After the Japanese surrender, Lim Bo Seng's wife, Gan Choo Neo, was informed of her husband's death by the priest of St. Andrew's School. She travelled with her eldest son to bring her husband's remains home later. A funeral service was held on 13 January 1946 at City Hall to mourn Lim's death. Lim Bo Seng's remains was transported in a coffin to a hill in MacRitchie Reservoir for burial with full military honours. He was posthumously awarded the rank of Major-General by the Chinese Nationalist Government.