1.   Tens of thousands of Egyptians died building that canal, he says.

2.   Australians accounted for about a quarter of the POWs who died building the line.

3.   The celebration is a mark of remembrance for those who died building the Death Railway.

4.   The Christian service was held at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery to remember the thousands of Allied prisoners who died building the River Kwai rail line during World War II.

5.   The duke plans to visit military cemeteries of the Allied soldiers who died building the infamous Death Railway as Japanese prisoners of war.