The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who, under Japanese occupation, were forced to work on the "death railway" between Thailand ...

The real story of what came to be known as the Burma Death Railway is far grislier than any movie could make it, and the ways that the prisoners who built it managed to stay alive is a fascinating ...

The Thai-Burma Railway cut through thick jungles ... but they believe it is crucial to preserving the full history of the death railway. "We find fragments, rusted tools, railway spikes, pieces ...

The Death Railway in Thailand isn’t just a historic site; it’s a poignant reminder of sacrifice, resilience, and a testimony to human endurance. Officially called the Burma Railway, this 415 ...

group wants to cremate the remains of 106 Tamil Rōmusha workers from Malaya who worked on the Burma Railway, better known as the "Death Railway", during the Second World War, currently on display ...

Tragically, during the construction of projects like the infamous Death Railway (Siam-Burma Railway) in neighbouring countries during the Japanese occupation, an estimated 45,000 workers perished ...

Even as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school at 14 he had worked with wood, first on the ...

Jack was taken to Changi prison camp in Singapore but at the beginning of 1943 he was sent to work on the Burma railway, often called the Death Railway. About 12,000 Allied prisoners died during ...

His father, Arch Flanagan, was a survivor of the infamous Thai-Burma Death Railway, built during World War II by Allied prisoners of war under harrowing conditions.