 days at Jessami, after which when given the orders to withdraw to Kohima would have performed so with out compunction, with out argument? It’s a really, very massive process.

“He’d lost half his battalion men, dead and wounded in the battle of Jessami – yet he didn’t give up. He helped save Kohima. He’s quite a remarkable man.”