Commonwealth War Graves Commission Government of India
For service personnel who fought for the British Empire during the First and Second World Wars
Established
1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Location
28°36′58″N77°08′44″E / 28.61624°N 77.14542°E / 28.61624; 77.14542 near
New Delhi, India
Designed by
H. J. Brown (associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects)
Total burials
1154
Burials by nation
United Kingdom: 941 Indian: 152 Dutch: 30 Canadian: 15 Australian: 10 New Zealand: 5 Polish: 1
Burials by war
World War I: 101 World War II: 1053
Statistics source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Delhi War Cemetery, in the Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, India, is the site of the graves of 1,154 service personnel who served the British Empire during the First and Second World Wars.[1][2][3] The cemetery was established in 1951 to ensure the permanent preservation of the remains of soldiers across various cemeteries in northern India.[4]
At the entrance to the cemetery is the Delhi 1939–1945 War Memorial honouring the efforts of Indian forces during both world wars.[5][6] The Delhi 1914–18 Memorial, commemorating 153 individuals buried in the Meerut Cantonment, where graves could no longer be cared for, is also on the site.[7] The cemetery was commissioned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is now jointly maintained with the Government of India and its Ministry of Defence.
Visible on the right side of the image is the Delhi 1939–1945 War Memorial.
^"Delhi War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (18 May 2014). "In search of the dead". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^Sharma, Manimugdha S (9 November 2015). "On Remembrance Day, Delhi honours war heroes". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^T.S. Chinna, Rana (2014). Last Post – Indian War Memorials Around the World. United Service Institution of India. p. 90. ISBN 9788190209793.
^Gibson, T. A. Edwin; Ward, G. Kingsley (June 1989). Courage remembered: the story behind the construction and maintenance of the Commonwealth's military cemeteries and memorials of the wars of 1914–1918 and 1939–1945. H.M.S.O. p. 171. ISBN 9780117726086. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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^"IND. Delhi War Cemetery". WW1 Cemeteries.com A photographic guide to over 4000 military cemeteries and memorials. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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