Remembering War Heroes at Maynamati War Cemetery
Maynamati : Comilla : Bangladesh
Prologue
Recently I have few times to roam to the middle Eastern part of Bangladesh, in this hectic schedule. I revisit some of my old day traveled places, like many other tour I miss my camera to take some good snaps around, but did not delay to collect my clicks by others cellphone VGA cameras. This time I pay homage to the World War II heroes, visiting the War Cemetery at Maynamati, Comilla.
Recently I have few times to roam to the middle Eastern part of Bangladesh, in this hectic schedule. I revisit some of my old day traveled places, like many other tour I miss my camera to take some good snaps around, but did not delay to collect my clicks by others cellphone VGA cameras. This time I pay homage to the World War II heroes, visiting the War Cemetery at Maynamati, Comilla.
"Before the war Maynamati was a hamlet of a few dozen huts, but during
the war a large military camp was established there. Several ordnance
depots and a number of military hospitals, both British and Indian, were
in the area, including Nos. 14 and 150 British General Hospitals; and
the majority of the burials in Maynamati War Cemetery were from the
various hospitals. Graves from isolated places in the surrounding
country, and some from as far afield as Burma, were moved into the
cemetery by the Army Graves Service and later on by the Commission; and
it was found necessary to transfer also graves from small cemeteries at
Dacca, Faridpur, Paksay, Saidpur, Santahan and Sirajgany, where they
could not be maintained.
The cemetery was started by the Army and laid out by the garrison engineer. It is dominated by a small flat-topped hill crowned with indigenous flowering and evergreen trees. Between the entrance and this hill lie the Christian graves, and on the far side of it are the Muslim graves. On a terrace about half-way up the hill, facing the entrance, stands the Cross of Sacrifice, and on the other side a shelter looks over the Muslim graves to a tree-framed view of the countryside beyond."
This place is quite calm,there is no hassle around. CWGC mentioned that there are some 700 hundred casualties engraved here, exact figure is 737.
Other Trivia
Most of the war heroes are young soldiers within the age range of 18-25 of various religions, while civilians around 40. A large cross make the center piece of this grave yard. This is the second World War II, graveyard in Bangladesh, other one is situated in Chittagong. Muslim casualties are graved on the mound of the grave yard. This cemetery is the rare place which have the grave of Jews. 23 unknown soldiers has been buried here. Each tombstone of marble and mosaic carries the name of the deceased and some information about the origin of the person and the regiment he belonged to. In this cemetery lie the bodies of British, African, Indian, Australian and Japanese.
Google Map | Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Under a canopy of indigenous flowering and evergreen trees such as teak, gold mohur or flamboyant and mountain ebony -- serene, sombre and peaceful -- dominated by a small flat-topped hill, lies the graves of 737 soldiers.[Mysyed]
The cemetery was started by the Army and laid out by the garrison engineer. It is dominated by a small flat-topped hill crowned with indigenous flowering and evergreen trees. Between the entrance and this hill lie the Christian graves, and on the far side of it are the Muslim graves. On a terrace about half-way up the hill, facing the entrance, stands the Cross of Sacrifice, and on the other side a shelter looks over the Muslim graves to a tree-framed view of the countryside beyond."
Other Trivia
Most of the war heroes are young soldiers within the age range of 18-25 of various religions, while civilians around 40. A large cross make the center piece of this grave yard. This is the second World War II, graveyard in Bangladesh, other one is situated in Chittagong. Muslim casualties are graved on the mound of the grave yard. This cemetery is the rare place which have the grave of Jews. 23 unknown soldiers has been buried here. Each tombstone of marble and mosaic carries the name of the deceased and some information about the origin of the person and the regiment he belonged to. In this cemetery lie the bodies of British, African, Indian, Australian and Japanese.
Google Map | Commonwealth War Graves Commission
1 comment:
737 different stories sleeping right there :(
737 families cried/still crying for them from thousands of miles away...
Sigh :/
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