Mainamati War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Cemetery in Comilla, Bangladesh. Nine war cemeteries have been set up in Myanmar (then Burma), Assam, and Bangladesh to commemorate the 45,000 Commonwealth soldiers killed in the war in Burma during World War II. There are two Commonwealth War Cemeteries in Bangladesh, one in Comilla and the other in Chittagong.
Tare 637 graves in the cemetery. Most of these graves are of the dead soldiers of the hospital at that time. Moreover, some bodies were transferred from different places after the war and buried here. According to the force, there are 3 sailors, 56 soldiers and 18 pilots. A total of 623 people were identified.
The people buried in Mainamati War Cemetery, Comilla were serving in the army of the country, they are:
The name of the country is the number of troops
United Kingdom 356
Canada 12
Australia 12
New Zealand 04
South Africa 01
Undivided India * 16
Rhodesia 03
East Africa 56
West Africa 6
Burma (now Myanmar) 01
Belgium 01
Poland 01
Japan 24
* "Undivided India" refers to the vast area of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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