Kranji War Cemetery

During the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II, the Kranji War Cemetery was established as a hospital burial ground.

Before 1939, the Kranji area was a military camp, and it housed a massive munition depot during the Japanese invasion of Malaya. The Japanese entered the Johore Straits in force on February 8, 1942, landing at the entrance of the Kranji River, just two miles from where the military cemetery presently sits.

They began an attack between the river and the causeway on the evening of February 9th. During the next few days, furious warfare erupted, with many of the battles being fought hand to hand, until their much superior troops and air power forced a retreat.

Following the island's collapse, the Japanese erected a prisoner of war camp in Kranji, and a hospital at Woodlands was subsequently established nearby.

Following the war, the hospital burial ground was converted into a veterans' cemetery, and today, Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore's Kranji district contains 4,458 marked graves.

The servicemen and women who fought for Singapore's independence during World War II are buried here, with about 900 of them unidentified. Kranji War Cemetery also has 64 World War I graves, many of which were relocated to the cemetery at a later period.

Some of Singapore's presidents are buried in Kranji War Cemetery, including the country's first two presidents, Inche Yusuf bin Ishak and Benjamin Henry Sheares. The Kranji War Cemetery is located next to the Kranji War Memorial, which honors soldiers who served Singapore during WWII.

Opening Hours:8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Address:9 Woodlands Road, Singapore 738656