IndiaList updated April 12, 2016 Country Total = 53 9 names on 6 memorials; 44 graves in 12 cemeteries Completed = 27 (or 50.94%)
DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) 5.11.2003 : Please note that at present it is only possible to get within 50 yards of the memorial due to security arrangements in Delhi, and access to be able to read the names on the memorial is restricted. The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway. Of the 13,300 Commonwealth servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of undivided India who served and died in every main theatre of operations except Italy during the First World War, the majority of whom are commemorated by name outside the confines of India. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Name: THOMPSON, NEVILLE RUDD Name: TRAFFORD, EDMOND THYRKEL Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
DEOLALI GOVERNMENT CEMETERY FERYNE C K CECIL KENNEDY Private G/990 Royal Irish Fusiliers
1st Garrison Bn. 19-Jun-1916 0 Plot RC. Row N. Grave 3. Died in India
Resided in Johannesburg, South Africa. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War
CD GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY To visit the Assam State an inner line permit is required. Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200. Gauhati, the capital city of the state of Assam in North East India is on the Eastern side of the River Brahmaputra some 600 kilometres east of Calcutta. It is best reached by air either from Delhi or Calcutta. The war cemetery is in the residential area of Silpukhuri on Navagraha Road, leading to Navagraha Hindu Temple which is situated on the hill top past the war cemetery. There is a Caretaker residing on site who keeps the register of the graves in his bungalow. He can be contacted on 00 91 361 2662860. Office Hours: Monday to Saturday 07.00 to 11.00 and 13.00 to 17.00. Gauhati War Cemetery was started during the Second World War for burials from the several military hospitals posted in the area. Later, other graves were brought in by the Army Graves Service from Amari Bari Military Cemetery, Sylhet Military Cemetery, Mohachara Cemetery, Nowgong Civil Cemetery and Gauhati Civil Cemetery, where permanent maintenance could not be assured. For the same reason, further graves were brought to the cemetery from isolated sites in the Lushai Hills and from civil cemeteries in Badarpur, Cooch Bahar, Darjeeling, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dinjan, Katapahar, Lebong, Lumding, Shillong and Silchar, in 1952. There are now 486 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 25 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains 35 Chinese and Japanese war graves, and two non-war graves. DALRYMPLE HAY, Lieutenant Colonel, BRIAN GEORGE ROWLAND, 21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse), I.A.C.. 17th October 1943. Age 45. Son of George Houston Dalrymple Hay and Alice Kathleen Dalrymple Hay; husband of Elizabeth Dalrymple Hay, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. 4.B.10 DARBY, Major, ALEXANDER WHYTE, O B E, EC/715. Indian General Service Corps. 25th March 1943. Age 59. Son of George Matthew Newton Darby and Alice Mary Whyte Darby; husband of Margaret Binnie Ralston Darby, of Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa. 3.C.9 Rhodesia Other Units Name: HULLNECK, GILBERT RODNEY MILNE, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), DENIS, 80070. 20 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th July 1942. Age 24. Son of John and Janey Isabella Milne, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. M.Sc. 4.A.1.
KIRKEE 1939-1945 MEMORIAL The cemetery is constructed approximately 4 metres below the level of the main road, with the only means of access being down two flights of steps. The design of this site therefore makes wheelchair access impossible. Kirkee, also known as Khadki, is a Military Cantonment adjoining the large university town of Poona on the Plateau above Bombay. It can be reached by train from Bombay to Poona or by long distance taxi service from Dada Taxi Stand, Bombay. There are direct flights from Bombay, Madras and Delhi but these tend to be irregular. Taxis and Motor Rickshaws are available from Poona Railway Station. To reach Kirkee War Cemetery, in which the memorial stands, one must ask for Mula Road along which the cemetery is located. One way is to cross the Sangam Bridge and follow the road which has the River Mula on its right. The CWGC road direction board is on a crossroads with the Bombay Poona Road. The cemetery is situated on the right hand side and backs onto the river. From the railway station follow the way via Juna Bazar, Sangam Bridge, past the Engineering college, over Wakdewadi Bridge, past Bajaj Kamal Nayan Udyan and onto Bhayawadi and Mula Roads. From the airport, one reaches Ahmadnagar Road which joins onto Nagar Road followed by Deccan College Road; over the Holkar Bridge and, keeping left at the junction with Elphinson road, one enters Mula Road. The cemetery is a short distance away on the left hand side of the road. The Commonwealth War Graves road direction sign is situated at the junctions of Elphinson Road and Mula Road, but it should be noted that this is often hidden from view by Market Stalls. The KIRKEE MEMORIAL commemorates almost 200 East and West African servicemen who died in non-operational zones in India in the Second World War, and whose graves either cannot be located or are so situated that maintenance is not possible. On the same memorial are commemorated more than 1,800 servicemen who died in India during the First World War, who are buried in civil and cantonment cemeteries in India and Pakistan where their graves can no longer be properly maintained. This total includes the names of 639 servicemen whose remains were brought from Bombay (Sewri) Cemetery for re-interment here in 1960. The memorial stands within KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, which was created to receive Second World War graves from the western and central parts of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 1668 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Name: JOEL Name: MULINDA WALI KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY Kirkee, also known as Khadki, is a Military Cantonment adjoining the large university town of Poona on the Plateau above Bombay. It can be reached by train from Bombay to Poona or by long distance taxi service from Dadar Taxi Stand, Bombay. There are direct flights from Bombay, Madras and Delhi but these tend to be irregular. Taxis and Motor Rickshaws are available from Pune Railway Station. To reach the cemetery, one must ask for Mula Road along which the cemetery is located. One way is to cross the Sangam Bridge and follow the road which has the River Mula on its right. The CWGC road direction board is on a crossroads with the Bombay Poona Road. The cemetery is situated on the right hand side and backs onto the river. From the railway station follow the way via Juna Bazar, Sangam Bridge, past the Engineering college, over Wakdewadi Bridge, past Bajaj Kamal Nayan Udyan and onto Bhayawadi and Mula Roads. From the airport, one reaches Ahmadnagar Road which joins onto Nagar Road followed by Deccan College Road; over the Holkar Bridge and, keeping left at the junction with Elphinson road, one enters Mula Road. The cemetery is a short distance away on the left hand side of the road. The Commonwealth War Graves road direction sign is situated at the junctions of Elphinson Road and Mula Road, but it should be noted that this is often hidden from view by Market Stalls. BOERING, Captain, GORDON BARKER, 171504. Royal Engineers. 9th November 1942. Age 32. Son of Mr. and mrs. Martin Cornelius Boering, of East Sheen, Surrey; husband of Hilda Elizabeth Boering, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Quantity Surveyor. 2. F. 3 LYON, Lieutenant, JOHN GLAMIS, 129845. Royal Engineers. 27th April 1942. Age 30. Son of John and Winifred Hindle Lyon. Of South Africa. 11. D. 9 MOSKOVITCH, Major, EDWARD MAURICE, EC/2677. 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force). 28th December 1943. Age 47. Son of Frederick and Ethel Moskovitch; husband of Sarah Moskovitch, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. 8. H. 3 SALT, Captain, JAMES JOSEPH, M B E, IA/1389. 7th Rajput Regiment. 2nd November 1944. Age 55. Son of James Salt and of Kathleen Salt (nee Grice); husband of Dorothy May Salt, of Nigel, Transvaal, South Africa. 10. C. 5 TENTIS, Private, D, C/304404V. Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. 5th November 1944. 2. J. 3 Rhodesia Units & Other DENCHFIELD, Serjeant, JOHN EDWARD, KR/1972. East African Reconnaissance Regiment. 3rd April 1945. Age 22. Son of Edward William Denchfield and of Kathleen Mary Denchfield (nee Tatam), of Mazabuka, Northern Rhodesia. 3. A. 10. SHINGALA FUMBU CHITANI, Corporal, NRA/794. 1st Bn. Northern Rhodesia Regiment. 31st December 1944. 9. B. 2. MADRAS (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI Madras (St Mary's) Cemetery, Chennai, is 13 kilometres from Madras War Cemetery, 14 kilometres from the airport and 3 kilometres from the L.I.C. building. The route from the airport is along the Great Southern Trunk Road which passes Trident Hotel and crosses Kathipara Junction. From here follow Anna Road, which crosses Anna Fly Over, and goes, via L.I.C. building, towards Pallavan Selai. The entrance to St Mary's Cemetery is at the side of a Flyover and past the Pallavan Transport Office. From Madras Central Railway Station the route is up Mount Road and over the bridge which crosses the River Cooum. St Mary's Cemetery is situated about 1 kilometre from the Railway Station on Pellavanm Selai, formerly known as Bodyguard Road. The entrance to the cemetery is situated next to the Military E.H.E. Workshop. The Commonwealth plot is situated in the southern side of St Mary's Cemetery to the top left hand side of the main entrance. The 23 First World War burials are scattered throughout the cemetery. The 100 burials from the Second World War form a small service plot. MAXWELL, Major, WILLIAM A. BROCK, Southern Rhodesia Medical Corps. 7th September 1944. Plot 19. Grave 95. MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI The memorial stands in Madras War Cemetery which is about 5 kilometres from the airport and 14 kilometres from the central railway station. The GST Road (Great Southern Trunk Road) leads from the airport past Trident Hotel to Kathipara roundabout - there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission road direction sign on a small triangular island showing the way to the cemetery via Mount Poonamall Road, passing at the foot of St. Thomas Mount. The cemetery can easily be located on the right hand side of the road 1 kilometre from St. Thomas Mount. From Madras Central Railway Station the route is up Mount Road (Anna Selai) and over the bridge which crosses the River Cooun. The route passes St. Mary's Cemetery on Pallawan Road and is via LIC building (Life Insurance Corporation Building) situated on Mount Road, which leads to Anna Flyover and to Kathipara Junction. The MADRAS 1914-1918 MEMORIAL is situated at the rear of the cemetery. It bears the names of more than 1,000 servicemen who died during the First World War who lie in many civil and cantonment cemeteries* in various parts of India where it is not possible to maintain their graves in perpetuity. The memorial stands in MADRAS WAR CEMETERY which was created to receive Second World War graves from many civil and cantonment cemeteries in the south and east of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 856 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. * Agra Cantonment; Aligarh Civil; Allahabad New Cantonment; Arogyavaram Pothapole Union Mission Sanitorium; Bangalore Cantoment (Kulpully); Bangalore (Hosur Road); Bantra, Howrah; Bareilly; Barkacha Military Grave; Barrackpore New; Bellary Military; Benares Cantonment; Bettiah; Bezwada Eurpean; Bolarum Cavalry Barracks, Secunderbad; Calcutta (Entally); Calcutta (Lower Circular Road); Calicut New Beach; Cannanore General; Cawnpore Cantonment New; Chakrata; Chaubattia; Chikmagalur; Cuddapah European; Dehra Dun; Dinapore No 3; Dum Dum New; Fatehgarh Cantonment Open; Fyzabad Cantonment; Gaya New; Jamalpur Railway; Jhajha; Jhansi Cantonment; Kailana, Chakrata; Kala Khan, Naini Tal; Kataphar New, Jalapahar; Kharagpur; Kohima; Kotwa Military Grave; Kydganj New, Allahabad; Landour General; Lebong Cantonment; Lucknow Cantonment Military; Madras (Kilpauk); Madras (St Andrew's); Madras (St George's) Cathedral; Madras (St Patrick's); Madras Wesleyan; Madura R.C.; Malappuram (Christ Church); Mussoorie General; Muttra; Narayan Guda Hyderbad Government; Ootacamund (St Thomas); Poonamallee; Port Blair; Puri; Purna R.C.; Raichur Railway; Ramandrug; Rangamati; Rhanikhet New; Roorkee; Sadiya; Saharanpur; St Thomas's Mount Church; Secunderbad; Secunderbad European R.C.; Shahjahanpur Cantontoment; Sillong; Tirurangadi; Trimulgherry Cantonment; Wellington Garrison. Name: CLOETE MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI Madras War Cemetery is about 5 kilometres from the airport and 14 kilometres from the central railway station. The GST Road (Great Southern Trunk Road) leads from the airport past Trident Hotel to Kathipara roundabout - there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission road direction sign on a small triangular island showing the way to the cemetery via Mount Poonamall Road, passing at the foot of St. Thomas Mount. The cemetery can easily be located on the right hand side of the road 1 kilometre from St. Thomas Mount. From Madras Central Railway Station the route is up Mount Road (Anna Selai) and over the bridge which crosses the River Cooun. The route passes St. Mary's Cemetery on Pallawan Road and is via LIC building (Life Insurance Corporation Building) situated on Mount Road, which leads to Anna Flyover and to Kathipara Junction. MADRAS WAR CEMETERY was created to receive Second World War graves from many civil and cantonment cemeteries in the south and east of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 856 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The MADRAS 1914-1918 MEMORIAL is situated at the rear of the cemetery. It bears the names of more than 1,000 servicemen who died during the First World War who lie in many civil and cantonment cemeteries in various parts of India where it is not possible to maintain their graves in perpetuity. WOULFE-FLANAGAN, Lieutenant Colonel, STEPHEN HUGH JAMES, O B E, 781/IA. Royal Indian Army Service Corps. 19th December 1942. Age 42. Son of Stephen and Gertrude Woulfe-Flanagan; husband of Margaret Woulfe-Flanagan, of Cape Town, South Africa. 6. A. 10 Palampur Churchyard Name: HAY RANCHI WAR CEMETERY The cemetery is open Monday to Friday and Saturday morning: it is closed all day Sunday. There is no residential Caretaker on site and the gate is locked between 5pm and 8am. During working hours the cemetery register can be obtained from one of the gardeners. Ranchi is a town in the State of Jharkhand (formerly Bihar) some 400 kilometres north-west of Calcutta. It can be reached by air from Delhi, Calcutta and a number of other cities. Ranchi War Cemetery is on Old Hazari Bagh Road about 2 kilometres from Ranchi railway station. It is situated next to the Christian cemetery near Kantatoli Chowk. The Cemetery entrance being several metres off the road can easily be missed, and few taxi drivers know the way. Visitors should contact their hotel manager for guidance. After the fall of Rangoon in March 1942, the probability that the Japanese would occupy the whole of Burma constituted a grave threat to India and Ceylon. The forces available for defence were dangerously weak; apart from those deployed on the north-west frontier and on internal security, there were only seven divisions, and these lacked ancillary troops and equipment. The air force and airfields were inadequate and the fleet as a whole was in no position to dispute command of the Bay of Bengal. In March and April 1942, 100,000 tons of shipping were sunk in the bay. Internal disturbances in India presented an additional threat, and some of the worst troubles occurred in districts of Bihar. In May 1942 five further divisions reached India, followed in June by two more, and the air force strength was increased. Ranchi became an important base, and the 70th Division, less one brigade in Ceylon, was posted there to meet any sea-borne attack on the Orissa coast, and to form the only reserve to support Assam or Bengal. The cemetery was begun on 1 June 1942 by the army, and used until the end of the war. Afterwards graves from isolated positions and small inaccessible cemeteries were brought in, and in 1952, more than 200 graves were transferred to the cemetery from twelve civil cemeteries. Ranchi is the smallest 'concentration' cemetery in India. There are now 704 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. DASONI MISELO, Private, NRA/13923. 1st Bn. Northern Rhodesia Regiment. 25th June 1945. 3. D. 12. MALIZIANI KATANGALIKA, Serjeant, NRA/750. 1st Bn. Northern Rhodesia Regiment. 4th August 1945. 3. E. 10. Name: McCOWAN, JOHN ALEXANDER TOWNLEY, Flying Officer (Pilot), THOMAS WILLIAM, 127138. 31 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th January 1944. Age 28. Son of George William and Elsie Nellie Townley; husband of Betty Townley, of Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. 9. J. 3.
Vizagapatam (Waltair) Cemetery (Merchant Navy grave) MARSHALL T TREVOR Able Seaman Merchant Navy S.S. Empire
Trumpet (Greenock) 6-Aug-44 19 Grave No. S.W.E. 30 Died of Gastro Enteritis
& suspected Cholera, in the King George Hospital, Vizagapatam, India.
Of Durban, South Africa. Born Liverpool
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