Mainamati War Cemetery Explained

Mainamati War Cemetery
Native Name:	ময়নামতি যুদ্ধ সমাধি
Native Name Lang:	Bengali
Body:	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Established:	After World War II (1939–1945)
Coordinates:	23.487°N 91.1129°W
Nearest Town:	Comilla
Total Burials:	736
By Country:	United Kingdom – 357 Canada – 12 Australia – 12 New Zealand – 4 British Raj – 178 East Africa – 56 West Africa – 86 South Africa – 1 Burma – 1 Belgium – 1 Poland – 1 Japan – 24 Rhodesia – 3
By War:	Second World War
Source:	CWGC

The Mainamati War Cemetery (alternatively: Comilla War Cemetery) is a war cemetery and a memorial in Comilla, Bangladesh, for Second World War graves from nearby areas. The cemetery contains 736 Commonwealth burials.^{[1] [2]} It was established and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives. It is situated in the Comilla Cantonment area.^[3]

See also

• Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mainamati War Cemetery . Akhter . Nasrin . Banglapedia . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711161242/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mainamati_War_Cemetery . 2015-07-11 . 2015-07-11 .
2. Web site: Comilla War Cemetery Bangladesh . Bangladesh Travel Guide . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406122042/http://www.bdtravelguides.com/2014/04/maynamati-war-cemetery.html . 2015-04-06 . 2015-07-02 .
3. Web site: Maynamati War Cemetery . 2014-11-26 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702081908/http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/cem?cemetery=107700 . 2015-07-02 . 2015-07-02 .