Category:Civilian War Memorial, Singapore

The Memorial to the Civilian Victims of the Japanese Occupation, commonly known as the Civilian War Memorial, is located at Beach Road, Singapore 881023, in the 1.4-hectare War Memorial Park in the Civic District which is bounded by Beach Road, Bras Basah Road, Nicoll Highway and Stamford Road. Designed by architectural firm Swan and Maclaren and built between 1966 and 1967, it consists of four 67-metre tall tapering columns of reinforced concrete which represent Singapore's four main ethnic groups – Chinese, Indians, Malays and others. The columns are joined by a platform at the base, which symbolizes the "merging of four streams of culture into one, and the unity of all races". A black stone urn on the platform symbolically represents the remains of civilian war victims. The sides of the platform bear the inscription "Memorial to the Civilian Victims of the Japanese Occupation 1942–1945" in the four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.

The memorial was unveiled by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 15 February 1967. It was gazetted as a national monument on 15 August 2013, the 68th anniversary of the ending of World War II on 15 August 1945.

Reference

The National Heritage Board Gazettes the Civilian War Memorial: Remembering the Sacrifices of our Forefathers during the Japanese Occupation (PDF). National Heritage Board (16 August 2013).

See also category: Cenotaph, Singapore.

Civilian War Memorial

Memorial in Singapore to civilians killed during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II

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war memorial

Location

Downtown Core, Central Region, Singapore

Heritage designation

National monuments of Singapore

Map

1° 17′ 34.58″ N, 103° 51′ 17.42″ E

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