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==Churches==
==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,
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>  


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

Revision as of 06:29, 3 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]

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