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...