Monday, December 29, 2014

Reginald Arthur Lintin, infant, died 1912

       In Loving Memory
                     of
      REGINALD ARTHUR
THE BELOVED SON OF SERGT
     AND MRS J.E. LINTIN
  THE KING'S OWN REGT
     DIED 24TH APRIL 1912
  AGED 4 MONTHS 1 WEEK
                     **
    THY WILL BE DONE

PTE Leonard Smith died 1898

        In Loving Memory
                    of
    PTE LEONARD SMITH
          C COMPANY
   THE CAMERONIANS
   WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
       (OF ENTERIC)
    25TH NOVEMBER 1898
      AGED 25 YEARS
        10 MONTHS
                     **
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Henry Clarkson died 1958

                In Loving Memory
                           of
           HENRY CLARKSON
WHO DIED ON 22ND JUNE 1958
                            **

Father in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy dear one sleeping

Leslie Montague Meares

           In Loving Memory
                       of
   LESLIE MONTAGUE MEARES
    AGED 55 YEARS 6 MONTHS

  God called you home, it was His will,
    But in our hearts you linger still;
   Your memory is dear today
    As in the hour you passed away

  Inserted by your loved ones ---
             Clara, Lyn and Geoff


(No date: 1960's at a guess)

William James Hickie 1888-1959

          In Loving Memory
                       of
   WILLIAM JAMES HICKIE
         BORN 19-5-1888
         DIED 25-11-1959

      THY WILL BE DONE

Lucy Spears died 1965

     In Memory of

       LUCY SPEARS
  DIED 12TH JULY 1965

Mamma, 
Never seen Happiness
since you left me.
I love you.
Pray for me and
my family
Your Baby

Bertram Lionel Raymond 1901-1963, Trevor 1927-2004, Dora 1930-2011

            In Loving Memory
                       of 
              OUR DARLING 
   BERTRAM LIONEL RAYMOND
        BORN ON 19TH JUNE 1901
       DIED ON 23RD MARCH 1963
                        **
"Memories are treasures, No one can steal,
Death leaves heartaches, No one can heal."

           Inserted by his loved ones

(According to a cousin, Bryan Raymond,
Bertram was the father of Trevor who
had a house on Cantt Rd., opp the Lucknow
Publishing House. Trevor and his wife, Eugene
sold out and moved to Australia where their
two daughters, Maureen and Lorraine had settled.)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF TREVOR
'PAPA'
24-10-1927 - 23-5-2004
YOU'VE LEFT US PRECIOUS MEMORIES
YOUR LOVE WILL BE OUR GUIDE
FONDLY REMEMBERED BY DORA,
MAUREEN, FRANK, SANDY AND GAVIN
LORRAINE, IVAN, JOHANN AND NILOFER
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DORA 'NANA'
30-9-1930 - 25-7-2011
GOD MADE A WONDERFUL 'NANA'
AND HE GAVE THAT DEAR NANA TO US.
FONDLY REMEMBERED BY
MAUREEN, FRANK, SANDY AND GAVIN
LORRAINE, IVAN, JOHANN AND NILOFER
(Australia)

Natalia P. Borges 1884-1960

            In Memory 
                   of

    NATALIA P. BORGES
  BORN 26TH JUNE 1884
  DIED 20TH OCTOBER 1960

Lance Corporal Ernest George Knight died 1900

             In Loving Memory
                          of
    ERNEST GEORGE KNIGHT
LANCE CORPORAL (x?) SCOTTISH RIFLES
     WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
             MAY 1ST 1900(?)
   AGED 24 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS


(The Bandariyabagh Cemetery
is littered with headstones.)

Sunday, December 28, 2014

PTE J. Reardon, L/Corpl E. Gallant and PTE William Johnson 1896

  NON-COMISD OFFICERS AND MEN
              OF D. COMPANY
       2D BN ESSEX REGIMENT
       WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
 3741 PTE J. REARDON, 13TH JANY 1896
      AGED 24 YEARS 6 MONTHS
3297 LCE CORPL E. GALLANT, 15TH DEC 1896
 3297 PTE WILLIAM JOHNSON
        14TH MARCH 1896 OR 7 (?)
      AGED 24 YEARS 6 MONTHS

ERECTED BY COMRADES OF D COMPANY

Frederick John Breed died 1896

        THE CAMERONIANS

                        IN
            LOVING MEMORY
                        OF
         FREDERICK JOHN
    THE BELOVED SON OF
   JAMES AND EMMA BREED
    WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
      AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS
            22ND MARCH 1896
              AGED 23 YEARS
                           **
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment 1882-1886

                                       SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
                                                    ALL RANKS OF THE 
                                    2ND BATTALION DERBYSHIRE REGT
                                              (THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS)
                                               WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
                                            WHILE QUARTERED AT LUCKNOW
                                             FROM 23RD NOVEMBER 1882
                                                   TO FEBRUARY 1886
                                                **
                                             ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES

                                          DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                    


A crumbling memorial

Mary Jane Whiteside died 1870

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF 
SERGT THOMAS WHITESIDE
H.M. 1/17TH REGT
WHO DIED ON 3RD MAY 1870
AGED 22 YEARS
ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND



Sergt Charles Cox died 1875

            Sacred to the Memory
                         of
            CHARLES COX
       SERGT H.M. 40TH REGT
      WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
           26TH MARCH 1875
             AGED 32 YEARS
                           *
  THIS STONE IS ERECTED TO MARK 
       THEIR ESTEEM AND RESPECT
     BY THE SERGTS OF THE REGT

Pte George Hickabottom died 1928

                 In Memory of
                   No 4798378
     PTE GEORGE HICKABOTTOM
                    HQ WING
  2ND BN THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGT
       WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
              ON 25TH MAY 1928
     AGED 21 YEARS 6 MONTHS

Pte D.M. Hussey died 1932

Bandariyabagh Cem., Lucknow
                 SACRED
            To the Memory
                    of
             No 7881570
         PTE D.M. HUSSEY
 1ST ARMOURED CAR COMPANY
        ROYAL TANK CORPS
   WHO DIED 11TH NOVEMBER 1932

Sergt T.J. Steele died 1930

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
SERGEANT
T.J. STEELE
I.A.S.C. (M.T)
DIED AT LUCKNOW 15TH MARCH 1930
AGED 33 YEARS
**

(It is very clear that this stone has been uprooted)

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Lance Corpl W. Warwick died 1934

ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
TO THE MEMORY OF
No 3185834
L/CPL W. WARWICK
2ND BN THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
ON 5TH DECEMBER 1934
R.I.P.

Mrs Vera Marchant, 24 yrs, died 1936

In 
Loving Memory
of
OUR DARLING VERA
BORN 18-7-1912 DIED 4-11-1936
*
SLEEP ON OUR DARLING
SLEEP ON THY SAVIOUR'S BREAST
WE LOVED YOU BUT HE LOVED YOU BEST

MRS VERA MARCHANT
WIFE OF PTE J. MARCHANT
1ST BN THE BUFFS
*
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

Pte A.R. Brown died 1937

                  In Memory
                        of
                 No 819233
          PTE A.R. BROWN
  1ST BATTALION THE BUFFS
     WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
       ON 13TH OCTOBER 1937
           AGED 24 YEARS

Florence Jessop nee Chambers died 1932

Loving Memory
of
FLORENCE JESSOP
WIFE OF CSM JESSOP
1ST BN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGT
AND THE LOVING DAUGHTER OF
MR AND MRS T. CHAMBERS
OF BEVERLEY YORKSHIRE
WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
MAY 9TH 1932
**
THY WILL BE DONE

Muriel, daughter of Captain W.G. Carleton, died 1908

             In Loving Memory of
               MURIEL (DOTTIE)
   THE DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY 
                 DAUGHTER OF
CAPTAIN W.G. AND ANNIE CARLETON
         DIED 28TH OCTOBER 1908
      AGED 17 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS
                             **
   " A LIGHT IS FROM OUR...."
                             **
GONE FROM EARTH BUT OT FORGOTTEN
NEVER CAN HER MEMORY FADE
SWEETEST THOUGHTS WILL EVER LINGER
ROUND THE SPOT WHERE SHE IS LAID
                              **
YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET HER
WHEN THE DAY OF LIGHT IS FLED
THERE IN HEAVEN WITH JOY TO GREET HER
WHEN NO FAREWELL TEAR IS SHED.

Blogger: I often consult the net to check on an inscription or a name and this time I came
across  Dr Ken Matto's blog post on cemeteries that more or less explains my interest
in graveyards!
The Grave of Jonathan Edwards at Princeton Cemetery

PTE C. Lilley died 1931

IN MEMORY OF
No 290067 C.O.M.S.
E.T. ROGERS
1/10TH MIDDLESEX REGT
DIED AT LUCKNOW
24TH JUNE 1919
AGED 24 YEARS
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
nO 2751632 PTE C. LILLEY
1ST BN THE BLACK WATCH (R.H.)
WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
9TH AUGUST 1931
AGED 20 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES

Pte William Walker died 1912

Bandariabagh Cem., Lucknow
         Sacred to the Memory
                        of
No 10141 PTE WILLIAM WALKER
   1ST BN KING'S OWN REGT
    WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
       ON 13TH JANUARY 1912
            AGED 20 YEARS

PTE Peter Gratton died 1912Ba

Bandariyabagh Cem., Lucknow
       Sacred to the Memory 
                      of
  No 8836 PTE PETER GRATTON
 1ST BN THE KING'S OWN REGT
     WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
      ON 9TH NOVEMBER 1912
             AGED 29 YEARS

  ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES

L/Corpl C. Frost died 1918

          In Loving Memory of
                     No 240211
               L/Corp C. FROST
   'B' COY 2/5TH P.A.SOMERSET L.I.
          WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
    ON THE 27TH OCTOBER 1918
               cAGED 29 YEARS
    

Violet, daughter of Lt-Col G. Colclough, died 1870

In Memory of
VIOLET SARAH
YOUNGER AND BELOVED DAUGHTER \
OF
GEORGE COLCLOUGH,
LT-COL ROYAL ART.
WHO DIED AT ALUMBAGH
ON 14TH AUGUST, 1870
AGED 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS

Wife of Charles F.A.C. Giddens

        Stone with name and year missing?

                          **
GRACIOUS SAVIOUR IN THY KEEPING
LEAVE WE HERE THY SERVANT SLEEPING
                           **
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY
HER LOVING AND SORROWFUL HUSBAND
CHARLES FERDINAND ALBERT
CLERKE GIDDENS

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Five Children of David and Emily Hay 1869-1881

In Loving Memory
OF OUR DARLING
WILLIAM  JAMES RODERIC HAY
Born 18th December 1875
Died 8th Dec 1877
*
OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
*
NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOT GONE LOVE
BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
In Sweet memory
of
EMILY LOUISA
Born 15th March 1866 Died 11th June 1867
AND OF
ALISON LAURA
Born 15th July 1869 Died 1st Aug 1870
THE BELOVED CHILDREN OF
DAVID AND EMILY ANNE HAY
     In Loving Memory
     OF OUR DARLING
 JESSIE GERALDINE HAY
   WHO GLADDENED OUR
HOME FOR 9 YEARS 11 MONTHS
          AND 6 DAYS
  Born 8th March 1871
    Died 11th Feb 1881
          ALSO OF
   ESTHER NORA MURIEL
   Born 18th(?) April 1880
   Died 14th January 1883

Harriet, daughter of Rev Titus Close, died 1871

In Memory
of
HARRIET
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
THE  REV TITUS CLOSE
BORN 11TH MAY 1832(?) DIED 8TH NOV 1871
From the net:
'Memoir of the Rev
Titus Close,
Wesleyan-Methodist
Minister and for some
time Missionary in
India'
Author James Heaton

Monday, December 15, 2014

Sergeant Sydney Down died 1920

                  In Memory
                          of
                   No 8781?
       SERGT SYDNEY DOWN
 D. COY 1ST Bn R.W. FUSILIERS 
     WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
          29TH JUNE 1920
           AGED 30 YEARS
              **
       THY WILL BE DONE

Princess Theodora Ford died 1921

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            In Loving Memory
                          of
        MY BELOVED WIFE
 PRINCESS THEODORA FORD
    WHO DIED AUGUST 9TH 1921

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Mr A.H. Reynolds

MA.H. REYNOLDS






The cross and scroll 
below is a portion of
a grave that must have
disappeared ages ago.


Dr Mercy Iris Beatrice Clive 1915-1970

  In Fond Loving Memory  
                            of
  DMERCY IRIS BEATRICE
                 CLIVE
     BORN 8TH OCT 1915
     DIED 25TH JUNE 1970
(Bandariyabagh Cem., Lucknow)
In Fond Memory
Of
L
UKE FRANKLIN CLIVE
DIED 4TH APRIL 1971
AGED 88 YEARS
Husband of the Late Daisy Doris and father
 of Late Dr Mercy Clive and of Percy,
Constance, Enid and Dr Helen Diwan Pereira

           



DAISY DORIS CLIVE
BORN 24TH MAY 1896
DIED 12TH APRIL 1965
A devoted wife, mother
and grand mother