Taukkyan War Cemetery
| Taukkyan War Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Burma | |
| Coordinates | 17°02′08″N 96°07′54″E / 17.0356°N 96.1317°E |
| Type | British military of WWI and WWII (closed) |
| Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| No. of graves | 6,374 |
The Taukkyan War Cemetery (
The cemetery contains the graves of 6,374 soldiers who died in the Second World War, the graves of 52 soldiers who died in Burma during the
History
The cemetery was opened in 1951 and the remains of Commonwealth soldiers who died in
Notable graves
Seven holders of the Victoria Cross (VC) are interred at this site and the names of several (including five Indian VC holders) are inscribed on the Rangoon Memorial.[4] The interred soldiers are:
- Michael Allmand (1923–1944), for action in Burma on 23 June 1944
- Frank Gerald Blaker(1920–1944), for action in Burma on 9 July 1944
- George Albert Cairns (1913–1944), for action in Burma on 13 March 1944
- Charles Ferguson Hoey (1914–1944), for action in Burma on 16 February 1944
- George Arthur Knowland (1922–1945), for action in Burma on 31 January 1945
- Claud Raymond (1923–1945), for action in Burma on 21 March 1945
- William Basil Weston (1924–1945), for action in Burma on 3 March 1945
Other notable people buried there include:
- South African first-class cricketer Leigh Alexander (1898–1943)[5]
- British flying ace Bryan Draper[6]
- Welsh poet Alun Lewis[7]
- Englishman Tom Mitford, the only brother of the famous Mitford sisters.[8]
Also inscribed, in English, Hindi, Urdu, Gurmukhi, and Burmese, on the Rangoon Memorial are the words they died for all free men.[9] The Taukkyan Cremation Memorial, also at the site, commemorates more than 1000 soldiers who were cremated according to their faith.[10]
See also
- Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
- Burma Campaign
- Fourteenth Army (XIV Army)
- Chindits
References
- ^ Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- ^ Australian War Graves Photographic Archive Archived 28 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ United Sikhs
- ^ VC Burials World-Wide – Burma
- ^ [1] CWGC casualty record, Leigh Alexander.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Bryan Vincent Draper". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ [2] CWGC casualty record, Alun Lewis.
- ^ "MajorFREEMAN-MITFORD, The Hon. THOMAS DAVID". Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ BBC – WW2 People's War – A Highland Chindit
- ^ Taukkyan Memorial
External links
Geographic data related to Taukkyan War Cemetery at OpenStreetMap
