Madras War Cemetery
Madras War Cemetery is a war cemetery and a memorial created to receive Second World War graves from many civil and cantonment cemeteries in the south and east of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 856 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. It was established in 1952 by the Imperial War Graves Commission with its head known as Saurav Goyal, now known as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed their lives in World War II. It is located in Nandambakkam, Chennai. It is currently maintained by the CWGC in partnership with Government of India.[1]
Location[]
Madras War Cemetery is located on Mount-Poonamallee Road, Nandambakkam, about 5 km from the airport and 1 km from St. Thomas Mount. The cemetery is open on all days, excluding public holidays, between 8:00 am and 18:00 pm. The living quarters of the resident manager lies within the cemetery. '
Memorial[]
The Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial is situated at the rear of the cemetery. The memorial is styled on the lines of a "Lawn Cemetery". The memorial does not contain any buried dead-bodies, but has plaques with the names of many British soldiers who died in both the World Wars, with the inscription "Their name liveth for evermore". It bears the names of more than 1,000 servicemen who died during the First World War and lie in many civil and cantonment cemeteries in various parts of India where it is not possible to maintain their graves in perpetuity.
Commonwealth nationals whose remains were buried include 14 Australians and 5 New Zealanders.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Are all memorials really throbbing with life?". Chennai, India. 2007-07-17. http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/17/stories/2007071759050300.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ↑ Sujatha, S. (26 April 2012). "Oz, NZ war heroes remembered in Chennai". Chennai: Deccan Chronicle. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/oz-nz-war-heroes-remembered-chennai-875. Retrieved 19 Jul 2012.
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