Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Kranji War Memorial


[Kranji War Memorial]

honours the men from
Britain
Australia
Canada
Sri Lanka
India
Malay
Netherlands
New Zealand
who gave their lives for freedom in World War II.
They are not people who just to fill the world.


[THEY DIED FOR ALL FREEMAN]
Marked graves of 4,000 servicemen who died during the Japanese Occupation stand in neat rows on manicured lawns.
Another 24,000 names of soldiers and airforce men who died but whose bodies were never recovered are inscribed on 12 columns.



[Tomb of the Warriors]

Kranji War Cemetery began as a hospital burial ground during the Japanese Occupation and became a military cemetery after the war.


[Respecting Warriors]

Bodies of servicemen buried in other parts of Singapore were exhumed and reburied here.
The area is also the burial ground of Singapore's first two presidents.


[May God Be With Them]


[Marked Graves Of 4,000 Servicemen]


[Rest In Peace Our Savior]

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