Henry Lawrence 1806-1857

Major John Sherbrooke Banks 1857

NEAR THIS SPOT
IS INTERRED THE REMAINS
OF
JOHN SHERBROOKE BANKS
MAJOR OF THE 33RD (?) REGIMENT N.I.
WHO FELL AT LUCKNOW
ON THE 21ST JULY
1857

 I've not noticed this written on any other grave but it has been recorded that burials took place in the night under the cover of darkness. And it was only, perhaps, a year later that graves were constructed, relying on someone's memory. Lucknow's Raj Bhawan is where the palatial Banks House stood. The road nearby is still know as Major Banks Road. 

Henry Lawrence 1806-1857

The large marble slab lying flat to the right of the column says: Here lies Henry Lawrence who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul. Born 28th July 1806 Died 4th July 1857. The grave to the left extreme is that of Major John Sherbrooke Banks.
Residency Cemetery, Lucknow.

Why guava gardens?

The doors of Christ Church, in the heart of Lucknow, built in the 
19th century, remain closed. This happens when any institution,
 religious or otherwise, falls into the hands of scoundrels.

  June 28, 2015 An update: The church opens on Sundays for service, however, the gate seen in this pic remains permanently closed while the present set of parishioners enter from the only other gate, out of the picture, to the right.

Guava gardens

This blog is dedicated to people who have departed this world, hopefully, for a more peaceful place. So the have disappeared. Like, the 1857 burial ground at Banthara, on the Lucknow-Kanpur highway, that today has a housing colony for policemen.plan is to collect pics of graves and put them here. Graves are disappearing, why only graves, even cemetries 

One may wonder why the name 'Guava gardens'. I looked up the net but found no reference to cemeteries. So one can conclude that it is an Anglo-Indian way of referring to a cemetery. May be because someone noticed that guava trees seemed to have been in abundance in a cemetery.

Several years ago I was surprised to find that the Lucknow Residency cemetery was full of curry leaf trees. I can't say what the people in those ate, but curry patta (leaf) sure made curries such as mulligatawny taste special.

I was happy to find that the church is being
 maintained. The pews are
the original ones we used in the 1960's.