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KUMASI MEMORIAL

Ashanti 

Ghana
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Location Information

Kumasi, the chief town of Ashanti region, lies some 275 kilometres inland from Accra. 

The Kumasi Memorial is located in the middle of Stewart Road, near to the Military Museum and Post Office.

Ashanti War Cemetery will be found to the north of Government Road near the Military Museum.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.



Historical Information

The Gold Coast Regiment, a formation of Artillery and Infantry whose Battle Honours go back to 1873, formed part of the Royal West African Frontier Force. During the First World War, the regiment served with distinction in Togoland (now Togo), in the Cameroons and in the last phase of the East African campaign. 

The Kumasi Memorial commemorates 768 men whose graves are unknown or cannot be marked.

Commemorated: United Kingdom 768. Total 768.



Shot at Dawn

A/2600 Private Dezari Barama, Gold Coast Regiment, W. A. F. F.,  executed for murder 10th November 1918.

7560 Private  
Aziberi Frafra, Gold Coast Regiment, W. A. F. F.,  executed for casting away arms 28th September 1916.
He was serving in German East Africa at the time of his offence.  (Putkowski,p.59)

5538 Lance Corporal  Allassan Mamprusi, Gold Coast Regiment, W. A. F. F., executed for cowardice 28th April 1917. His unit had been successfully engaged in ambushing German patrols in East Africa.  However Mamprusi found the stress of combat all too much & paid the penalty, being executed 3 days after his trial.
(Putkowski,p.227)
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