CWGC - Gauhati War Cemetery (Assam) India: Images of all c460+ graves and video now available

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  1. bucklt

    bucklt Bucklt

    Located at the opposite end of Assam State - to CWGC Digboi cemetery - and the final resting place for c460+ military personnel from UK, India, Canada, China, Australia, New Zealand, Africa (various) and Burma. The 11 Japanese soldiers, buried here since WW2, were all exhumed and repatriated c19th January 2012. note: 14 images (resized) and link to youtube video attached

    My sincere THANKS to the cemetery/area manager: SALEWPFOTTE...SALUD!

    Images now available include:
    1. Images of all c460+ CWGC-maintained graves
    2. General images of the cemetery itself

    My video of cemetery here:

    I dedicate this post to the Family of B.S.FELSENSTEIN (RAFVR) buried in Plot 4 15-01-1945 Age 22 and his twin brother Gerald Cecil (RAFVR) Runnymead Memorial 12-03-1943 Age 21...SALUD!

    All above images are now available - FREE - to family members, relatives, researchers and historians. When asked, I normally suggest that you make a donation to a Forces Charity of your own choice.

    Equally, all images - posted/distributed by me - are not to be used for commercial and/or financial gain. If in doubt, contact me - Thank You.

    Please contact me - with all your requirements and queries - via: nt872b(at)hotmail.com

    Largest Asian War Memorials completed to-date:
    Afghanistan - Camp Bastion Memorial Wall - images of c444 names available
    Singapore - Kranji/Singapore War Memorial - images of all c23,000 names available
    Myanmar/Burma - Rangoon Memorial - images of all c27,000 names available
    Philippines - Capas National Shrine Memorials (Bataan Death March) - images of c33,000 names available
    Republic Of Korea - Wall Of Remembrance (UNMCK) - images of all c41,000 names available
    Israel - Jerusalem Memorial - images of all c3300 names available
    India - Madras 1914-1918 Memorial - images of c1000 names available
    India - Delhi Memorial (India Gate) - images of c9500+ names available
    India - Kirkee Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 (Pune) - images of c2000+ names available

    Cemeteries - includes all graves/names on memorials - already completed (as of September 2015):
    AFGHANISTAN: Helmand Province - Camp Bastion Memorial Wall
    BANGLADESH: Chittagong and Maynamati Cemeteries
    BURMA: Rangoon, Taukkyan, Thanbyuzayat Cemeteries and all Memorials
    CAMBODIA: (Postwar Forum) Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) and S.21 (Toul Sleng Genocide Museum)
    CHINA/HONG KONG: Sai Wan, Stanley, Happy Valley (12 cemeteries in total) plus all Memorials
    INDIA: Kohima, Imphal (2 cemeteries), Madras (4 cemeteries), Digboi, Gauhati,
    INDONESIA: Jakarta War Cemetery, Ancol Cemetery, Ambon Cemetery and all Memorials
    ISRAEL: Ramlah, Khayat Beach, Jerusalem/Beersheba (brief visits) Cemeteries and all Memorials
    JAPAN: Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery and British Commonwealth Forces Cemetery (post WW2)
    THAILAND: Kanchanaburi and Chung Kai Cemeteries and all Memorials
    MALAYSIA: Taiping, Labuan-Borneo, Cheras Road, Terendak Cemeteries and all Memorials
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul Cemeteries and all Memorials
    PHILIPPINES: CWGC graves and Bataan/Capas-Kamikaze-Manila Memorials.
    REPUBLIC OF KOREA: United Nations Military Cemetery in Busan (UNMCK)
    SINGAPORE: Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji Military Cemetery (post WW2), and all Memorials
    SRI LANKA/CEYLON: Colombo, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Trincomalee Cemeteries and all Memorials
    VIETNAM: (Postwar Forum) VC/ARVN cemeteries, Reunification Palace, HCMC museums and Qu Chi tunnels


    Bucklt :poppy: Asia War Graves Photo Group and now, since January 2017: www.asiawargraves.com

    A view from the NW corner with Plot 1A (Chinese Army) nearest.JPG Brigadier C.E.BARRINGTON MC.15-07-1944 Age 46.JPG Commander H.C.BEAUCHAMP (RIN) 28-09-1942 Age 50.JPG General List A.E.J.CONNELL 01-01-1944 Age 60.JPG Labourer NANU PILLAI 31-03-1945 Age 37.JPG Lieutenant LEE JON WEI (Chinese Army) 23-06-1942.JPG Looking across Plot 1 towards main entrance.JPG Looking at Plot 4 with Row A nearest.JPG Nurse WINIFRED CUTLER 09-12-1942 Age 42.JPG Pilot Officer M.R.WEBB (RIAF) 03-04-1945 Age 19.JPG Plot 1B - 11 Japanese soldiers exhumed and repatriated Jan.2012.JPG Special Memorial - WELCH, WARREN, VAN KEDDT, SCOTT, PEARCE, JOHNSON.JPG Standing behind Plot 4 looking towards Plot 2 (3 rows) on right and Plot 3 to left.JPG Water Carrier MUHAMMAD ISA 06-06-1942 Age 37.JPG
     
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    bucklt, Sep 20, 2015
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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    Panel attached from Runnymede Memorial

    FELSENSTEIN, GERALD CECIL Rank: Sergeant Service No: 1396129 Date of Death: 12/03/1943 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 102 Sqdn. Panel Reference: Panel 149. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Ada M. Felsenstein, of Golders Green, Middlesex. His twin brother, Basil Saul, also died on service.


    Aircrew Remembered
    http://www.aircrewremembered.com/barnes-anthony.html
     

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  3. zahonado

    zahonado Well-Known Member

    Any others in Assam or Myanmar still needed I wonder? Looks as though you have most of them already. Kolkata?
     
    zahonado, Sep 20, 2015
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