Minor sons of Col Lenny Fernandez died 1957 & 1963

In Loving Memory
of
BRUCE COLIN FERNANDEZ
DIED 7TH SEPTEMBER 1957
AGED 5
The second son of Col Leonard (Lenny) Fernandez
 & Marie Fernandez 
(Jullundur)
This photo was taken by Col Fernandez in 
December 1971. The grave, in the Royal Artillery
 recently Cemetery, Jalandhar on a recently 
was visit was found to have been demolished 
along with an unknown number of other memorials.
Also missing is the grave of Flight Lt Frederic Pereira
who was killed in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

(York Road Cemetery, New Delhi)  

           

               In Loving Memory

                                of

     BARRY CORNELL FERNANDEZ

               BORN 25-10-1955

               DIED 13-4-1963

       7 YEARS 4 MONTHS 16 DAYS

      I SAW A SHIP A SAILING

     THAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE POEM

     AND YOU, LIKE A SHIP, SAILED

     THROUGH AND OUT OF OUR LIVES

      LEAVING US RICHER

      BY YOUR TIME WITH US

       YOUR EVER LOVING PARENTS

      COL LENNY & MARIE FERNANDEZ

      BROTHERS BRIAN & KEITH

      SISTERS BRENDA & SANDRA

                                &

                      LOVED ONES

(From Brian Fernandez)

     

Army pilot,
Col Lenny Fernandez
 died 2009
 Devlali, Maharashtra

Allan Richard Baker 1947-2000

Photo: Brian Fernandez, a retired teacher, who was appointed
 by Allan and has been a part of Barnes School since 1987.  

Allan a member of the
1967 LMC Rugby team 

LMC Staff photo: Allan along 
with Gordon Keelor
Late Gordon, brother of  IAF pilots
 Denzil  and Trevor Keelor,  was 
husband to former Principal of
LMGC, Flo Keelor

         IN LOVING MEMORY OF
   ALLAN RICHARD BAKER
       BORN 11TH SEPT 1947
       DIED 22 DEC 2000
He is survived by his wife Arzoo and son, Brendon
and a younger brother, Neville, in Australia

Allan, who was Principal, Barns School, Devlali, Maharashtra 
when he passed away, was from an Allahabad family and had studied in La Martiniere College, Lucknow where he returned in 1969 to teach for the next 10 years. He was an all-round sportsman but his flair for hockey was believed, by those in the know, to be something he inherited from his father who tragically died in and industrial accident at an early age. His sense of fair play and honesty showed when, in an unusual (for LMC) reshuffle, he was transferred  from Hodson House to Cornwallis House on the day that the two teams faced off on the hockey field. Cornwallis beat Hodson!!

Lieut Col Wridenhall Roberts Pogson died 1843 at Benares

Atul Hundoo

The resting place of Lieut Col W.R. Pogson died 1843
Photos by my young friend and colleague Atul Hundoo
Twenty nine years ago I chanced upon this grave, encircled
  by small shops or gumtis, with just the dome visible from
the slightly raised level-crossing nearby. Since my arrival in
 Varanasi in October 1984, while working for The Pioneer,
 I had visited most places that attract tourists and
the devout, the temples, ghats, Sarnath and
the Benaras Hindu University. I also visited two Christian
cemeteries, one in the Cantonment and the other on
the Sarnath side of the Varuna river, to find the grave of
my great grandmother, Amelia Martha Shepherd,
nee Hand, died circa 1903 which was there and intact!
The cemetery was divided by the main road in unequal
 parts. The older, larger 18th century section,  had
a tall obelisk to the memory of  four Britishers who
 had been killed by Wazer Ali in 1799. This was quite a
surprise because it was something I had learnt
 in history in class VII  and forgotten!
Back to the present: Atul Hindoo who had been visiting
Varanasi frequently was off on another trip, this time to
take pictures for a coffee table book. After explaining
to him the location with the help of a Google map he
located the grave. While the Pogson memorial is in
relatively good condition, no thanks to the
Archaeological Survey of India, one can see it is
being used for other purposes.

The inscription, painted over by a self-appointed
 Keeper, reads:
Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
WRIDENHALL ROBERTS POGSON
OF THE XLII REGIMENT
NATIVE INFANTRY 
BORN XX JULY 1789
DIED AT BENARES 
ON THE 6TH(?) OF AUGUST 1843
AGED
56 YEARS ONE MONTH AND SIX(?) DAYS
THE MEMORIAL IS ERECTED 
BY THE OFFICERS OF THE FORTY SEVETH
AND HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
(LAST LINE ILLEGIBLE)
The spelling of his
given first name differs from other records
FIBIS records show that as a major commanding
the 47th NI in 1838, Pogson's
youngest daughter, Susan Lucretia, died aged
1 year 11 months and was buried at 
Church Cemetery, Agra Cantonment
Source: Typed by Brig H Bullock 17-12-1948

Superstitions are often created with an ulterior
 motive. 

This pic shows that Pogson who died 171 yrs ago 
likes tea and cigarettes. There are is also the
grave of Capt Wales at Musabagh, Lucknow
and a grave in Agra were cigarettes and
booze are offered.  

Above the rly tracks (running from L to R)
 is  the cantonment. Memorial in circle.

Malcolm Charles Figg 1942-2002

           IN LOVING MEMORY
                           OF
      MALCOLM CHARLES FIGG
           BORN SEPT 16, 1942
           DIED FEB 24, 2002

     "FAREWELL MY BROTHER
       TILL WE MEET AGAIN
          IN GOD'S KINGDOM
           BEYOND THE SUN"

     Malcolm, the eldest of five brothers, was survived by George, Patrick (passed on in May 2013), Vincent (Mickey) and Brian. Malcolm played rhythm guitar for the Viscounts(?), a pop group that the brothers formed in the late 1960's. George still plays the sax. 

Henry Cooke 1922-1999

Henry Cooke retired from the NE Railway
 as a guard  while his wife, Ida was a teacher
at La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow

          IN LOVING MEMORY 
                        OF
    HENRY WILLIAM COOKE
       BORN 02 APRIL 1922
        DIED 20 FEB 1999
   LEAVING BEHING HIS GRIEF
   STRICKEN WIFE IDA  AND CHILDREN,
   LYNDA, CHRISTINE, ROBERT, GLORIA
            & ELIZABETH

THE LORD BLESS  THEE AND KEEP THEE
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON
THEE, AND BE GRACIOUS UNTO THEE
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON THEE AND GIVE THEE PEACE
NOW AND FOREVER

        IDA LORNA COOKE (nee Olliver)
        BORN 24 DECEMBER 1923
         DIED 14 JANUARY 2003
He had at least two brothers, Malcolm
 and  Donald. also in the railways. 

Mary Smith died 1892

In Memory of MARY SMITH, Relict of
THE LATE CAPT CARLOW SMITH, LATE OF THE OUDH KING's SERVICE
DIED 17TH JULY 1892
AGED 80 YEARS
The inscription on the other side: REGRETTED BY HER SORROWING RELATIVES
AND DEPENDANTS
*MAY SHE REST IN PEACE
(When photographed this stone had been lifted and moved from the place of burial. This
would have taken place after my last visit a few weeks ago)

Sophie Margaret 1845-1879

SACRED 
TO THE MEMORY OF
SOPHIE MARGARET
THE BELOVED
 WIFE OF GEORGE DEVEREUX  XXXX??
BORN 10TH JULY 1845
DIED 4TH JANUARY 1879
WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER(?)

(Hope to examine the stone for the surname
 if it is still there)

Alice Bielby 1845-1879

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
                  ALICE
(ZENANA MEDICAL MISSIONARY)

   THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
 ROBERT AND ALEY BIELBLY
   BORN MARCH 21ST 1845
     DIED APRIL 28TH 1879

SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

The 1861 England census records show
that Robert and Aley Bielby were from Yorkshire city and their
daughter, Alice's 'estimated' age as 16  All ages are 'estimated' in the records. Robert Bielby's date of birth is estimated as 1818. 

Denzil Swing

Henry Francis died 1896

The inscription was difficult to read

In Memory of
HENRY FRANCIS
OF THE UP POLICE
DIED 6 APRIL 1896
AGED 30 YEARS

IN MEMORY OF A CONSTANT DROUGHT
IN HEAR A CONSTANT SORROW

ERECTED BY HIS XXXXX
(From the touching words one can presume that would be 'wife' but then it could also be 'mother'.

Nishatganj Cemetery

 The top pic I took some weeks ago because the brickwork

bothered me. It looked like a cubicle for a toilet! 

 I put the pic 

on

 facebook with a comment 

 and, maybe, just maybe, 

a guy who is 

 a facebook friend and 

close to the Catholic priests 

played a hand. 

On

 Saturday 6, 2014 I found 

nothing had been added. To make

room for burials old graves are wiped out by removing the 

stones then fresh graves are dug in between. I have a feeling

the Henry Francis was buried nearby and the stone had been

moved!! I found other gravestones that I'd photographed last

time had been lifted and place some metres from their 

original location bottom snap.

 I'll have to examine the inscription once again because the puzzling part is that the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh only came into being in 1902.