Htaukkyant World War II Cemetery

Htaukkyant World War II Cemetery, also called the British War Cemetery, is one of the biggest cemeteries in Myanmar. Located in the town of Bago, it has the graves of some 27,000 Allied troops killed in the World War II campaign in Burma.

Htaukkyant Cemetery is located slightly outside the town of Htaukkyant (also written Taukkyan) about 15km north of Yangon, on the way to Bago. In the Htaukkyant World War II Cemetery is Today the Imperial War Graves Commission maintains the grounds. The neatness of the manicured grass and well-planted flowering shrubs seems to set the cemetery apart from the rest of Myanmar. It is a place for contemplation, to discover silence and solitude.

Manicured lawn at Htaukkyant World War II Cemetery, Bago.

Inscription commemorating the deed of the troops in English, Myanma and Hindi on the monument at Htaukkyant.

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