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