War Graves in Pakistan Offer

My ambulance partner from work is going to Pakistan in November for 4 weeks to see his family and he has kindly offered to take pictures of any war graves (assuming there are some) in the following areas and towns that he is visiting relatives:

Mirpur - Azad Kashmir.

Islamabad

Kirachi

Kutli

Gulaar

Mangla

Jahelum

And anywhere in between them as he is travelling from place to place listed.

Cheers
Andy

 

Hi Andy,

I have photographs of the headstsones all the North Irish Horse WW I casualties except for two, one being
Lieutenant L.C.Charles Wise who is buried in Rawalpindi War Cemetery. The grave reference is 4. A. 6.

If your partner is able to visit the cemetery I, and my NIH colleagues, will be most grateful.

From CWGC records, http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=909759

"Rawalpindi War Cemetery, situated in the cantonment area, can be reached by taxi from Islamabad Airport or from any hotel in the capital city. It is part of the Protestant Cemetery known as Gorah Qabrastaan (The Foreign Cemetery). The nearest landmark is the Combined Military Hospital (C.M.H). A taxi driver would take a visitor to the Old Cemetery entrance because it is not possible to enter the War Cemetery from the Civil Cemetery. One should ask to be taken to the rear corner of the Cemetery where the War Cemetery entrance is situated. The War Cemetery occupies a triangle shaped corner of the main cemetery, but is fenced off from it. A taxi driver should be asked to take one to Gorah Qabrastaan in Lalkurti. There are no C.W.G.C. direction signs to this Cemetery."

Gerry

 

Hi Andy,

Fantastic offer - Please thank your "work colleague" for his most generous offer.

I have 7 Australians in two cemeteries (Rawalpindi War Cemetery - (1) & Karachi War Cemetery - (6)

By the attached chart, Rawalpindi is 13 kilometeres from Islamabad as per Gerry's directions.


Click the photo 3 times to bring it to readable proportions.


They comprise (4) RAAF and (3) Australians in the RAF.

I have sorted the Karachi graves in row order.

SCOTT, GEOFFREY COLIN Flying Officer 407378 194sq 18/04/1944 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 2. F. 5. RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Rawalpindi

ALLAN, GEORGE LOGAN Pilot Officer 412359 8sq RAF ME 5/08/1944 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 2. A. 8. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

NIVEN , CARSWELL HAROLD Flight Lieutenant 117505 8sq 5/08/1944 Unknown RAFVR UK 2. C. 1. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

SPALDING, JOHN ROBERT Flying Officer 404516 13 O T U 26/04/1942 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 3. A. 12. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

WHYTE, FREDERICK WILLIAM Sergeant 338170 27sq RAF 13/01/1940 32 Royal Air Force UK 4. A. 4. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

GARFOOT, ALLAN Flying Officer 40617 20sq RAF 30/09/1940 26 Royal Air Force UK 4. A. 9. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

MILNE, HAROLD GREGOR Pilot Officer 400814 223 GROUP COMM FLT 17/05/1944 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 7. A. 7. KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Pakistan Karachi

Karachi War Cemetery Directions

The cemetery is a few miles from the centre of Karachi, to the north-east on National Stadium Road and can be reached by taxi. It is now surrounded by the naval colony and is adjacent to the new naval cemetery. The easiest way to reach the War Cemetery from the city centre is to go to the National Stadium and follow the road leading to Dalmia in which the airport is situated. From the airport follow the reverse road from Dalmia to the National Stadium and the Cemetery is situated to the left hand side of National Stadium Road. Owing to constant problems the direction signs have been removed but attempts will be made at resiting them.
Cheers

Geoff

 

Drew, 4 men across Karachi and Ralwpindi for me please

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
MELBOURNE, GEORGE: 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment; Grave 6. C. 4.
JONES, JACK: Royal Corps of Signals; Grave 4. D. 15.
MOODY, PATRICK: Royal Army Ordnance Corps; Grave 2. B. 12.

RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY
McMANUS, BRENDAN: South Lancashire Regiment, attd Rajputana Rifles; Grave 1. B. 5.

 

Can I rephrase him as a work colleague? Partner makes it sound like we are married and although some at work may think that is a distinct possibility we are just very good friends that work well together.

Ps Keep em coming-I can't wait to see his face when I give him the list

 

Thats a very kind offer, I've got two Portsmouth men buried in Karachi War Cemetery:

Flight Sergeant Ronald Tulk Hobby
362930
Royal Air Force
15 May 1942
Grave 5.B.10.

Captain Samuel Hornby Priddin
362930
Royal Engineers
25 May 1942
Grave 3.B.1.

Please thank you work colleague for his help!

 

That's a very kind offer. I've got 4 in Pakistan (Karachi):

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
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1. CURRY , ROBERT Warrant Officer Class II 781971 24/07/1944 32 Corps of Military Police United Kingdom Grave Ref: 7. D. 3

2. GREEN , ALBERT GEORGE JAMES Lance Corporal 14915675 25/03/1946 24 Corps of Military Police United Kingdom Grave Ref: 1. C. 12.

3. GRIFFIN , DANIEL Lance Corporal 3458064 15/08/1945 32 Corps of Military Police United Kingdom Grave Ref: 1. A. 13.

4. WHITSEY , SIDNEY JAMES Serjeant 14604149 07/04/1945 28 Corps of Military Police United Kingdom Grave Ref: 8. D. Coll. grave 11-13.

 

Could you add this one please Andy?

Name:KING, ROBERT WILLIAM
Initials:R W
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Private
Regiment/Service; Durham Light Infantry
Age:40
Date of Death:18/06/1944
Service No:4262883
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:8. B. 16.
Cemetery:KARACHI WAR CEMETERY

 

Ref a PM from Rob.

I thought I get it out in the open. Is there only two CWGC Cemeteries in Pakistan? I may as well tell him to photograph the whole lot

 

Ref a PM from Rob.

I thought I get it out in the open. Is there only two CWGC Cemeteries in Pakistan? I may as well tell him to photograph the whole lot

You might nearly say yes however there are three in Karachi.

Pakistan

• KARACHI / DELHI 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z

 

Andy
A kind offer from your partner (I mean work colleague!)
I do not have any in either, mine are in Delhi/Karachi which is not near the above!

Regards

Andy

 

Andy,

I have a few nominees and would be very grateful to benefit from this wonderful offer:

All these men are to be found in Karachi War Cemetery and all were 13th King's Liverpool soldiers:

3603372 George F. Alcock, Grave reference 1.B.12

3773791 Francis Ball, Grave reference 1.A.16

5627647 T.C.W. Grigg, Grave reference 9.B.9

204373 W.A. Jelliss, Grave reference 1.B.10

4194244 W.G. Jones, Grave reference 6.B.7

5627233 G.T.W. Puckett, Grave reference 1.B.9

3460510 J.F. Wright, Grave reference 5.B.14

Many thanks again.

Steve.

 

You might nearly say yes however there are three in Karachi.



Pakistan

• KARACHI / DELHI 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z
• RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY Casualties: A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-V W-Z

Just to confirm these are the only two CWGC Cemeteries in Pakistan?

He travels early next month so I'm sorting this all out for him this week. I've decided the best thing for him to do is just photograph the whole lot although sadly for some reason Karachi looks a non-starter. I'll have to offer him an extra Bavarian Slice this week as a bribe.

I'll keep you posted

 

Thanks Andy,

Pressure, pressure, pressure!

 

If your partner's got room for one more I'd be massively grateful: one of the men on my hometown war memorial I'm researching:

Major Richard STANLEY- BAKER
Burma MT died India 13/11/18 Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached to Supply and Transport Corps p.273
3rd Burma M.T. Coy



Aged 36
The husband of Irene Stanley-Baker of Four Winds, Westward Ho!, Devon
Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan
2.G.3


Thanks a lot - no worries if you're full up.

Simon

Details of this officer below for the interested




Major Richard STANLEY- BAKER

Burma MT Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached to 3rd Burma Motor Transport Company,
Supply and Transport Corps

Died in India 13th November 1918

Richard Stanley-Baker is the only man listed on the St. Anne’s memorial to die on active service in India. While the British Empire was at war with Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, forces were maintained in India to safeguard the Raj against the actions of hostile tribes on the North-West frontier.

Richard Stanley-Baker was born in Birmingham on the 9th of February 1882. he was the son of George Baker, a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1876. George Baker was born in 1825 into a successful Quaker family, and he his move to Bewdley in the late1870s was part of his aim to support the ideals of the Victorian art critic and social theorist John Ruskin. Beaucastle, the home of the Bakers was built in the latest neo-gothic style and was the home of the Baker family in Bewdley.

Richard was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and in the 1901 census, he is resident at Dalton Hall in Manchester, a hall of residence for Owens College, Manchester, where Stanley-Baker was a student between 1899-1902. He graduated in 1902 with a B.A. (Hons) Engineering Class II. He also took a M.Sc. from the University of Manchester in 1905 (which Owens had become in 1903).

George Baker died in 1910, and by 1911 Beaucastle was the home of Francis Frederick Simpson, an iron producer. In 1912, Richard Stanley-Baker married his daughter, Irene Grace Simpson on the 25th September 1912 at the parish church, Ribbesford. By this time his profession was a civil engineer.

Richard Stanley Baker died in November 1918 and was buried at Rawalpindi War Cemetery (in modern day Pakistan) in grave 2.G.3. He was 36 years old. By the early 1920s, his widow was living in Westward Ho!, Devon.

 

Could the person that wanted the photo of Flying Officer Scott's grave at Rawalpindi War Cemetery send me an email (skipodonovan (at) gmail.com) so I can send it on.

Cheers

 

Could the person that wanted the photo of Flying Officer Scott's grave at Rawalpindi War Cemetery send me an email (skipodonovan (at) gmail.com) so I can send it on.

Cheers

Thanks Skip,

Email sent.

Cheers

Geoff

 

All sorted now and photo sent to Spidge.

Diane - many thanks for helping and moving the thread to its' rightful place.

 

I was in Rawalpindi War Cemetery yesterday (2/4/11) and noticed some previous posting or requests for photos of Aussie memorials - is this still required as I noticed someone offered to do this late last year.

Please advise

Cheers