:Chittagong War Cemetery

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This cemetery was established to honor Commonwealth soldiers and others who died in World War II. The cemetery was created by the British Army, and there were originally about 400 burials. Graves have since been transferred to this cemetery from the Lushai Hills (Assam) and other isolated sites, and from Chittagong Civil Cemetery; Chandragona Baptist Mission Cemetery; Chiringa Military Cemetery; Cox's Bazar New Military and Civil (Muhammadan) Cemeteries; Chittagong (Panchalaish) Burial Ground; Dacca Military Cemetery; Demagiri Cemetery; Dhuapolong Muslim Burial Ground; Dhuapolong Christian Military Cemetery; Dohazari Military and R.A.F. Cemeteries; Jessore Protestant Cemetery; Khulna Cemetery; Khurushkul Island Christian and Muhammadan Cemeteries; Lungleh Cemetery (Assam); Nawapara Cemetery (Assam); Patiya Military Cemetery, Rangamati Cemetery; Tejgaon Roman Catholic Cemetery; Tumru Ghat Military Cemetery and Tumru M.D.S. Hospital Cemetery.

There are now 731 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, 17 of which are unidentified.

There are a further 20 foreign national burials, 1 being a seaman of the Dutch Navy and 19 Japanese soldiers, 1 of which is unidentified. There are also 4 non-war U.K. military burials.

File:Panorama of Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery (13103460493).jpg

Chittagong War Cemetery is located at Dampara, 19 Badsha Mia Road, 22 kilometers north of the airport and 8 kilometers from the port. The place which was formerly paddy fields, now then been developed.{{cite web|title=Chittagong War Cemetery|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2015700/chittagong-war-cemetery/|website=CEGC|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|access-date=16 January 2018}} It is near the arts college and closes by Finlay's Guest Houses near Chatteshwari Road; a well-known road leading to the Chatteshwari Temple. There is no CWGC road direction sign.

The burial area is situated at the bottom of a slope directly behind Finlay's Guest Houses and is surrounded by a large area planted with a mixture of jungle trees, fruit trees, and flowering trees. A tarmac lane leads from the entrance gate to the burial area which is entered through a metal gate flanked by two small brick chapels.

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File:Tombstone of William L. Donaldson - Indian Civil Service - CWCC.jpg

There are now 731 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War (1939–45) here, 17 of which are unidentified.

• United Kingdom – 471
• British Raj – 207
• Canada – 25
• Australia – 9
• New Zealand – 2
• Netherlands – 1
• Unknown – 18Statistics source: [http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/18878/Commonwealth-War-Cemetery-Chittagong.htm TraceofWar]

Along with the commonwealth graves, there are graves of 20 more foreign nationals—19 Japanese soldiers and a Dutch Navy seaman.{{cite news |last=Dey|first=A. B.|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/chattograms-uncommon-tourist-attraction-war-cemetery-1856113|title=Chattogram’s uncommon tourist attraction: a war cemetery|work=The Daily Star|date=19 January 2020|access-date=19 January 2020}}

File:Entrance of Chittagong War Cemetery.JPG|Entrance

File:Chittagong War Cemetery View.jpg|Entrance road

File:War cemetary7.jpg|Portal of the cemetery

File:Plaque at Entrance to Chittagong War Cemetery (13103334135).jpg|Plaque at entrance

File:Cemetery Register, Chittagong War Cemetery (01).jpg|Cemetery Register

File:War Cemetery Chittagong (5).JPG|Memorial register

File:Page containing name of sailors and merchant seamen.JPG|Page containing name of sailors and merchant seamen at the cemetery register

File:Burials at CWCC (07).jpg|Burials and cross, font view

File:War cemetary1.jpg|Burials and the Cross of Sacrifice

File:War cemetary6.jpg|Burials and cross

File:War Cemetery in chittagong (4).jpg|Burials, side view

File:Burials at CWCC (2).jpg|Burials and cross

File:Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery Prayer House.JPG|Prayer house

File:War Cemetery Chittagong (12).JPG|Description plaque at the cemetery prayer house

File:War Cemetery View From Entrance.jpg|War Cemetery Entrance View

• Maynamati War Cemetery

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• {{cwgc cemetery|2015700}}
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• Kaj Metz, [http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/18878/Commonwealth-War-Cemetery-Chittagong.htm Trace of war]
• [http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/cem?cemetery=2015700 Chittagong War Cemetery]

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