Tag Archives: Fall Of Singapore

The WWII Stories of Changi Chapel, Cross and Murals

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Remember Singapore

The Changi Chapel and Museum is one of the war museums in Singapore, telling stories of the harsh and difficult days of the prisoners-of-war (POWs) during the Japanese Occupation. When Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, tens of thousands … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historic | Tagged Changi Air Base West, Changi Chapel, Changi Cross, Changi Gaol, Changi Murals, Eric Cordingly, Fall Of Singapore, Harry Stogden, Japanese Occupation, Our Lady of Christians Roman Catholic Chapel, Roberts Barracks, Second World War, St George's Chapel, St Luke's Chapel, St. Paul's Church, Stanley Warren, Synagogue of Ohel Jacob, Tim Hemmings, Upper Changi Road North | 2 Comments

The Forgotten WWII Tomb Memorial at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Remember Singapore

At Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery Path 4 lies an undisturbed, almost forgotten, tomb. It is the tomb memorial for the Bamboo Lane’s Chinese victims who were killed during the Second World War. Their remains, more than 2,000 of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Bamboo Lane, Bukit Timah Road, Choa Chu Kang Cemetery, Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery Path 4, Civilian War Memorial, Fall Of Singapore, Hock Eng Seng Cemetery, Japanese Army, Namly Avenue, National Environment Agency, Second World War, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce | 1 Comment

1942 Singapore’s Darkest Moment at Former Ford Factory

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Remember Singapore

Eighty years ago, on this date of 15 February 1942, the former Ford Factory witnessed the darkest chapter in Singapore’s history, when the British unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese, marking the start of Singapore’s three-and-a-half years under the Japanese Occupation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Arthur Ernest Percival, Battle Of Singapore, Bukit Timah, Fall Of Singapore, Ford Malaya, Former Ford Factory, Henry Ford, Japanese Occupation, National Archives of Singapore, Sarimbun Beach, Second World War, Surrender Of Singapore, Syonan Gallery, Syonan Gallery: War and its Legacies, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Upper Bukit Timah Road | 6 Comments

Adam Park and its WWII Past

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Remember Singapore

Adam Park was developed as early as the 1920s. Between 1925 and 1929, colonial houses were built at Adam Park by the municipal council as housing quarters for the senior officers in the British government. Three types of residences – … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Adam Flyover, Adam Park, Adam Park Guild House, Adam Park POW Camp, Adam Park Project, Adam Road, Asian Women's Welfare Association, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Fall Of Singapore, Farrer Road, Frank Adam, Hellfire Corner, Jon Cooper, Lornie Road, MacRitchie Reservoir, National University of Singapore Society, Pan-Island Expressway, Public Works Department, Pulau Brani Tin Smelting Works, Second World War, Singapore Cage Bird Society, Straits Trading Company, Syonan Jinja | 3 Comments

15 February – A Trip to The Bukit Batok Memorial

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Remember Singapore

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore. During Japan’s invasion of Singapore, one of the fiercest battles between the Allied troops and the aggressors took place at the Bukit Timah area. It was also near the former … Continue reading →