| Singapore War Memorial, Kranji Tanah Perkuburan Perang Kranji 克兰芝阵亡战士公坟 கிராஞ்சி போர் நினைவு | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Netherlands | |
 Panoramic view of Kranji War Memorial | |
| For the dead of World War II | |
| Unveiled | 1946 |
| Location | 01°24′44″N 103°45′22″E / 1.41222°N 103.75611°E near |
On the walls of this memorial are recorded the names of twenty-four thousand soldiers and airmen of many races united in service to the British crown who gave their lives in Malaya and neighbouring lands and seas and in the air over southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific but to whom the fortune of war denied the customary rites accorded to their comrades in death THEY DIED FOR ALL FREE MEN | |
The Kranji War Memorial (Chinese: 克兰芝阵亡战士公坟; Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Perang Kranji; Tamil: கிராஞ்சி போர் நினைவு) is located at 9 Woodlands Road, in Kranji in northern Singapore. Dedicated to the men and women from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, Malaya, the Netherlands and New Zealand who died defending Singapore and Malaya against the invading Japanese forces during World War II, it comprises the War Graves, the Memorial Walls, the State Cemetery, and the Military Graves.