Burma Railway Memorial
This memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum commemorates the 60,000 POWS and 180,000 locals who constructed the infamous Burma Railway 'Railway of Death', of which around 106,000 died. It is constructed from the original rails and sleepers.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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- Sumatra Railway Memorial - Alrewas
- Burma Star Association Memorial - Alrewas
- Far East Prisoners of War Memorial Building - Alrewas
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Stephen Churchyard - Fradley
- Commonwealth War Graves St. James Churchyard - Barton-under-Needwood
- Commonwealth War Grave St. Peter Churchyard - Elford
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