Sewri Christian Cemetery
19°00′04″N 72°51′04″E / 19.001°N 72.851°E / 19.001; 72.851
The Sewri Christian Cemetery (Marathi: शिवडी ख्रिस्ती स्मशान भूमि Sewrī Kristi smashan bhumi) in Sewri, Mumbai, India, was established by Arthur Crawford, the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay as a location for European burials. The land was acquired from the Agri-Horticulture Society's gardens in 1865. The bodies of Commonwealth military service personnel buried in the cemetery during the First and Second World Wars were all exhumed and reburied at Kirkee War Cemetery where permanent maintenance by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission could be assured,[1] with the exception of a Second World War soldier of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)[2] whose grave is still registered and maintained by the commission.[3]
People buried
Name | Date | Who |
---|---|---|
George Wittet | 1926 | Architect, designed the Gateway of India |
James Docherty | 1926 | Assistant Business Manager (Times of India) |
Francis Newton Souza | 2002 | Avant Garde artist |
Frederick William Stevens | 1900 | Architect of the Victoria Terminus |
Dom Moraes | 2004 | Poet[4] |
Joseph Baptista | 1930 | Mayor of Bombay |
Cyril Frederick Golding | 1951 | 25 Jun 1937, elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly, from the constituency of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and the Bombay Presidency Trades Association. |
Thomas Blaney | 1903 | Irish physician and philanthropist in Bombay. Two-time Sheriff of Bombay. |
Gallery
Notes
- ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report.
- ^ [2] CWGC Casualty record.
- ^ "সেওরি সেমেটারির ভূত". Exclusive Adhirath. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Khushwant Singh. "This Above All Requiem to Dom Moraes". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
External links
- Express News Service (2 November 2004). "Families pray for kin on "All Souls Day"". The Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[dead link]
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