Cemeteries of ranikhet

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Cemeteries – Parsi, New and Old

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A photo slide show of the three major cemeteries in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India

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Cemeteries – Parsi, New and Old

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The Parsi Cemetery

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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…

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New Cemetery

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Eric, Son Of Rev W & J E Cutting, Born April 13th, 1896, Died August 3rd, 1897

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In Loving Memory Of…

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In Memory Of

Sergeant W.G. Wassar

Military Works Dept.

Who Died At Ranikhet

5th April 1899

Aged 48 Years

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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

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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

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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…

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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

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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

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Some of the newer graves…

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C.A. Martin & Sons

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This was lying on the upper terraces of the cemetery, probably a stone shipped out of China

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And some unmarked ones…

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as the dead would see it…

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a quite afternoon…

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The Old Cemetery

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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…

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a few broken pieces…