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War Cemetery of the World War II
The burial ground of the soldiers who were killed in the South Asian Region in World War II is located at Mehedibagh of the town. At the entrance gate, there are inscriptions about the identity of the soldiers and sailors who died in the war of this region. In the burial ground, 755 graves are arranged in a row and each of the graves has a small nameplate on which the name of the person killed, designation, age, date of being killed, and other information are written down.
In the burial ground of 7 acres of land, 375 persons of the United Kingdom, 25 persons of Canada, 9 persons of Australia, 2 persons of New Zealand, 214 persons of the then Indian subcontinent, 101 persons of Africa, 2 persons of the then Burma (Myanmar), 1 person of the Netherlands and 19 persons of Japan are buried there. A good number of tourists from home and abroad visit the War Cemetery daily. For the tourists, the War Cemetery remains open every day, from 8: oo A.M to 12: oo noon, and again from 2: oo P.M to 5: oo P.M, other than the government holidays.
More About Cemeteries in Bangladesh:
Mainamati War Cemetery
The Mainamati War Cemetery (alternatively: Comilla War Cemetery) is a war cemetery and a memorial in Comilla, Bangladesh, for Second World War graves from nearby areas during the Second World War. The cemetery contains 736 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.[1][2] It was established and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in World War II. It is situated in the Comilla Cantonment area.
Chittagong War Cemetery
The Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery or Chittagong War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
This cemetery was established to honor Commonwealth soldiers and others who died in World War II. The cemetery was created by the British Army, and there were originally about 400 burials. Graves have since been transferred to this cemetery from the Lushai Hills (Assam) and other isolated sites, and from Chittagong Civil Cemetery; Chandragona Baptist Mission Cemetery; Chiringa Military Cemetery; Cox's Bazar New Military and Civil (Muhammadan) Cemeteries; Chittagong (Panchalaish) Burial Ground; Dacca Military Cemetery; Demagiri Cemetery; Dhuapolong Muslim Burial Ground; Dhuapolong Christian Military Cemetery; Dohazari Military and R.A.F. Cemeteries; Jessore Protestant Cemetery; Khulna Cemetery; Khurushkul Island Christian and Muhammadan Cemeteries; Lungleh Cemetery (Assam); Nawapara Cemetery (Assam); Patiya Military Cemetery, Rangamati Cemetery; Tejgaon Roman 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.
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.
