AsiaWarGraves.com is a non-profit, charity-driven resource dedicated to preserving the memory of those who served and died in the First and Second World Wars. We provide free access to original photographs of headstones and memorials across Asia. supporting historians, researchers, and family members seeking to remember and document wartime casualties. Our content is carefully catalogued and described to ensure it is accessible, accurate, and easily understood by both visitors and AI-powered research tools, helping to keep these historical records available for future generations
About 18 years ago, and prior to my 2nd visit to Myanmar/Burma, I used various forums on the internet in order to collect data that would assist me with my proposed travel itinerary.
Information (up-to-date?) covering such topics as internal flights, accommodation facilities, exchange rates, transport via road/rail, general costs of meals etc, was very difficult to come-by but the responses I got from the various travel-forums was such that it gave me the confidence to move ahead with my visit.
Aside from receiving emails from fellow-travelers covering the above topics, I was surprised to receive an additional c40 emails requesting images of graves/names-on-memorials from the 3 CWGC cemeteries located inside Myanmar: Rangoon, Taukkyan and Thanbyuzayat. All these requests were from family members/relatives, historians and researchers and they all included comments such as;
…Is it possible that you could…
…If you visit such-and-such a cemetery could you possibly….
…His Mother/Father/Siblings have never seen an image of his grave/engraved name – could you possibly…
I’m pleased to say that I fulfilled all c40 requests and the experience in doing-so made me aware of how many people – unable to travel due to age, health, costs, family commitments, political restrictions – are desperate for such images. The people I have spoken to whilst visiting these cemeteries and equally, communicating with, when making requests for images via emails, have made the whole experience worthwhile!
Since 2008, I have gone on to visit an additional 20 countries (Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, Brunei, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Israel, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Philippines, Lebanon) and, to-date, have taken images covering c210,000+ graves/names-on-memorials. Over a 18 year period (Jan 2008-Dec 2025) I have distributed images covering 59,000+ graves/names-on-memorials. Many are requests for single images and others involve requests for multiple images covering numbers as high as 500+ graves and 1500+ names-on-memorials. Over 65% of all requests are for names-on-memorials and I place a great deal of time and effort in photographing memorials – no matter how big or small.
“This site focuses on casualties of World War I and World War II, particularly war graves and memorials located across Asia.”
A free, charity-driven archive of WW1 and WW2 war graves, headstones, and memorials across Asia. Helping families, historians, and researchers access original images and preserve remembrance.
Tony Buckley (Phnom Penh 2017) Image by Nataly (Latvia)
email contact details here: nt872b(at)hotmail.com
Contact link for my Humanitarian and NGO groups via LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyjfbuckley
Channel Link to YouTube-TonyBuckley – showing videos taken inside various cemeteries.
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