World War II cemetery, Rangoon

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There is World War II cemetary in Yangon , keeping with love and tender.
British soldiers on the whole.
You can see the names on these tombstones , or " known unto God "...
Remember the tomb...
R.I.P.

The largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma. It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to access and could not be maintained. The last was an original 'Chindit' cemetery containing many of those who died in the battle for Myitkyina. The graves have been grouped together at Taukkyan to preserve the individuality of these battlefield cemeteries Burials were also transferred from civil and cantonment cemeteries, and from a number of isolated jungle and roadside sites. Because of prolonged post-war unrest, considerable delay occurred before the Army Graves Service were able to complete their work, and in the meantime many such graves had disappeared. However, when the task was resumed, several hundred more graves were retrieved from scattered positions throughout the country and brought together here. The cemetery now contains 6,374 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 867 of them unidentified. In the 1950s, the graves of 52 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War were brought into the cemetery from the following cemeteries where permanent maintenance was not possible. The Cemetery also contains: The TAUKKYAN CREMATION MEMORIAL commemorating more than 1,000 Second World War casualties whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith.

The Burma campaigns were largely fought by the Indian Army and the Victorian names of the regiments involved remind one of how many nationalities fought under the British Flag and make this a most unique war cemetary. Australians, South Africans, East and West Africans and Ghurkas losses are also represented.

Units:

Native Military Corps
Bengal Sappers and Miners
2nd Punjab Regiment
13th Frontier Force Rifles
9th Gurkah Rifles
Indian Pioneer Corp
West African Engineers
Burma Rifles
5th Mahratta Light infantry
4th Bombay Grendiers
6th Rajputana Rifles
9th Jat Regiment
10th Baluch Regiment
12 Frontier Force Regiment