Chong Kai War Cemetery
Chong Kai War Cemetery
4.5
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Chungkai was one of the base camps on the Burma-Siam railway and contained a hospital and church built by Allied prisoners of war. The war cemetery is the original burial ground started by the prisoners themselves, and the burials are mostly of men who died at the hospital. There are now 1,426 Commonwealth and 313 Dutch burials of the Second World War in this cemetery.
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Simon L
Bangkok, Thailand50 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
These sites are well maintained and with CWG Commonwealth War Graves and are sureal place to come and pay your respects and to understand the scale of the sacrifice and toll this railway had when construction by POW in WWII.
Take you time and walk around and absorb the amount of young men who perished. It's a place to get a great understanding of the toll for the Death Railway
Take you time and walk around and absorb the amount of young men who perished. It's a place to get a great understanding of the toll for the Death Railway
Written 29 October 2023
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CFCNick0110
London, UK24 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
An opportunity for my GF and I to pay our respects to the thousand of allied troops murdered in the building of the Death Railway
Spotless, and wonderfully kept, the war graves commission should be commended
Harrowing to see the ages and numbers of those who lost their lives
Spotless, and wonderfully kept, the war graves commission should be commended
Harrowing to see the ages and numbers of those who lost their lives
Written 18 April 2019
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michalprgbxl
Prague, Czech Republic54 contributions
Jan 2017 • Friends
We first saw the cemetery, then rode on the railway and rounded the trip up with a short hike in the Hellfire Pass. The cemetery definitely puts things in perspective.
Written 7 January 2017
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Langton1022
Hanoi, Vietnam3 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
Vey moving place and exceptionally well maintained. It is of some comfort to me that these men are now at peace in such a wonderful place so far removed from the horrors that they endured.
Please leave your Selfie sticks at the gate
Please leave your Selfie sticks at the gate
Written 29 October 2015
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Louise H
Edinburgh, UK24 contributions
Feb 2015 • Solo
Situated on the original site of Chungkai camp's cemetery. A very peaceful place to reflect on how fortunate we are not to be living in those hard times and the sacrifices that were made during WWII by so many. Well worth a visit, as is seeing the nearby railway cutting.
Written 28 October 2015
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Frank C
Satellite Beach, FL35 contributions
Nov 2019
Quiet, well tended, beautiful resting place for some of those who during the building of the death railroad. Please see it it if in Kanchanaburi
Written 18 December 2019
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davidevanwilliams
London, UK83 contributions
Oct 2019
Well kept and lovingly looked after war graves cemetery. Just outside the Death Railway Museum. Just look at at the ages of all the young men who died!
Written 9 November 2019
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igbob
Milton Keynes, UK15 contributions
Jan 2019
Very well tended garden of remembrance from a bygone era where not only British troops faught but trops from many nations. These people are individually buried with poignant inscriptions over their last resting place. To say it brought a tear to my eye would be an understatement as some of the graves hold teenage warriors who should have been enjoying their youth and not facing the harsh realities of war and the ultimate sacrifice!
Written 7 August 2019
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J Ng
18 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
The cemetery is well kept. Gravestones are set in an orderly manner. One of the gravestones engraved with a touching note which reads " IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND "UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN" ". Maybe, the management should consider provision of a few parking spaces on the site.
Written 7 June 2019
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Herve
Bangkok, Thailand21 contributions
Jun 2018
This place is so peaceful, even nearby main road.
Been there several times, with firends who visited Thailand.
This place is a must go.
So emotional moment there
Been there several times, with firends who visited Thailand.
This place is a must go.
So emotional moment there
Written 8 April 2019
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What tour would we need to book to make sure we visit Chungkai war cemetery ? My Grandfather is buried there so we want to visit there as well as the fall and death railway and museums .
Written 31 October 2019
What you have stated is easily done in a day, but better done in two and with an overnight stay. Then you would have time to ride the train on the railway and spend time at Erawan Waterfalls, otherwise you will just be rushing from one spot to the next.
Written 1 November 2019
My great uncle is buried here,is there a list of names of those buried here!
Written 14 December 2018
Hi, yes as you walk through the entrance arch there is a small cupboard on your left, there is a book with a list of names and grave sites in it.
Written 14 December 2018
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