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TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). 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.

There are now 6,389 Second World War Commonwealth service persons buried or commemorated in this cemetery, 867 of which are 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: Henzada (1); Meiktila Cantonment (8); Thayetmyo New (5); Thamakan (4); Mandalay Military (12) and Maymyo Cantonment (22).

Taukkyan War Cemetery also contains:

The RANGOON MEMORIAL, which bears the names of almost 27,000 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaigns in Burma and who have no known grave.

The TAUKKYAN CREMATION MEMORIAL commemorating more than 1,000 Second World War casualties whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith.

The TAUKKYAN MEMORIAL which commemorates 46 servicemen of both wars who died and were buried elsewhere in Burma but whose graves could not be maintained.
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  1. CHINDITS 1944 Burrows, Horace

    SURNAME Burrows FORENAME Horace UNIT 1 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14552637 DATE OF DEATH 17th March 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 6.A.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Stoke-on-Trent son of Horace and Gladys May...

  2. CHINDITS 1944 Burgin, Frank Reginald

    SURNAME Burgin FORENAME Frank Reginald UNIT 2 Bn York and Lancaster Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 4748913 DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 13.C.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 13.02.1919, Barnsley, Yorkshire resided...

  3. CHINDITS 1944 Bryant, Trevor Llewellyn

    SURNAME Bryant FORENAME Trevor Llewellyn UNIT 1 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14594290 DATE OF DEATH 23rd June 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 14.A.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Newport,Monmouthshire resided...

  4. CHINDITS 1944 Bryant, Joseph

    SURNAME Bryant FORENAME Joseph UNIT 1 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 3131185 DATE OF DEATH 14th June 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 14.D.24 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lanarkshire resided Portsmouth,Hampshire son of William...

  5. CHINDITS 1944 Bryant, Henry John

    SURNAME Bryant FORENAME Henry John UNIT 1 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 4038325 DATE OF DEATH 22nd March 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 6.B.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 17.04.1920, Herefordshire son of Henry and...

  6. CHINDITS 1944 Bryant, Ernest Albert

    SURNAME Bryant FORENAME Ernest Albert UNIT 2 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (16 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 5439596 DATE OF DEATH 13th April 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 14.C.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Bristol son of Charles Henry and Lillian...

  7. CHINDITS 1944 Brown, Walter Stanley

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Walter Stanley UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 3718949 DATE OF DEATH 28th March 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 7.F.21 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool son of William and Priscilla...

  8. CHINDITS 1944 Brown, Peter Debetham

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Peter Debetham UNIT 1 Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (111 Ind.Bde) RANK Rifleman NUMBER 3193527 DATE OF DEATH 15th May 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.B.18 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Newcastle-on-Tyne son of Emma Debetham...

  9. CHINDITS 1944 Brown, Murdoch

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Murdoch UNIT 2 Bn Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (14 Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 2755535 DATE OF DEATH 6th May 1944 AGE 33 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 7.C.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 1920, Dundee, UK father Murdoch McIntosh Brown...

  10. CHINDITS 1944 Britnell, George

    SURNAME Britnell FORENAME George UNIT 2 Bn Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (16 Bde) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5384256 DATE OF DEATH 26th March 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 14.B.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Buckinghamshire son of Henry James...

  11. CHINDITS 1944 Bright, Thomas William

    SURNAME Bright FORENAME Thomas William UNIT 45th Reconnaissance Regiment,R.A.C. (16 Bde) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 6475028 DATE OF DEATH 18th April 1944 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 13.F.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London SW resided London SW son of Henry...

  12. CHINDITS 1944 Brierley, Arthur

    SURNAME Brierley FORENAME Arthur UNIT 267th Battery,69th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,Royal Artillery RANK Bombardier NUMBER 1803408 DATE OF DEATH 18th March 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 7.F.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire son of Thomas...

  13. CHINDITS 1944 Brewer, Cyril Charles

    SURNAME Brewer FORENAME Cyril Charles UNIT 7 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14529075 DATE OF DEATH 18th July 1944 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 13.J.19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Merthyr Tydfil,Glamorgan resided Worcestershire...

  14. CHINDITS 1944 Brereton, Joseph

    SURNAME Brereton FORENAME Joseph UNIT 45th Reconnaissance Regiment,R.A.C. (16 Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 4196492 DATE OF DEATH 26th March 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 14.A.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Cheshire resided Cheshire son of Harold and...

  15. CHINDITS 1944 Breakspear, Frank Stanley

    SURNAME Breakspear FORENAME Frank Stanley UNIT 7 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 2145574 DATE OF DEATH 13th May 1944 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.C.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Wolverhampton resided Wolverhampton

  16. CHINDITS 1944 Bradley, Alexander

    SURNAME Bradley FORENAME Alexander UNIT 45th Reconnaissance Regiment,R.A.C. (16 Bde) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 6977220 DATE OF DEATH 18th April 1944 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 13.B.22 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Irish Republic resided Tyrone former Royal...

  17. CHINDITS 1944 Bowie, William Henry

    SURNAME Bowie FORENAME William Henry UNIT 2 Bn Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (14 Bde) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 172302 DATE OF DEATH 12th July 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.E.21 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Dundee son of William and Jessie K...

  18. CHINDITS 1944 Booker, Charles George Thomas

    SURNAME Booker FORENAME Charles George Thomas UNIT 1 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Fusilier NUMBER 5627592 DATE OF DEATH 24th June 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 13.K.18 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Kent resided Kent

  19. CHINDITS 1944 Boog, Clyde George Oswald

    SURNAME Boog FORENAME Clyde George Oswald UNIT 13th Frontier Force Rifles,att Burma Rifles RANK Captain NUMBER IEC/7907 DATE OF DEATH 22nd July 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar 6.E.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION not certain if serving with Chindits 2 Bn Burma...

  20. CHINDITS 1944 Bondonno, Domenico

    SURNAME Bondonno FORENAME Domenico UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14200013 DATE OF DEATH 28th March 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar 7.F.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London SW resided London W son of Luigi and...
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