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 Gabb, Albert Leslie

    SURNAME Gabb FORENAME Albert Leslie UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5124985 DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1943 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.F.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Birmingham resided Birmingham

  2. CHINDITS 1943 Francis, James

    SURNAME Francis FORENAME James UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3392904 DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1944 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.G.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Wigan,Lancashire resided Wigan,Lancashire

  3. CHINDITS 1943 Fitzpatrick, Joseph

    SURNAME Fitzpatrick FORENAME Joseph UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 4198452 DATE OF DEATH 21st October 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.D.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Wigan,Lancashire resided Wigan,Lancashire son of Stephen...

  4. CHINDITS 1943 Ellis, John

    SURNAME Ellis FORENAME John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3779321 DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1943 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.F.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Merioneth son of Jane Ellis,Trawsfynydd,Merionethshire died as POW ?

  5. CHINDITS 1943 Eales, George Arthur

    SURNAME Eales FORENAME George Arthur UNIT 13th Frontier Force Rifles,att Burma Rifles RANK Private NUMBER 5338529 DATE OF DEATH 26th June 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.G.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London NW resided London NW son of Henry Michael...

  6. CHINDITS 1943 Dennett, Arthur

    SURNAME Dennett FORENAME Arthur UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3656706 DATE OF DEATH 27th July 1943 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. 9.A.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Warrington,Lancashire resided Warrington,Lancashire son...

  7. CHINDITS 1943 Collins, James

    SURNAME Collins FORENAME James UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3779317 DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1944 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.F.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Birkenhead,Cheshire resided Birkenhead,Cheshire died as POW

  8. CHINDITS 1943 Collier, John

    SURNAME Collier FORENAME John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3453481 DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Coll.grave 6.G.4-9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire son of John and Maria Collier husband of...

  9. CHINDITS 1943 Coates, John

    SURNAME Coates FORENAME John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3777338 DATE OF DEATH 11th October 1943 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.A.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Cheshire died as POW memorial on family's...

  10. CHINDITS 1943 Clarke, James Alfred

    SURNAME Clarke FORENAME James Alfred UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 4124640 DATE OF DEATH 21st February 1944 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.E.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Wallasey,Cheshire son of Robert and Emma...

  11. CHINDITS 1943 Chambers, Leslie John

    SURNAME Chambers FORENAME Leslie John UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3779435 DATE OF DEATH 6th November 1943 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. 9.A.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Liverpool

  12. CHINDITS 1943 Campbell, Patrick (Pat)

    SURNAME Campbell FORENAME Patrick (Pat) UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3779096 DATE OF DEATH 7th October 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.J.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Liverpool son of John and Annie...

  13. CHINDITS 1944 Cameron, James Fraser

    SURNAME Cameron FORENAME James Fraser UNIT Cameron Highlanders,attached 4th Border Regiment (23Bde) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 362869 DATE OF DEATH 16th June 1946 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 2.J.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of James Melville and Euphemia...

  14. CHINDITS 1944 Byers, William

    SURNAME Byers FORENAME William UNIT 2 Bn York and Lancaster Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 3778538 DATE OF DEATH 20th June 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.B.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool son of George and Elizabeth Byers,Old...

  15. CHINDITS 1943 Burns, Daniel

    SURNAME Burns FORENAME Daniel UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3861976 DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1943 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Sp.Mem. Joint grave 9.A.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire resided Lancashire died as POW

  16. CHINDITS 1943 Burgess, Ernest Herbert

    SURNAME Burgess FORENAME Ernest Herbert UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 3780671 DATE OF DEATH 18th March 1944 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.A.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Essex resided London NW died as POW

  17. CHINDITS 1943 Burger, Edgar

    SURNAME Burger FORENAME Edgar UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5124637 DATE OF DEATH 28th September 1943 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.D.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Birmingham resided Birmingham died as POW

  18. CHINDITS 1944 Burbidge, William

    SURNAME Burbidge FORENAME William UNIT 2 Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (23 Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 4614627 DATE OF DEATH 26th June 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar Coll.grave 6.G.1-3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Oldham,Lancashire...

  19. CHINDITS 1943 Brown, Walter

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Walter UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 5116525 DATE OF DEATH 23rd April 1944 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.A.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Birmingham resided Birmingham died as POW

  20. CHINDITS 1943 Brown, Thomas

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Thomas UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3773352 DATE OF DEATH 11th August 1944 AGE 35 GRAVESITE Rangoon War Cemetery,Myanmar 5.E.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Liverpool son of William and Emelia Brown...
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