Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
- Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is the main POW cemetery associated with victims of the Burma Railway. It is located in the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 6,982 POWs are buried there, mostly British and Dutch.
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