Our Glorious Dead
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Does anyone still care? How many knows what this monument is for?
Yes, they all died in vain....
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That's the 88 year old cenotaph to commemorate 124 Singapore-resident war dead in world war 1. The other recognisable monument is the civilian war memorial.
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While others conveniently "collaborated" with the Japanese, there were quite a few honorable Singaporeans who died fighting against the Japanese murderers who swept across China and Southeast Asian countries.
One such hero was a gentle person in his mid-30s and a conscientious activists taking responsibility to improve life of society - he was ‘Lim Bo Seng’
In ‘1944 – he was known as The Hero of Force 136’ and his reputation became legendary in his personal endurance under brutal torture by the Japanese Kempetai Secret Police - who tried to extract information from him but got nothing.
He died in the hands of the Japanese.
After the war, a pagoda-like memorial was erected at the Esplanade Park, and his grave remains on a small hill at MacRitchie Resevoir - where one can see many Tai Chi practitioners exercising every morning.
Lim Bo Seng Memorial at the Esplanade Park
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Originally posted by weasel1962:
That's the 88 year old cenotaph to commemorate 124 Singapore-resident war dead in world war 1. The other recognisable monument is the civilian war memorial.
was there any depiction on where were they were deployed ? or which battle they fought other than WWI? -
Originally posted by Arapahoe:
was there any depiction on where were they were deployed ? or which battle they fought other than WWI?
If you view this website (which is linked in the wiki website)http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Overseas/SingaporeCenotaph.html
It does indicate some history of the 124 including where they fell but its not complete. The cenotaph, as the link states, only has the names.
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nowadays the youngsters where got care a damn about all this monuments............their ipods and handphones more important lah.....................
as for monuments, they might erect one if their pet poodle or chihuahua were to die........
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I remember one time in Sec school where our history teacher bring us to to war memorials and the cemetery for excursions. i remembered thinking some of the places might be a cool place for me to skateboard.
These days, excursions could only mean going overseas trekking or some inate art gallery or some shit like that. Couldn't blame the teachers. most of them are young and have not lived through WW2 or the Emergency period.