These are photographs of a small walled Englishmen Cemetery located at the Hill Station of Fort Munro District Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. These graves are of Maud Evelyn, James Frederick, Rev. N. H. Smith and Allevean Smith. There are only five graves of English men and women in this small Graveyard of Fort Munro. These five graves are well preserved in iron grid by the local authority. When the British people started government here in United Sub-continent, they settled here. When any British officer died, he was buried here in Sub-continent as it took 6 to 8 months to reach Great Britain from India. Only the deadbodies of very highly ranked British Officers were transferred to England after proper medical care and treatment. Gora Graveyards are found throughout Sub-continent. It is written on the headstones of the Graves of British Officers:
1- " Revd. N. R. Smith of Grahamstown South Africa who sank when bathing at Fort Munro August 2nd 1900. Aged 30."
2- " James Frederick The infant son of Captain and Mrs: J. W. C. Hutchinson; VIth P. I. Born 23rd September 1897. Died 26th April 1898. Thy will be sonp"
3- " In loving Memory of Maud Evelyn wife of Captain M. Li. Ferrar, Indian Army Punjab Commission. Only daughter of W. B. Oldham ESQr I. C. S. C. I. E. Who died at Khar on the 13th October 1906. Aged 26 years."
Courtesy by Mr. Muhammad Azeem Shah Bukhari Sahib
Sources:
1-Headstones of the Graves.
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