DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) IMPHAL INDIAN ARMY WAR CEMETERY [mainly WW2] + 7 that contain civilian war dead in the undivided India provinces Cemetery: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) Country: India Locality: unspecified Visiting Information: 20.11.2006: Please note that it is only possible to get within 50 yards of some parts of the memorial due to security arrangements in Delhi. Access to read the names on parts of the memorial is therefore restricted. Location Information: The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway. Historical Information: Of the 13,300 Commonwealth servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of undivided India who served and died in every main theatre of operations except Italy during the First World War, the majority of whom are commemorated by name outside the confines of India. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. No. of Identified Casualties: 13314 Alan... Alan T...{East Midlands UK} Please visit our family genealogy websites via; <http://forefathers.homestead.com/> http://forefathers.homestead.com/ _____ > -----Original Message----- > From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > EDWARD SOUTHWICK > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:15 PM > To: GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] WW1 medals > > My grandfather was in the 1st/4th Bn Queens Own. He died in India in July > 1917, Would there be a Medal Card for him? How can I find out if my > grandmother actually received any service medals he might have been entitled > too? > Trust someone can help a newbe > Ted > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message