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During WW2,  the Japanese were defeated at the Battle of Meiktila  in 1945.
During WW2,  the Japanese were defeated at the Battle of Meiktila  in 1945.
==Spelling variants==
Meiktila, Meiktela
==Churches==
The Church of England was established in 1891.<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> The church may possibly have been called St Georges's, but this is unclear,


==Also see==
==Also see==

Revision as of 22:28, 2 June 2015

Meiktila, a town in Upper Burma situated in 20° 53′ N and 95° 52′ E, on the Myingyam branch of the Burma Railway, 320 miles from Rangoon. and eighty miles south of Mandalay.

There was a cantonment situated there.

There was a POW camp there for Turkish prisoners during WW1, but this was not yet in operation in April 1917.[1]

During WW2, the Japanese were defeated at the Battle of Meiktila in 1945.

Spelling variants

Meiktila, Meiktela

Churches

The Church of England was established in 1891.[2] The church may possibly have been called St Georges's, but this is unclear,

Also see

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. "New Camp at Meiktila (Burma)" page 58 Reports on British prison-camps in India and Burma, visited by the International Red Cross Committee in February, March and April, 1917, published 1917 Archive.org
  2. Page 87 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University