Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery

Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery is a historic European cemetery situated at the military cantonment in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] A number of British civilian and military personnel who died in the Jhansi Mutiny massacre of 1857 were buried there.[2] The graves include those of British officers, their wives and children, and railway workers and their families, along with those of members of Indian, Scottish, Welsh and West African regiments of the British Indian Army who died during the time of Indian Rebellion of 1857[3][4] and the First World War.[5][6]

Entrance of Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery

References
  1. "Christians observe 'All Souls Day', offer prayers at cemetery | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. Pender, Sebastian Raj (5 May 2022). The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-51133-6.
  3. "Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery: The story of its newly compiled record". BACSA. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. Leek, Alan (5 September 2018). Frederick Whirlpool VC: Australia's Hidden Victoria Cross. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-925675-72-6.
  5. "Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery | Cemetery Details". CWGC. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. Gibbins, David. "Murder In Jhansi" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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