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In Lucknow, as in other parts of the world, graves mean little to some people, but a search on the internet proves otherwise! What one will find on this blog isn't even 'a drop in the vast ocean' of tears that would have been shed if it were possible to calculate. The names, the sad poetry, quotes and expression of grief of the loved ones all being ground to dust. "...We always say that the history of a parish is in its graveyards..." Passage West (from a blog and book by Jim Murphy)

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Residency: Lieutenant Leonard Augustus Arthur 1857

This pic is from 2012

(Pic taken Sun May 17, 2015)

In Memory of

LEONARD AUGUSTUS ARTHUR

LIEUTENANT 7TH BENGAL LIGHT CAVALRY

WHO FELL WHILE COMMANDING

THE CAWNPORE BATTERY 19TH JULY MDCCCLVII (1857)

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"Nature fights back" or "reclaims its space:"
Grass and plants that naturally appear on
monuments and other historical buildings
gradually tears them apart!

Elizabeth Anne Ouseley 1857

Top pic taken Sunday, April 6, 2014 (Once the slab falls the grave
will disappear)

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This is another grave that is crumbling. A side stone panel has fallen out or has been deliberately removed and now its a matter of time, if it isn't repaired it will collapse. Elizabeth Anne Ouseley who died Nov 14, 1857 was the wife of Ralph Ouseley.