rangoon war cemetery

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
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RANGOON WAR CEMETERY​

HISTORY INFORMATION
Rangoon War Cemetery was first used as a burial ground immediately following the recapture of Rangoon in May 1945. Later, the Army Graves Service moved in graves from several burial sites in and around Rangoon, including those of the men who died in Rangoon Jail as prisoners of war.

There are now 1,381 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 85 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to more than 60 casualties whose graves could not be precisely located.

In 1948, the graves of 36 Commonwealth servicemen who died in Rangoon during the First World War were moved into this cemetery, 35 of them from Rangoon Cantonment Cemetery and one from Rangoon (Pazundaung) Town Cemetery.

The Rangoon Memorial is located in Taukkyan War Cemetery.
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  1. CHINDITS 1943 Walmsley, Dennis

    SURNAME Walmsley FORENAME Dennis UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 3780147 DATE OF DEATH 17th May 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.F.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire son of Harry and Margaret...

  2. CHINDITS 1943 Walker, Rex

    SURNAME Walker FORENAME Rex UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 130974 DATE OF DEATH 24th June 1943 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.J.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Manchester resided Cheshire son of George Edward and Maud Gaywood...

  3. CHINDITS 1943 Turner, Robert

    SURNAME Turner FORENAME Robert UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 4465972 DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1943 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.J.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Northumberland resided Newcastle-on-Tyne

  4. CHINDITS 1943 Tonks, John

    SURNAME Tonks FORENAME John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 4206503 DATE OF DEATH 27th April 1943 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. 9.D.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Manchester resided Manchester son of Mark Ambrose and Mrs...

  5. CHINDITS 1943 Toms, Wilfred Arthur George

    SURNAME Toms FORENAME Wilfred Arthur George UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5616017 DATE OF DEATH 26th November 1943 AGE 36 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.D.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Cornwall resided Plymouth,Devonshire former...

  6. CHINDITS 1943 Timms, William Thomas

    SURNAME Timms FORENAME William Thomas UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3776448 DATE OF DEATH 26th January 1945 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.E.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Bolton,Lancashire husband of Hilda...

  7. CHINDITS 1943 Thornley, John

    SURNAME Thornley FORENAME John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 3780149 DATE OF DEATH 13th April 1944 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.F.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Blackpool,Lancashire son of Herbert and Elizabeth...

  8. CHINDITS 1943 Taylor, John Henry

    SURNAME Taylor FORENAME John Henry UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 4198702 DATE OF DEATH 13th July 1943 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.D.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Manchester son of Robert and Hilda Taylor husband of Elsie...

  9. CHINDITS 1943 Talbot, Vernon Graham

    SURNAME Talbot FORENAME Vernon Graham UNIT Royal Corps of Signals (77 Ind.Inf Bde Signal Section) RANK Signalman NUMBER 2331838 DATE OF DEATH 4th September 1943 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. Joint grave 9.D.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born...

  10. CHINDITS 1943 Swann, Thomas Crighton

    SURNAME Swann FORENAME Thomas Crighton UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5116650 DATE OF DEATH 18th January 1945 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.G.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Coventry son of Ernie and Alice...

  11. CHINDITS 1943 Sullivan, George Patrick

    SURNAME Sullivan FORENAME George Patrick UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5569824 DATE OF DEATH 1st August 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.G.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Portsmouth,Hampshire son of Patrick G. and...

  12. CHINDITS 1943 Stephenson, Walter

    SURNAME Stephenson FORENAME Walter UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 3772373 DATE OF DEATH 28th January 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.D.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool son of William and Hilda...

  13. CHINDITS 1943 Stell, Joseph Albert

    SURNAME Stell FORENAME Joseph Albert UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5627036 DATE OF DEATH 18th August 1943 AGE GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. 9.D.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London E resided London E son of Albert Joseph and...

  14. CHINDITS 1943 Smith, William

    SURNAME Smith FORENAME William UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3779455 DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1943 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. Joint grave 9.D.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool son of Mrs E. Smith,Liverpool...

  15. CHINDITS 1943 Smith, Sydney David

    SURNAME Smith FORENAME Sydney David UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Corporal NUMBER 3777677 DATE OF DEATH 4th March 1944 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. 9.D.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire son of Sydney David and Maggie...

  16. CHINDITS 1943 Sinnett, David William

    SURNAME Sinnett FORENAME David William UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Corporal NUMBER 3960653 DATE OF DEATH 29th July 1943 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. Joint grave 9.C.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Carmarthenshire resided...

  17. CHINDITS 1943 Simon, Harold

    SURNAME Simon FORENAME Harold UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5120570 DATE OF DEATH 20th November 1943 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.J.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Jersey,Channel Islands son of Celestine (formerly Simon) and...

  18. CHINDITS 1943 Sewell, Harry Henry

    SURNAME Sewell FORENAME Harry Henry UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5627351 DATE OF DEATH 30th April 1945 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.D.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Middlesex died as POW

  19. CHINDITS 1943 Scruton, Stanley

    SURNAME Scruton FORENAME Stanley UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 3781449 DATE OF DEATH 13th May 1943 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.E.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Manchester resided Manchester

  20. CHINDITS 1943 Rule, Stanley Herbert

    SURNAME Rule FORENAME Stanley Herbert UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3968886 DATE OF DEATH 7th October 1943 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. Joint grave 9.C.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Cambridgeshire son of Herbert John...
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