Chittagong War Cemetery

Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery
Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery
চট্টগ্রাম ওয়ার সিমেট্রি
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	Entrance
	Used for those deceased
Established	After World War II (1939-1945)
Location	22°21′26″N 91°49′43″E / 22.35730°N 91.82850°E; Badsha Miah Chowdhury Road; near Chittagong
Total burials	715
Unknowns	17
Burials by nation
	* United Kingdom – 471 British Raj – 207; Canada – 25; Australia – 9; New Zealand – 2; Netherlands – 1; Unknown– 17;
Burials by war
	World War II
	Statistics source: CWGC

The Chattogram Commonwealth War Cemetery or Chattogram War Cemetery is a

Chattogram, Bangladesh.^[1]

History

This cemetery was established to honor Commonwealth soldiers and others who died in

Catholic

Cemetery; Tumru Ghat Military Cemetery and Tumru M.D.S. Hospital Cemetery.

There are now 731 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, 17 of which are unidentified.

There are a further 20 foreign national burials, 1 being a

U.K.

military burials.

Location

Chittagong War Cemetery is located at Dampara, 19 Badsha Mia Road, 22 kilometers north of the airport and 8 kilometers from the port. The place which was formerly paddy fields, now then been developed.^[2] It is near the arts college and closes by Finlay's Guest Houses near Chatteshwari Road; a well-known road leading to the Chatteshwari Temple. There is no CWGC road direction sign.

The burial area is situated at the bottom of a slope directly behind Finlay's Guest Houses and is surrounded by a large area planted with a mixture of jungle trees, fruit trees, and flowering trees. A tarmac lane leads from the entrance gate to the burial area which is entered through a metal gate flanked by two small brick chapels.

Burial details

There are now 731 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War (1939–45) here, 17 of which are unidentified.^[2]

Burials by country

United Kingdom – 471
British Raj – 207
Canada – 25
Australia – 9
New Zealand – 2
Netherlands – 1
Unknown – 18^[3]

Along with the commonwealth graves, there are graves of 20 more foreign nationals—19 Japanese soldiers and a Dutch Navy seaman.^[4]

Gallery

Entrance
Entrance road
Portal of the cemetery
Plaque at entrance
Cemetery Register
Memorial register
Page containing name of sailors and merchant seamen at the cemetery register
Burials and cross, font view
Burials and cross
Burials and cross
Burials, side view
Burials and cross
Prayer house
Description plaque at the cemetery prayer house
War Cemetery Entrance View

References

^ Hossain, Shamsul. "Chittagong War Cemetery". Banglapedia. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Chittagong War Cemetery". CEGC. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Statistics source: TraceofWar
^ Dey, A. B. (19 January 2020). "Chattogram's uncommon tourist attraction: a war cemetery". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

External links

Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Chittagong War Cemetery at Find a Grave
Kaj Metz, Trace of war
Chittagong War Cemetery

[Banglapedia-1] Hossain, Shamsul. "Chittagong War Cemetery". Banglapedia. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[cwgc-2] "Chittagong War Cemetery". CEGC. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[3] Statistics source: TraceofWar

[4] Dey, A. B. (19 January 2020). "Chattogram's uncommon tourist attraction: a war cemetery". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

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