Rfn Padam Bahadur Rawat 1 Rifle Regt Nepalese Cont

[Will O'Brien]

As per CWGC

Name: PADAM BAHADUR RAWAT

Nationality: Indian

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment: 1st Rifle Regiment, Nepalese Contingent

Date of Death: 19/06/1917

Service No: 940

Additional information: Son of Kana Bir, of Dolkha, No. 2 East, Nepal.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 31.

Cemetery: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

[Will O'Brien]

& the memorial info

Cemetery: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

Country: India

Location Information: The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway.

Historical Information: Of the 13,300 Commonwealth servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of undivided India who served and died in every main theatre of operations except Italy during the First World War, the majority of whom are commemorated by name outside the confines of India. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

No. of Identified Casualties: 13315