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The Thailand-Burma Railway Historical Markers
This is a series of historical markers that mark the route and history of the railway that came to be known as the Death Railway, built by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II using Allied prisoners-of-war and conscripted Asian laborers at great loss of life.
By Jim Evans, June 18, 2013
1000 Houstonians Join the Navy Marker
1 ► Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 1,000 Houstonians Join the Navy —  |
| Near Main Street at McKinney Street when traveling south. | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Jack County, Jacksboro — 3429 — Mobilization Site of Lost Battalion — |
| On Park Road 61, 0.6 miles South Main Street (U.S. 281/380), on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 3 ► Texas, Taylor County, Abilene — Honoring E Battery Lost Battalion WWII 131st Field Artillery 2nd BN — |
| On Oak Street at S. 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Oak Street. | |||
| 4 ► Texas, Wichita County, Wichita Falls — 3130 — The Lost Battalion — |
| On 7th Street east of Travis Street, on the left when traveling east. | |||
| 5 ► Burma (Myanmar), Mon State, Mawlamyine, Thanbyuzayat — The Burma-Thailand Japanese Death Railway Began Here 1942 1943 — |
| On Thanbyuzayat-Ye Highway (National Route 8). | |||
| 6 ► Malaysia, Perak, Ipoh — Ipoh War Memorial Monument Thailand Burma Death Railway Memorial — |
| On Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab at Jalan Dato Maharajalela, on the right when traveling south on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab. | |||
| 7 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — Kanchanaburi War Cemetery / Kanchanaburi Oorlogsbegraafplaats Don Rak Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery — |
| Near Sangchuto Road. | |||
| 8 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — Memorial to Dutch Prisoners of War Gedenkteken voor Nederlandse Krijgsgevangenen The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery at Don Rak — |
| Near Sangchuto Road (National Route 323) north of Thawornwitee Road, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| 9 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — Takashi Nagase (Fujiwara) 永瀬 隆 — |
| Near Pakprak Road at Wisutarangsri Road, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| 10 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — That Valiant Company Who Perished While Building the Railway The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery at Don Rak — |
| Near Sangchuto Road (National Route 323) north of Thawornwitee Road, on the left when traveling west. | |||
| 11 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — The JEATH War Museum Forgive But Not Forget — |
| On Pakprak Rd at Wisutarangsri Road on Pakprak Rd. | |||
| 12 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — The Kanchanaburi Memorial Memorial to Indian Prisoners of War The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery at Don Rak — |
| Near Sangchuto Road (National Route 323) west of Thawornwitee Road, on the left when traveling west. | |||
| 13 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — The Tomb of 10,000 Souls Asian Victims of the Siam-Burma Death Railway Construction Wat Thavorn Wararam — |
| On Sangchuto Road (National Route 323) near Thawornwitee Road, on the right when traveling north. | |||
| 14 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Ban Tai — Tribute to Royal Dutch East Indies Army and the Royal Netherlands Navy Personnel Who Perished Ter Ere van Gesneuvelde van Het Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger en de Koninklijke Marine The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery at Don Rak — |
| On Sangshuto Road (Highway 323) north of Thawornwitee Road, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| 15 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — Burma-Thai Railway The Bridge on the River Kwai Tha Markham Relief Map of the Railway — |
| On River Kwai Road, on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 16 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — Chungkai War Cemetery 1939 1945 CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission — |
| On 3228 Road (Bannua Road), 2.1 kilometers south of Sangchuto Road (State Route 323). | |||
| 17 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — Thai-Anusorn The Japanese Memorial to Rǒmusha and Prisoners-of-War — |
| On River Kwai Road west of Myanmar Road, on the left when traveling west. | |||
| 18 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — Thai-Burma Railway Line |
| On New Zealand Aly, 0.1 kilometers north of River Kwai Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. | |||
| 19 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — The Bridge Over the River Kwae — |
| On New Zealand Alley north of River Kwai Road, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| 20 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Tha Ma Kham — VFW POW Kanchanaburi Memorial — |
| On River Kwai Road, on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 21 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Mueang Sai Yok, Tha Sao — Hellfire Pass Memorial ช่องเขาขาด ม. — |
| Near Sangchuto Road (National Route 323 at milepost 139). | |||
| 22 ► Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Mueang Sai Yok, Tha Sao — Sir Edward Weary Dunlop — |
| Near Sangchuto Road (National Route 323). | |||
| 23 ► Thailand, Ratchaburi, Ban Pong District, Ban Pong — Don Toom Gate Was Entrance to World War II Prisoners of War Camp The Thai-Burma Railroad Story Begins Here — |
| Near 160 / 3233 Sam Ngan (Local Route 3233). | |||
| 24 ► Thailand, Ratchaburi, Ban Pong District, Ban Pong, Pak Raet — Imperial Japanese Army Soldiers Memorial Chedi วัดดอนตูม — |
| Near 160 / 3233 Sam Ngam (Local Route 3233). | |||
| 25 ► Thailand, Ratchaburi, Ban Pong District, Nong Kop, Nong Pla Duk Junction — Thai-Burma Railway Starting Station 泰 緬 鉄 道 始 発 駅 รถไฟไทย-พม่า — |
| 26 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Burma Railway Memorial — |
| On Camden High Street at Eversholt Street on Camden High Street. | |||