4°51′31″N100°45′27″E / 4.85861°N 100.75750°E / 4.85861; 100.75750 near
Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Designed by
J. H. Ingram
Total burials
Over 850
Unknowns
Over 500
Burials by nation
Specific figures are not available
Burials by war
World War II: Over 850
Statistics source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Taiping War Cemetery (Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Perang Taiping) is the final resting place for Allied personnel who were killed during World War II, particularly the Malayan Campaign and the Japanese occupation of Malaya following the British occupation and colonization of Malaya. Servicemen who died after the war or during their posting in northern Malaya prior to the Malayan Emergency are also interred here. The cemetery is located in Bukit Larut, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia and was erected and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
There are more than 850 World War II casualties commemorated in this cemetery, including more than 500 who remain unidentified.
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