Jullundur RA Cemetery

Gone forever is the memorial and resting
place of Fl Lt Frederic Pereira killed
 in 1971 in the brief war with Pakistan.
(Photo courtesy Isabelle Pereira,
widow)

The graves in this old cemetery are being
systematically demolished so that at a future date
the land can be used for other purposes
 without let or hindrance. A local church
was, reportedly, instructed to stop using this 
cemetery. 
(Photos courtesy Brian Fernandez)

Sacred to the memory 
of
ANNIE 
THE BELOVED WIFE
OF
LIEUT THOMAS GILL COM. DEP
WHO DIED AT JULLUNDER
ON THE 14TH DECEMBER 1880
AGED 45 YEARS 1 MONTH 29 DAYS
***

Annie, the daughter of late 

Serjt Maj Walter Eldridge of the 3rd Dragoons

and Thomas Gill were married on Nov 15,

1860 at Sanawar by the chaplin

of the Lawrence Military Asylum 

(The missing name from the grave

and other detail were provided

by Lynda Troidl in Canada 

using Find My Past)

CHARLES PRIOR
GENERAL, BENGAL ARMY
DIED ON 21ST OF APRIL 1881
(RA Cemetery, Jalandhar, Punjab)

HELEN GLADYS PEARS
BORN 18th MARCH
DIED 14th MAY 1882
AT JALANDHAR
AGED 1 MONTH 27 DAYS
CAUSE: MEASLES
**
Daughter of Thomas Caldwell and
Helen Bethea Pears

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SERGEANT JOHN SMITH
VICTORIA CROSS
Bengal Sappers and Miners
BORN FEB 1814, TICKNALL, 
DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND
DIED JULLUNDUR, PUNJAB, INDIA
26 JUNE 1864
BURIED ARTILLERY CEM., JULLUNDUR

In the foreground of the two mounds,
the remains of two century-old graves,
 was the grave of  Bruce Colin Fernandez,
the minor son of Col Lenny Fernandez 

WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE
WE ARE THE LORD'S ROM 14.9
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
REV SISTER R. MARY C.M.C
ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT
BORN 16--4--1939
REL.PROF 1--5--1961
DIED 27--11--1971

ESTHER MARIE,
Wife of Richard Longlands
DIED 14TH DEC 1879
AGED 44 YEARS

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MARY COOKSON
TRUANT DAUGHTER OF 
DR WILLIAM PESKETT
10 LIGHT CAVALRY
DIED FEB 20, 18 ??

A blank signboard at the entrance of 
the Royal Artillery Cemetery

Roseland T Bond 1907--1970

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ROSELAND T BOND
BORN 25TH DEC 1907
DIED 24TH JAN 1970

Boniface D'Netto 1897--1970

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
BONIFACE D'NETTO
BORN JUNE 5, 1897
DIED DEC  31, 1970
**
(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)

Muriel Kate George 1895-1979

Sister of Denzil Da Gama
who lived in Lawrence Terrace, 
Lucknow before moving
to the Crosthwaite Homes 
after her brother passed 
away in 1968

MURIEL KATE GEORGE
BORN ON  11TH DEC 1895
DIED ON 30TH MAY 1979
**

Albert Massey

ALBERT MASSEY

Judy May Thaddeus

JUDY MAY THADDEUS

Enid C Wesley

ENID C WESLEY
(Nee Gardner)
Worked at
St Agne's Day School
Lucknow

Flt. Lt. Frederick L. Pereira killed in action 1971

FLT. LT. LAWRENCE FREDERICK 
PEREIRA
BORN 10TH JUNE 1945
KILLED IN ACTION 14TH DEC 1971

The grave of a fallen airman
 has simply 'disappeared' from 
the RA Cemetery in Jalandhar
Cantonment

(Photo Courtesy Isabelle Pereira,

 widow) 
**
Below is the Postscript of the blogpost on Flt Lt Pereira 
taken from Bharat Rakshak, a website
dedicated to India's armed forces 
Today, the location of LF Pereira has been lost due to neglect. The
 diocese of Jullundur (St Mary's Church) stopped using the 
RA Cemetery for Catholic burials, and the Cemetery 
suffered neglect, as a result of which, sadly, it is not 
possible to locate Flt Lt Pereira's grave today, even 
though the grave  and the head-stones were solid 
marble, there was no trace of his grave. Last year, 
at the request of a senior Veteran friend of Wg Cdr Ravi mani, 
Lt Gen Dilip N. Desai, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (18 CAV), the GOC 
of 1 Armd Div sent across a search party to Jullundur to find 
Flt Lt Pereira's grave-sadly, the entire cemetery is in a 
shambles, and most of the grave stones and slabs are 
nowhere to be seen. The last resting place of a 
war hero is no longer known.
**

Jeff Mckerrow George! Lawrie and I were great friends! In

 the '71 war he was with 2nd Indep 

Armd Bgde and I was with 3rd Indep Armd 

Bgde! Both of us were seconded from 

the Airforce as FACs! I lost a great friend! 

RIP Lawrie!!

***
WhatsApp message from an old friend 
Brian Fernandez, son of
Late Col Leonard T Fernandez to this
blogger
Strange how one learns so much while searching
 for just one particular fact. I've been on the 
lookout for clues of Bruce my late bro's 
grave in Jalandhar. Yesterday I came across 
a diary of my dad's with details of our family.
 I had a rough inkling of the cemetery, but there's 
no reference of it to be found on the net.
 Until yesterday that is! Anyway, I managed to
 'pinpoint' it but apparently it's been overwhelmed
 by an army golf course. But, what I found 
interesting and of personal interest, was
 the discovery that the cemetery also happens
to be the final resting place of a dear friend
 from our Dhaula Kuan, Central Vista days in 
Delhi. Let me start at the beginning. You'll
 have to piece my story together from the visuals.
 Once I'd got the name of the cemetery from
 my dad's details I had to establish the
address. I was fortunate there. R.A. does stand
 for Royal Artillery Cemetery. That reference 
threw up 'Lawrence Pereira' the person 
whom I referred to. He was a regular visitor 
to our home, especially since he was 
then wooing a young army nurse, an AI 
who was also a good friend of ours. Later 
they would marry and then sadly Lawrie 
as we knew him would lose his life in
Dec '71. If all that is confusing maybe these
links below will help you get the drift...

L. SJT P. Duffy died 1919

H/80965 L. SJT
P.  DUFFY
8TH K.R.I. HUSSARS
22ND DECEMBER 1919
AGE 30

Pte J. Gray died 1919

206496 PRIVATE
J. GRAY
BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
18TH JUNE 1919

Pte R.W. McHale died 1918

35902 PRIVATE
R.W. MCHALE
EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
17TH JULY 1918 AGE 38

Pte T. Donovan died 1918

23334 PRIVATE
T. DONOVAN
EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
26TH JULY 1918
(Bandariabagh Cem.)

Pvt E.J. Sullen died 1917

3089 PRIVATE
E.J. SULLEN
ANGLO INDIAN FORCE
DIED IN LUCKNOW (OMITTED)
26TH NOVEMBER 1917
AGE 30
**

(Refurbished by CWGC
Bandariabagh Cem. Lucknow)

*
Edwin Joseph Sullen
died from pneumonia,
from Find my past,
 courtesy Lynda Troidl

Christina Davison died 1932

CHRISTINA DAVISON
DIED 1932
AGED 49 YRS 6 MONTHS
WIFE OF C.H. DAVISON
CAUSE: PNEUMONIA
**
DETAILS Find my past
Courtesy Lynda Troidl
**
I had earlier posted this c 1930 judging
from the only pucca grave nearby.
From fibis.org
Christina Davison, Lucknow
St Joseph's Church (Cathedral today)
Burial 1932
The first half of the 20th century
had quite a few Davisons in and around
Lucknow

Barbara Myrtle Antunis 1928--2013

BORN MARCH 3, 1928
DIED APRIL 22, 2013
**
Do noble things,
not dream them all day long:
and so make Life,
Death and the vast Forever
one grand, sweet song.
**

Barbara was a beautician who
opened and managed
Slimline, the first health
spa in Lucknow,
commissioned by the
Bhargava family

She was predeceased by her two
 sisters
Margaret Cowasji and
Rosaline McGrath

Sammy D. Cowasji 1928--1981

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
SAMMY D. COWASJI
BORN 10TH jUNE, 1928
DIED 16TH NOV, 1981
"AND IN GOD'S HOUSE FOREVER MORE
MY DWELLING PLACE SHALL BE"
ERECTED BY
HIS LOVED ONES
*

Husband of Margaret (Antunis) Cowasji,

who has since passed on, Sammy was

a railway official under tremendous

pressure from corrupt clerks and

contractors who were involved in

bungling in the employment of

daily wagers. A local newspaper,

now defunct, had carried a series of

articles highlighting this under the 

caption: Cowasji papers. His sudden

death initially seemed suspicious

but was finally put down to a

heart attack.

Pte B. Gallager died 1918

Private B. Gallager
died at Lucknow Sept 1918
Aged 34
(CWGC repaired grave)
Bandariabagh Cem.,
Lucknow

CWGC Bandariabagh Cem., Lucknow

Pte J. Scaife, Royal Welch Fusiliers, died July 1920, aged 22 and
 Sergt Sidney Down, Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
 died June 1920, aged 29

Visited Bandariabagh Cem with a cousin on a very warm
March 2018 morning

CWGC graves in the Bandariabagh Cemetery,  Lucknow -- March 2018 Several graves with the original headstones in good condition were
destroyed just for uniformity. Before I came to know of of the CWGC plan I had photographed century old graves where the headstones, deliberately uprooted. 
lay in the dirt. 
I couldn't help wondering what happened to uniformity when I
spotted some graves that had been
repaired with the original sandstone 
headstone retained. That is what could have been a part of the plan -- to retain headstones except where 
there was serious weathering and damage. Some graves in the old Pines Cemetery, Nainital (name taken from the google satellite map)
also had CWGC graves where the original headstones were retained.
*********
No 7259 
PTE RICHARD A.H.
BRICKWOOD
1S Bn Oxfordshire L.I.
who died at Lucknow on the
1st July 1905
Aged 21 years 3 months
(This grave was untouched
in March 2018)
************

Pte W.E Woodward Middlesex Reg. , died Nov 1916
Cpl Robert J Dixon, Middlesex Reg. died Jan 1917

This isn't the only post with
CWGC graves!
 

Georgieana Nighterlein died Ranikhet 1932

In Loving Memory
of
CAPT JOHN HAMILTON ELIOT MC
3rd
THE KING'S OWN HUSSARS
BORN 24TH SEPTEMBER 1893
DIED AT RANIKHET
15TH SEPTEMBER 1930

SACRED
TO THE MAMORY OF
DRIVER EDWARD JAMES
FIGGETT
OF THE 16TH MEDIUM BATTERY
ROYAL ARTILLERY, MUTTRA
WHO DIED AT RANIKHET
ON SEPTEMBER 30TH  1930
AGED 21 YEARS

IN MEMORY
No 9048 PTE L. WAKELY
WHO DIED AT RANIKHET
ON THE 4TH OF MAY 1911 (?)

In Memory of
BANDSMAN HARRY FINN
1ST BN THE KING'S OWN
REGT
AGED 25 YEARS
WHO DIED SUDDENLY 
JUNE 23RD 1916 (?)

GEORGIEANA CATHERINE 
NIGHTERLEIN
WHO DIED AT RANIKHET 
ON 23RD SEPT 1932
AGED 63 YEARS
**
A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US HAS 
GONE, A VOICE WE LOVED
IS STILLED...

Sacred to the Memory
of
SARAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF ??
SERG W BARKER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
THE 29TH MARCH  1894?
***
DAY BY DAY WE ALL DO MISS HER
WORDS WOULD FAIL OUR LOSS TO TELL
BUT IN HEAVEN WE HOPE TO MEET HER
NEVER MORE TO PART AGAIN

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In Memory of
No 74450 PET A BEALE
1ST BN THE BUFFS
DIED AT RANIKHET
5.6. 1928
AGED 22 YARS

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission must have spent a 
considerable amount of money to preserve graves all over he
 globe. However, in several places the uniform white headstones
seem to have fallen short. There are some in the Bandariabagh
 Cem.,  Lucknow. I was surprised to find that graves in very 
stable condition were dismantled, with some headstones being 
replaced with the  imported, white ones while others were not. 
So, where is the uniformity?

In
Memory
 of
CPL PERCY JAMES LAWFORD
14th BN THE BUFFS NO 176
WHO DIED AT RANIKHET
ON THE 30TH DAY OF MAY
1916