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GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
HISTORY INFORMATION
Gauhati War Cemetery was started during the Second World War for burials from the several military hospitals posted in the area. Later, other graves were brought in by the Army Graves Service from Amari Bari Military Cemetery, Sylhet Military Cemetery, Mohachara Cemetery, Nowgong Civil Cemetery and Gauhati Civil Cemetery, where permanent maintenance could not be assured. For the same reason, further graves were brought to the cemetery from isolated sites in the Lushai Hills and from civil cemeteries in Badarpur, Cooch Bahar, Darjeeling, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dinjan, Katapahar, Lebong, Lumding, Shillong and Silchar, in 1952.

There are now 486 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 25 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains 24 Chinese war graves, and two non-war graves.
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  1. V FORCE Budd, Maurice Arthur Jack

    SURNAME Budd FORENAME Maurice Arthur Jack UNIT V Force RANK Major NUMBER 200854 DATE OF DEATH 23rd November 1945 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 3.E.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Sussex Regiment born 12.7.1917 New Zealand son of Frederick George...

  2. CHINDITS 1944 Stevens, Leslie John

    SURNAME Stevens FORENAME Leslie John UNIT 1 Bn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Captain NUMBER 165665 DATE OF DEATH 19th August 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.A.15 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Sussex resided London NW award M.C...

  3. CHINDITS 1943 Rowley, Frank

    SURNAME Rowley FORENAME Frank UNIT 13 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) RANK Private NUMBER 3781547 DATE OF DEATH 9th July 1943 AGE 33 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.A.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lancashire son of John and Amy Rowley,Gorton,Manchester died India

  4. CHINDITS 1944 Cade, Joseph Arthur

    SURNAME Cade FORENAME Joseph Arthur UNIT 2 Bn York and Lancaster Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 4808319 DATE OF DEATH 11th July 1944 AGE 33 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 1.K.28 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Lincolnshire son of Sidney and Angela Cade husband...

  5. CHINDITS 1944 Brown, Elmer Alexander

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME Elmer Alexander UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 5889427 DATE OF DEATH 2nd April 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery, India 1.E.30 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire resided Isle of...

  6. CHINDITS 1944 Broad, Thomas

    SURNAME Broad FORENAME Thomas UNIT 2 Bn King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (111 Ind.Bde) RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 3714360 DATE OF DEATH 31st May 1944 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 1.G.26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Blackburn,Lancashire resided Cheshire...

  7. CHINDITS 1944 Blades, Robert Arthur

    SURNAME Blades FORENAME Robert Arthur UNIT 1 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5619027 DATE OF DEATH 9th April 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery, India 1.H.27 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London N son of John and Fanny Blades...

  8. CHINDITS 1944 Biddles, George Arthur Sidney

    SURNAME Biddles FORENAME George Arthur Sidney UNIT Royal Corps of Signals (3 Ind.Div.Signals) RANK Signalman NUMBER 4863778 DATE OF DEATH 30th July 1944 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.C.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Leicester resided Leicester son of...

  9. CHINDITS 1944 Beattie, George Clark

    SURNAME Beattie FORENAME George Clark UNIT 2 Bn Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (14 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 2759150 DATE OF DEATH 15th August 1944 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.A.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Roxburghshire son of Isabella Kaye...

  10. CHINDITS 1944 Beattie, Alfred Thorburn

    SURNAME Beattie FORENAME Alfred Thorburn UNIT Highland Light Infantry,attached 3 Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Captain NUMBER 124511 DATE OF DEATH 29th March 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery, India 1.E.27 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Glasgow resided...

  11. CHINDITS 1944 Bates, Edward Ernest

    SURNAME Bates FORENAME Edward Ernest UNIT 7 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (14 Bde) RANK Corporal NUMBER 4864805 DATE OF DEATH 12th June 1944 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery, India 4.C.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 12.10.1912, Blaby, Leicestershire, UK resided...

  12. CHINDITS 1944 Bateman, Samuel

    SURNAME Bateman FORENAME Samuel UNIT 2 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (16 Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 5390506 DATE OF DEATH 26th April 1944 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 1.H.18 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Yorkshire son of Samuel and Eliza...

  13. CHINDITS 1944 Barron, Edmund

    SURNAME Barron FORENAME Edmund UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 3784163 DATE OF DEATH 28th February 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.D.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Salford,Lancashire son of Edward and Hannah...

  14. CHINDITS 1944 Arslanian, Charles Patrick

    SURNAME Arslanian FORENAME Charles Patrick UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 4698053 DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.A.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 1922 Liverpool father Kerkor George...

  15. CHINDITS 1944 Aldis, Alfred

    SURNAME Aldis FORENAME Alfred UNIT 1 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) (77 Ind.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER 14400527 DATE OF DEATH 10th May 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 1.H.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Essex resided Essex died India

  16. CHINDITS 1944 Benin, P.

    SURNAME Benin FORENAME P. UNIT 6 Bn Nigeria Regiment (3 W.A.Bde) RANK Private NUMBER NA/33119 DATE OF DEATH 14th August 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.A.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  17. RM CDOS Polkinghorne, Eric

    SURNAME Polkinghorne FORENAME Eric UNIT 44 Commando RANK Marine NUMBER PLY/X 103548 DATE OF DEATH 27th May 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.E.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Thomas Dawe and Dorcas Eddy Polkinghorne,Liskeard,Cornwall died India

  18. RM CDOS Nelson, Desmond

    SURNAME Nelson FORENAME Desmond UNIT 44 Commando RANK Marine NUMBER PO/X 102790 DATE OF DEATH 21st July 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Gauhati War Cemetery,India 4.E.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION died India
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