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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Perak War Memorial Cenotaph at Ipoh Railway Station - Part 1


There is a war memorial at Station Square in front of Ipoh Railway Station to commemorate all those who sacrificed their lives defending the nation since World War 1 in 1914. More details about this memorial can be found at the "Roll of Honour" website here. They have a picture of the original plaque.

According to source from Ipohworld Archives (click on link),  the brass plate on the front of the Cenotaph originally read as follows:
"Memorial to the dead of the
two World Wars.

Sacred to the memory of the
men from the State of Perak
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918"


After World War 2, a marble slab was added below it carrying the words:
 "And to those who died in the 1939-1945 War".

Sometime after 1970, the local Government made a new replacement plague which reads as follows:
 "Memorial to the dead of the
two world wars.

Sacred to the memory of the
men from the state of Perak
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918

And those who died in the 1939-45 war".


The plague that I have pictured here was taken in 2009 and it reads as follows:

"IN MEMORY OF GALLENT MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES, POLICE AND CIVILLIANS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
DEFENDING THE NATIONAL DURING

THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY
1948-1965
INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION
1962-1965
THE INSURGENCY PERIOD
1972-1990".

Do you think there is a grammatical error in the fourth line? I think it should be 'nation' instead of 'national'.

This is my entry for Weekend Reflections # 38. To participate or view what others have posted for Weekend Reflections, please visit here.

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful shot, I like your reflection like a selfportrait!
    hugs ( my English is not good, sorry!) :)
    Léia - Bonjour Luxembourg

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  2. Awesome photo and capture. It does seem like the nation would be more logical.

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  3. Oops, looks like someone made a mistake. Still, a memorial to all those who sacrificed for the country is good, never mind the grammar.

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  4. Looks like someone sleeping on the job and not checking the spelling!

    I love my tea kurang manis too, I noticed that the malaysian kopi tiam are very generous with their milk/sugar.

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  5. Terrific capture and reflection! I think they've used the wrong word, too. Guess by the time anyone realized it, it was too late! Hard to erase a carved-in-stone mistake!
    Enjoy your weekend!

    Sylvia

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  6. Nice one, Belle. May we all never have the need to erect another war memorial.

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