The oldest British cemetery in Delhi is the Lothian Cemetery which was established in 1808. It was in use for more than a century before it was closed to burials during the 1960s.
Buried in the cemetery are those who belonged to the local Christian community between 1808 and 1867. Throughout the cemetery are graves of members of the East India Company and their families who perished during India’s first cholera outbreak during the 19th-century.
Also buried in the cemetery are English servicemen who died during India' First War of Independence in 1857. The rebellion was primarily aimed at the rule of the East India Company.
One is sorry to note the deaths of children and young ladies in large numbers. May the departed souls rest in eternal peace.
When I visited it on 4th November 2007, parts of it appeared to be under threat of getting enchroached upon.
Here are some of the inscriptions on the gravestones that I had noted down:
Sacred to the memory of
Mary
daughter of David Evans ,
Sarj Major, 1st Battln, 16 NL
who departed this life
on the 9th of March 1813
Aged 9 months & 10 days.
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Sacred to the memory of
Harry Deane
The sixth & beloved son of
Lieut. & Mrs. Burton
10th Regiment
who died at Delhi on the10th day of October 1842
Aged 3 years and 3 months.
(J.Butteress, Delhi)
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Sacred to the memory of
Rebecca
the infant daughter of
Mr. A. Beatty,
Asst. Commissioner of Ordinance
who departed this life
the 1st of August 1826
Aged 8 months & 11 days
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Sacred to the memory of
Jane
Late wife of Thomas Bates,
Garrison Sarjeant Major of Delhi
who departed the life on
25th June 1824
Aged 19 years
and
T.M.Bates
son of the aove,
who died 25th of November 1829
Aged 7 years & 9 months.
(I.Clifford & Co)
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Sacred to the memory of
Alexander O'Connor
son of
Alexander & Hannah Nixon
Died on 19th September 1844
Aged 8 days.
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Sacred to the memory of
Caroline Amelia
daughter of John Bowles
Department of Public Works
who departed this life on
8th January 1832
Aged 5 months & 2 days.
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Sarah Louisa
infant daughter of
Conductor Ralph Salt
Died 6th December 1832
Aged 1year 1 month & 11 days.
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Sacred to the memory of
George
infant son of
Harry & Matilda Marten
who departed this life
on the 6th March 1831
Aged 2 months & 2 days
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In memory of
John Edward Caldwell
infant son of
Joseph & Sarah Caldwell
who departed this life
on November 10, 1849
Aged 1 month & 9 days
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Sacred to the memory of
Osmond Theophilus
infant son of
S.V. & E Foy
who departed this life
November 13 1841.
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Sacred to the memory of
Sabina Magdaline
youngest daughter of the
late Godlys Lumley Esq.
who departedd this life
on 26th April 1832
Aged 6 years.
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Sacred to the memory of
Robert Atkinson
The Conductor of Ordnance
who departed this life
on September 26, 1815
Aged 18 years
This monument is erected to his memory
by M.E. Elden
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Some British ladies and gentlemen who too lie buried in the Lothian Cemetery
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Sacred to the memory of
Potgator
File Major 2nd Btn, 28th Regiment Number 1
who departed this life on the 12th February 1824
Aged 42 years.
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Sacred to the memory of
M. John Plomer
Conductor Ordinance
who departed this life
on the 3rd July
In the year of our Lord 1837
Aged 40 years.
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Sacred to the memory of
Matilda Young
wife of J.B.Young Esq.
who departed this life on the
19th March 1832
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Sacred to the memory of
P. Gibbals
Magazine Sarjeant,
Died n 11th March 1820
Aged 54 years
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Sacred to the memory of
James
Flying Sarjent Sappers
who died on 9th September 1851
Aged 30 years.
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Quarter Master Sarjeant
Richard Walker
of the 1st Battalion 22nd Native Regiment
who departed this life on the
19th October 1808
aged 37 years
leaving a widow and 4 children
to lament the loss
The officers of the Corps
Impressed with a sense of his conduct
Erected this monument
to the memory of the deceased
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