Hong Kong Memorial in Stanley, Hong Kong Island

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Coordinates: 22.27761, 114.15711
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The original Hong Kong Memorial was a granite "pailau", or arch, erected at the main entrance to the Hong Kong Botanical Gardens. It was designed after the First World War as a general memorial to all Chinese who served and died with the Commonwealth forces. More than half served with the Chinese Labour Corps, which served in France and Belgium and are buried or commemorated there. Others, who served with the Commonwealth navies, merchant services and various military works units (in particular the Royal Engineers, Inland Water Transport) often had no known grave because they died at sea or on the waterways of Iraq.

It did not include names on the structure, although 945 names were included in a memorial register. Following the Second World War, a second general inscription was added to commemorate those who died in that conflict, with their names again added to a register. In 2006 a new memorial was constructed and the names in these registers were inscribed upon it. The new Hong Kong Memorial is located within Stanley Military Cemetery.