Imphal War Cemetery

This Military cemetery  is located in Imphal, the capital city of Manipur state just about 10 km east from the Imphal Tulihal International Airport.
The cemetery was designed by Colin St Clair Oakes. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, this is the final resting place for 1600 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces who sacrificed their lives during the Second World War. Of which many are from the commomwealth countries. 1300 from the United Kingdom, 220 from India, 40 from East Africa, 10 from Canada, 10 from West Africa, 10 from Burma(Myanmar) and 5 from Australia.

Imphal was the battlefield of the war between the Japanese Army and the Commonwealth Forces during 1944 (WWII).

At first the cemetery had 950 burials of war soldiers, by the end of WWII, other smaller burial places from around Imphal were shifted to this particular cemetery taking the total war burials to a total of 1600.

The entrance gate of the cemetery.

The entrance pathway which is approximately 200 meters from the main road(highway). 

Imphal War Cemetery is open every day 09:00 am -04:30 pm (March-September) and 09:00 am -16:00 pm (October-February).

The focal point of the cemetery is a concrete cross which is called The Cross of Sacrifice.

The entry gate view from inside the cemetery

The information board about the cemetery's history.

As you enter the cemetery, you will notice the burial layout is separated into two (your right and left side).
This view would be on your left as you enter looking towards west.

This view would be on your right side as you enter and you will be facing towards the east side.

There are no pavements between the rows of graves which is unique to all CWGC maintained cemetery.

All the headstones are equal in size and have a uniform plot distribution.

There is always a peaceful feel to the design of the cemetery, almost like a park.

The cemetery has very minimum fenching with lows hedges.

All the headstones have at least one or more flower plants beside them.

An unidentified soldier's resting place of the war..