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Cemeteries – Parsi, New and Old
The Parsi Cemetery
The Parsi cemetery, about a hundred meters down from China View, is shrouded in a derelict like stage by heavy shrubbery, a clear sign of lack on maintenance…
New Cemetery
Eric, Son Of Rev W & J E Cutting, Born April 13th, 1896, Died August 3rd, 1897
In Loving Memory Of…
In Memory Of
Sergeant W.G. Wassar
Military Works Dept.
Who Died At Ranikhet
5th April 1899
Aged 48 Years
Sacred To The Memory Of
Cinders
The Dearly Loved Wife And Pal
Of Captain H.T. Stack R.A. (F?...)
Who Departed This Life
29th December 1914
In
Memory
Of
PTE William Gilbert
4th Bn The Buffs No 4511
Who Died At Ranikhet
On the 23rd Day Of September
1916
Erected
By His
Comrades
In Memory Of
No. 2620 Lance Corpl. Frederick Walter James Winby
A Coy 1st Battn. The Black Watch (B.H.)
Who Died At Ranikhet on 3rd August 1920
Age 22
Erected By The Officers…
No. 5893
Pte James Mc Culloch
C. Company 93rd Highlanders
Who Died At Ranikhet
29th December 1899
Aged 22 Years
__________________
No mother or father to see him die
No brother nor sister to say good bye
No friend or relative to give him their hand
But we hope to meet him in a better land
Sacred
To
The Memory Of
No. 6270
Pte Robert Cray
“H” Coy
2nd Arc & Suth. Highlanders
Who Died At Ranikhet
Oct. 26th 1900
Aged 21 Years & 5 Months_____________
In the midst of life we are in death________________________________
Erected By The Officers N.C.O.s and Men Of The “H” Coy As A Mark Of Respect
Some of the newer graves…
C.A. Martin & Sons
This was lying on the upper terraces of the cemetery, probably a stone shipped out of China
And some unmarked ones…
as the dead would see it…
a quite afternoon…
The Old Cemetery
The old cemetery has a fraction of the number of its newer countepart, the most notable being an Egypt head, listing a lot of women and children, most probably the victims of a maritime disaster…
a few broken pieces…