Day 3 of our Battlefield Tour War Graves, . . Digboi: The Digboi War Cemetery was built and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Located 1.5 kms away from Digboi town, the cemetery has about 200 burials mostly of British soldiers who laid their lives during World War II. During the Second World War the state of Assam, in India's Eastern Command, was an operational area of the Burma Campaign. Digboi, in the north-eastern corner of the state, near the Burmese border and on the road to Ledo, was on the lines of communication, and a military hospital was established there. . . Digboi War Cemetery was started for burials from the hospital and at the end of the war contained 70 burials. Later, the Army Graves Service brought in further graves from burial grounds in Panitola, Jorhat, Margherita, Tinsukia and Ledo, where permanent maintenance could not be assured, and one from the US Military Cemetery at Shingvuoiyang in Burma. . . Originally the cemetery stood on a small spur rising sharply from the main road, but an earthquake in 1950 caused cracks and subsidence, one fissure extending the full length of the cemetery. Subsequent landslides occasioned by heavy rains, particularly in 1953, so endangered the cemetery that it became necessary to move the graves to the present site which is not likely to be affected by erosion. . . The cemetery now contains 200 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. _________________________________ #battlefieldtour #AlternativeExperiences #eventourstravels #WarStories #savingprivateryan #playwright #genehackman #andreitarkovsky #ww2history #undergroundfilm #historynerd #filmcritic #dennishopper #coldwar #SWW #Burma #Myanmar #Taukkyan #Rangoon #Memorial #CWGC #WeAreCWGC #LeagacyOfLiberation #shareyourtribute #Cemetery #Memorial #BattlefieldStories _________________________________ Be a part of our stories As the planet is taking time to heal, and the thing that we love most TRAVEL is restrained currently, let us hope for a better future and keep the good vibes coming in . Please take time to go through our social profiles: Facebook - gearupfornortheastindia Facebook - eventourstravels Instagram - (at Digboi War Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAQC-2HScP/?igshid=ytml7y1ye6yx
