There is a war memorial located in the vicinity of the Ipoh Railway Station park. To be exact, it is just in front of The Majestic Station Hotel.
The memorial site is made up of solid stone slabs. It is very likely that this memorial was erected by the British during the colonial era to commemorate their soldiers who were stationed in Perak who gave their lives during the World War II.
This bronze plaque kind of confirmed my first assessment that the memorial is a dedication for the British soldiers during World War II
This bronze plaque kind of confirmed my first assessment that the memorial is a dedication for the British soldiers during World War II
After Malaysia gained independence, a new plaques were added to the memorial to pay homage to the brave men of Perak who fell in World War I & II. The members of the armed forces, police and civilians are also not forgotten; who sacrificed their lives protecting the nation during the Malayan Emergency (Darurat), Indonesian Confrontation and The Re-Insurgency Period.
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this is nice place. will go again this December and this time with all my family.
did you incur a lot of casualties during world war Falcon?
i must go and watch out for all these plaques .. thanks for sharing again.. anywhere else u went while in IPOH?
Nice. I didn't get the chance to visit this memorial back then.
Staying in Ipoh also I don't even know about it, *pai sei...
Thanks for sharing about this war memorial. I seldom go visit memorial when I am in Ipoh!
well..i hvn't visited that yet..
Pusang Gala: I don't think we suffer casualties back in the great wars.
reanaclaire: We basically explore Ipoh old town and Greentown on foot. We had limited time in Ipoh
White man always have better treatment and people do look up on them a lot even they are nobody. Sigh...
that monument is quite notable. landmarks like this are really interesting.
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