Guest Pete Wood Posted 4 January , 2004 Share Posted 4 January , 2004 I will be visiting New Delhi, India, in early February. I am happy to take high resolution digital photos while I am there of any cemeteries or memorials. It's my first time there, so I am not too sure of the names (or locations!!) of the cemeteries. But the CWGC gives the following: DELHI / KARACHI 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS DELHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) DELHI WAR CEMETERY NEW DELHI JEWISH CEMETERY Requests by the 5th February 2004, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 4 January , 2004 Share Posted 4 January , 2004 RTpots There are no names inscribed upon the Delhi 1914-1918 War Memorial and the Delhi 1939-1945 War Memorial. However, the names are inscribed in Hindi and Urdu on a Roll of Honour (book) within the memorials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenwoodman Posted 5 January , 2004 Share Posted 5 January , 2004 Thanks for the generous offer RT, and I hope you don't mind a request for a second war casualty, one of my Sandbach men! Could I have a photo of the headstone of George Leese 947317 Gunner 136 Field Regt RA d. 30/08/44 Grave 2 D 2 in Delhi War Cemetery, please? And a general view of the cemetery please? Have a great trip - I read about the memorial moulds - putting two and two together and making seven, will we be hearing of the "Delhi Durbar" Teapot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 5 January , 2004 Share Posted 5 January , 2004 Thanks for the offer - any photos of ANY Royal Sussex Regiment graves or names from either World War would be of interest. Let me know any costs involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesley Posted 5 January , 2004 Share Posted 5 January , 2004 I would like to take you up on your kind offer. Could you please photograph the following if you have time. Delhi War Cemetery: Martin J 20575 1st Bn Oxford and Bucks. Ref 9B3 Delhi Memorial: Page: GF, Shipman: RT & Thorpe: FG all Oxford & Bucks Many Thanks Lesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Thompson Posted 5 January , 2004 Share Posted 5 January , 2004 Pete (RT), Thanks for you kind offer. I do have 3 Romsey guys that I would like to get photo's of their headstone or memorial inscriptions: Corporal 855206, Frederick William ARCHER 1089th Battery, 216th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery KIA 14th May 1919 Face 1. Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India Private 97883, Arthur PETTY Aden Ambulance Train, Royal Army Medical Corps Died 2nd May 1919 Face 23. Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India Private 356007, Cornelius Frank SMITH 1st/9th Hampshire Regiment Died 3rd November 1918 Grave reference 9. A. 11. Delhi War Cemetery, India I may be pushing it a bit but any photos of Hants Regt WWI guys you come across on your travels would also be great. Let me know of any costs involved. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 9 January , 2004 Share Posted 9 January , 2004 Hi RTpots Can I take you up on your very kind offer. I wonder if you would be good enough to get snaps of the inscriptions of these two Cheltonians who are commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate), both on Face 23: Pte Arthur Henry Burrows, M2/136050, Army Service Corps, died 21 October 1918 and Captain Piercey John McQueen Mottram, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 109th Indian Infantry, died 6 October 1919 Many thanks, and have a good trip. Regards Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly jack Posted 29 January , 2004 Share Posted 29 January , 2004 Hi RTpots It would be really apprecitated if you could get : Gunner Edward Albert Rogers RFA on Face 1 of India gate (Delhi) memorial and CSM JH Rogers Royal Warks Regt also on Face 1. These two are actually buried in Nowsherea cemetery (somewhere in India?). Good luck with the trip Regards JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 Thanks to that very nice chap, Richard Branson, I have just got a free upgrade on my flight to Delhi. This means I'm now leaving this Saturday (7th February 2004), and I won't have (reliable) internet access for the 12 days I am there. So you have until Friday 6th for any last-minute photo requests...... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 RTpots That's good news. So now you will be sitting inside the aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 Pete , Get me a picture of the airliner you will fix in Delhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 I'm assured that the undercarriage bay is spacious, if a little cold..... Virgin jets, of course, never break down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 11 February , 2004 Share Posted 11 February , 2004 Here I am in Delhi at the Delhi War Cemetery, where my good friend Naresh Kalra who is in charge of the cemetery - and has kindly allowed me to log on to the forum from his office. The cemetery is in immaculate condition, and I heartily recommend a visit by anyone else who ventures out to Delhi. Naresh says that if anyone wants information, he is happy to assist, on WW1 memorials in the following Commission cemeteries as follows :- Delhi, Madras, Pune, Kolkata(Bhowanipore), Ranchi , Madras, St. Mary's etc You can contact Naresh via the forum, as we are just about to make him a member. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 20 February , 2004 Share Posted 20 February , 2004 Just back from Delhi. I am sorry to say that, for all those who wanted photos of India Gate, I am unable to help. What I wasn't aware of before my trip is that, because of terrorist threats, the Indian Government has cordoned off India Gate. No one can get closer than 200 metres, and the CWGC (India) has stated that if anyone wants a photo of an individual name, it can only be taken using a camera on a tripod fitted with a powerful telescopic lens, and a tripod - something I did not take. I have taken photos of the other graves in Delhi War Memorial which I will send in the next 24 hours. A bomb went off in the south of the city last week. I must say, everyone just took it in their stride..... Anyway, this is the closest you can get to the impressive memorial - India Gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly jack Posted 3 March , 2004 Share Posted 3 March , 2004 Frustrating isn't it. Thanks for trying though as the offer was much appreciated. I once went to a CWGC cemetery in Cairo only to find it was 'Revolution day' (Did they have one?) and the cemetery was shut. Have to admit though with only a couple of hours there and three of 'my' men inside with the help of the taxi driver I climbed over the 6 ft high wall and manged to get the photographs !! Regards Jolly Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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