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| The road leading to the memorial |
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| Gardeners maintaining the cemetery, a bunch of students in the background |
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| The buildings faintly visible in the background are in Johor, where Japanese came to Singapore from |
It is one thing to read from books about the different regiments that fought here. 8th Division of the 22nd Brigade sounds very real when one sees it inscribed on a headstone. It is hard to put my head around the many British Regiments that fought in the defence of Singapore. Here are examples, starting with the Australian forces.
Australia
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| Royal Australian Air Force |
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| 2/18 Infantry Battalion (Australian Imperial Force) |
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| Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
Great Britain
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| Air Vice Marshal Pulford - Royal Air Force |
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| HMS Prince of Wales |
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| HMS Repulse |
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| HMS Sultan |
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| HMS Indomitable |
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| Royal Army Chaplain |
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| Army Catering Corps |
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| Royal Army Medical Corps |
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| Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
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| Royal Army Service Corps |
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| Royal Artillery |
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| The Border Regiment |
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| The Pioneer Corps |
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| 18th Reconnaissance Corps |
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| The Cambridgeshire Regiment |
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| The East Surrey Regiment |
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| The Gordon Highlanders |
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| The Leicestershire Regiment |
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| The Loyal Regiment |
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| The Manchester Regiment |
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| The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
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| The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
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| The Queen's Royal Regiment |
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| The Sherwood Foresters |
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| The Suffolk Regiment |
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| The Sutherland Highlanders |
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| The West Yorkshire Regiment |
Canada
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| Royal Canadian Air Force |
New Zealand
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| Royal New Zealand Navy |
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| Federated Malay States Volunteer Force |
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| Singapore Volunteer Corps |











































