Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Lieut Col Henry Ion Bulkeley died 1948

IN MEMORY
OF
LIEUT COLONEL HENRY ION BULKELEY MC
ROYAL ENGINEERS
DIED AT SRINAGAR MARCH 1ST 1948

Olga Brudenell Lawrence died 1935

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
OLGA BRUDENELL (NEE BRUCHE)
BELOVED WIFE OF
CAPTAIN

R.H. LE M. LAWRENCE
2ND BN 14TH PUNJAB REGT
(DCO) (BROWNLOW'S)
DIED 13TH MAY 1935
AGED 30 YEARS
(Srinagar J&K -- Photo

 Craig & Faye McFarland)
**
Information from WikiTree
Olga Brudenell was the daughter of 
Maj Gen Sir Julius Henry Bruche KCB CMG
and Dorothy Annette Bruche nee McFarland
and the twin sister of Dorothy Edith Bruche.
The family was from Victoria, Australia.
Capt Reginald Harold Le Marchant Lawrence
and Olga were married in Victoria, Aus in 1932



Elsie Marie Andersen 1873 -- 1953

OUR BELOVED MOTHER
ELSIE MARIE ANDERSEN
BORN 1873 (Norway ?)

DIED 1953
(Srinagar - Photo Craig McFarland)



Sunday, May 19, 2019

Maurice James 1924 -- 2019

Maurice was the son of Thomas W. James
(d 1968 Lucknow) and Elsie Kathleen nee
Shepherd (d. 1965 Lko). He was the last
of his siblings Frederick, Noreen Vincent,
Dennis and Dorothy...

Monday, February 18, 2019

Clifford Symonds 1951-2019

The funeral of Clifford Neil Symonds on
Sunday February 17, 2019 in Gonda. He
succumbed to cancer on Friday 15. He would
have been 68 years old on Feb 19, 2019.

Survived by his sorrowing wife, two 
daughters, sons in law and a grandson. Also
three brothers and a sister.
His eldest brother Karl Symonds (NER)
passed away a few years earlier in
Lucknow.
Their father also Karl Symonds who
died in Siliguri several years ago retired
as DME, NE Railway


Saturday, December 29, 2018

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
r
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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