2009

SK1814 : Burma Railway Memorial

taken 14 years ago, near to Alrewas, Staffordshire, England

Burma Railway Memorial
Burma Railway Memorial
The 258-mile railway between between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar) was built by the Japanese during World War II to support their Burma campaign. This memorial has been constructed by the Kwai Railway Memorial Group (Three Pagodas Group) from thirty metres of the original rails and sleepers, returned from Thailand in HMS Northumberland in 2002. It forms a permanent tribute to the 60,000 POWS and 180,000 locals who constructed the infamous 'Railway of Death', of which around 106,000 died.
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Category: Memorial > Memorial
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. ·
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SK1814, 1478 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Trevor Rickard   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 31 October, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 4 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 182 146 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:43.7567N 1:43.9160W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 182 146
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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