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The area features the campuses of Yokohama International School, Saint Maur International School and Ferris University. Additionally: Harbour View Park; Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery established in 1859, contains graves and memorials to many prominent members of the Bakumatsu and Meiji Period foreign community. There is also a small museum ...
The Yokohama War Cemetery is the only location cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Japan, although a memorial to Commonwealth service personnel from the First World War, unveiled in 1922 by Edward, Prince of Wales, is to be found at the historic Foreign General Cemetery in Yamate, Naka-ku, Yokohama. The cemetery is a venue ...
This is a list of memorials in Singapore: Bukit Batok Memorial [1] The Cenotaph; Civilian War Memorial; Merlion; Elephant statue at the Old Parliament House; Dalhousie Obelisk; Former Indian National Army Monument; Kranji War Memorial; Lim Bo Seng Memorial; Nanyang University Memorial; Raffles' Landing Site Statue; Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial ...
During the Japanese Empire's occupation of Singapore during the Pacific War (1942–1945), thousands of ethnic Chinese were killed in the Sook Ching massacre. In an effort to remove anti-Japanese elements in Singapore, Chinese men between the ages of 18 and 50 were to report to the Kempeitai, the Imperial Japanese Army military police. The ...
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Singapore (1 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Singapore" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery. Kobe originally had two foreign cemeteries. One, Onohama, located in the foreign settlement, the other located in Kasugano.. In the early 1950s, the Kobe City Government began relocating all foreigners' graves to a new Foreigners' Cemetery, the Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery (神戸市立外国人墓地), in Futatabi Park in the hills high above the city.
When the bodies were unearthed in 1962 in various places, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) decided to gather the remains and create a memorial for them. On 15 June 1963, in a monumental ceremony attended by VIPs , inter-religious organisations, community leaders and many others, the then Prime Minister officiated ...