Residency cemetery

Bailey Guard Cemetery (Updated)

These pictures of the Bailey Guard Cemetery were taken several years ago. The cemetery is located in the Aliganj part of Lucknow coming under the Mandiaon police circle which was the Cantonment at the time of the mutiny. Subsequently, for strategic purposes or whatever it was moved to the present location.

Monday January 19. 2015: Was happy to see that the ASI has 
finally taken the Bailey Guard Cemetery in hand. Sadly, however,
only one grave is in good condition while the others have the stone
inscriptions missing.
Below
ISABEL DURAND
BORN MAY 30 1866
DIED JAN 30 1868
According to FIBIS records
Isabel Durand the 1 year old
daughter of Maj Gen Sir HM Durand
died on March 12 1868 at Cawnpore.Were there two Isabels?

Edward Bickers, Residency Cem

Edward Bickers, Captain James S Shepherd

Edward Bickers, Barrister at Law, Late of the Oudh Commission: This grave is, perhaps, repeated because the last time I saw it the headstone was lying in the grass and now it's in comparatively better condition. Some burials in the Residency Cemetery were of people who in some way connected with the 1857 Mutiny but died subsequently. The last burials in this cemetery took place in the 1920s.  Mr Hilton was probably among them. I've got to photograph the Hilton graves among others.

Residency

These pictures were taken when I suddenly felt like taking a walk last evening (Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010). Here in Lucknow if you seek some seclusion and you live in the heart of the city, I cannot think of a better place than the Residency. Seeing the canoodling youngsters will tell you that its lonely enough!
 When I thought of putting Lucknow's fast disappearing human connection with the past, what the graves signify, on a blog I planned to do a better job. But it's turning out, in my mind, only better than doing nothing.
 One will find graves repeated, and since my visits are unplanned I'm usually without pen and paper to write down names where they exist. Several graves have no name, or time, the weather and human depredations have taken their toll.