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During the First World War, there was a camp for Turkish Prisoners of War at Shwebo. | During the First World War, there was a camp for Turkish Prisoners of War at Shwebo. | ||
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*St Luke’s Shwebo 1887.<ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87] ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref> Church of England. This church was possibly the Cantonment Church, or the Cantonment Church may have been an additional church. | |||
*All Saints SPG Mission Church. Church of England. A stone church, probably constructed after 1899, following a fire which deserted almost all the mission buildings.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/christianmission00pursiala#page/132/mode/2up Page 132] ''Christian Missions in Burma'' by W C B Purser, Missionary of Kemendine, Rangoon 1911 Archive.org</ref> | |||
==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwebo Shwebo] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwebo Shwebo] Wikipedia | ||
*[https://plus.google.com/photos/114540553936994679798/albums/5919592746965711777 Photograph collection: Dio Church, Shwebo] by sarthit medhasith Suksumret Google+Photos. From one of the photographs of a foundation stone, this church may have previously been All Saints Church. | |||
*[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704723104576061931702951172 Photograph: Hospital Shwebo with Different Descriptions of Ambulances, 1887 – 1897] by Felice Beato. Wall Street Journal. This photograph was included in an exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum <ref> [http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/beato/beato_checklist.pdf Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road], photograph 114, exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum</ref> | *[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704723104576061931702951172 Photograph: Hospital Shwebo with Different Descriptions of Ambulances, 1887 – 1897] by Felice Beato. Wall Street Journal. This photograph was included in an exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum <ref> [http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/beato/beato_checklist.pdf Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road], photograph 114, exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum</ref> | ||
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/galleryaccommodation01.htm Photographs: Accommodation for Soldiers and Officers: Colonial Buildings of the 19th Century] Scroll down for two photographs of Shwebo c 1906. King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_317.gif "Shwebo District"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 22, page 311. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_317.gif "Shwebo District"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 22, page 311. | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 2 June 2015
Shwebo was the headquarters of the District of the same name in Upper Burma, situated in 22° 35' N. and 95° 42' E., on the Sagaing-Myitkyina railway, about sixty five miles north west by rail from Mandalay. It is located between the Irrawaddy and Mu rivers, 16½ miles west of Kyaukmyaung on the Irrawaddy.
There was a cantonment, established in 1888, located to the north-east of the town on high ground.
The stone S.P.G. church was situated in the north-west.corner of the town, and the Roman Catholic church in the south-east corner.
During the First World War, there was a camp for Turkish Prisoners of War at Shwebo.
Churches
- St Luke’s Shwebo 1887.[1] Church of England. This church was possibly the Cantonment Church, or the Cantonment Church may have been an additional church.
- All Saints SPG Mission Church. Church of England. A stone church, probably constructed after 1899, following a fire which deserted almost all the mission buildings.[2]
Also see
Volunteer Regiment
Shwebo was the head-quarters of a company of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, drawn from the Shwebo, Katha, Bhamo, and Myitkyina Districts. [3]
External links
- Shwebo Wikipedia
- Photograph collection: Dio Church, Shwebo by sarthit medhasith Suksumret Google+Photos. From one of the photographs of a foundation stone, this church may have previously been All Saints Church.
- Photograph: Hospital Shwebo with Different Descriptions of Ambulances, 1887 – 1897 by Felice Beato. Wall Street Journal. This photograph was included in an exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum [4]
- Photographs: Accommodation for Soldiers and Officers: Colonial Buildings of the 19th Century Scroll down for two photographs of Shwebo c 1906. King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster
Historical books online
- "Shwebo District" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 22, page 311.
- "Shwebo Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 22, page 322
- "Shwebo" page 326 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University.
- "Camp for convalescents at Shwebo (Burma)" [for Turkish Prisoners of War, WW1], page 57 Reports on British prison-camps in India and Burma, visited by the International Red Cross Committee in February, March and April, 1917 Archive.org
References
- ↑ Page 87 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University
- ↑ Page 132 Christian Missions in Burma by W C B Purser, Missionary of Kemendine, Rangoon 1911 Archive.org
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 22, page 321
- ↑ Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road, photograph 114, exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum