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{{Short description|CWGC cemetery in Maharashtra, India}} | |||
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[[File:Kirkee War Cemetery, near Pune, Maharashtra.jpg|right|thumb|Kirkee War Cemetery]] | [[File:Kirkee War Cemetery, near Pune, Maharashtra.jpg|right|thumb|Kirkee War Cemetery]] | ||
The '''Kirkee War Cemetery''' is a cemetery in [[Khadki]] (formerly named Kirkee), a cantonment in [[Pune]] (formerly Poona) in [[Maharashtra]], India. The cemetery was created to provide graves for the fallen from central and western India in the Second World War, where there could not be certainty about their graves elsewhere being permanently maintained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016600/KIRKEE%20WAR%20CEMETERY |title=Cemetery Details |publisher=Cwgc.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-30}}</ref> | The '''Kirkee War Cemetery''' is a cemetery in [[Khadki]] (formerly named Kirkee), a cantonment in [[Pune]] (formerly Poona) in [[Maharashtra]], India. The cemetery was created to provide graves for the fallen from central and western India in the Second World War, where there could not be certainty about their graves elsewhere being permanently maintained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016600/KIRKEE%20WAR%20CEMETERY |title=Cemetery Details |publisher=Cwgc.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Rangan |title=Pune’s deep and unforgotten connection with the World Wars |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/punes-world-war-connection-maratha-war-memorial-pune-world-war-i-memorial-kirkee-war-cemetery/cid/1871783 |access-date=7 August 2023 |issue=My Kolkata |publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
The cemetery holds the graves of 1,668 Commonwealth service personnel from World War II, and 629 from World War I who were reburied here from Bombay's [[Sewri Christian Cemetery]] in 1962. The graves from Sewri are unmarked and their names listed on the Kirkee (1914–18) Memorial. | The cemetery holds the graves of 1,668 Commonwealth service personnel from World War II, and 629 from World War I who were reburied here from Bombay's [[Sewri Christian Cemetery]] in 1962. The graves from Sewri are unmarked and their names are listed on the Kirkee (1914–18) Memorial. | ||
The Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial is dedicated to 735 Commonwealth service personnel who died in India in World War I and whose graves were in various locations where they could not be maintained, to the 629 whose remains were reburied within the cemetery in 1962 from Sewri Christian Cemetery, and to about 193 soldiers of East and West African origin who died from 1939 to 1945 in various non-operational areas around the country.<ref name=cwgc2>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/146500/KIRKEE%20(1914-1918)%20MEMORIAL|website=cwgc.org|title=CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial. |accessdate=2017-07-31}}</ref> There is also the Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial to 197 Commonwealth service personnel (excepting East and West African) who died in World War II and whose graves in other parts of India and in Pakistan are unmaintainable.<ref name=cwgc3>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016601/kirkee-1939-1945-memorial/|website=cwgc.org|title=CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial.|accessdate=2017-07-31}}</ref> | The Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial is dedicated to 735 Commonwealth service personnel who died in India in World War I and whose graves were in various locations where they could not be maintained, to the 629 whose remains were reburied within the cemetery in 1962 from Sewri Christian Cemetery, and to about 193 soldiers of East and West African origin who died from 1939 to 1945 in various non-operational areas around the country.<ref name=cwgc2>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/146500/KIRKEE%20(1914-1918)%20MEMORIAL|website=cwgc.org|title=CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial. |accessdate=2017-07-31}}</ref> There is also the Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial to 197 Commonwealth service personnel (excepting East and West African) who died in World War II and whose graves in other parts of India and in Pakistan are unmaintainable.<ref name=cwgc3>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016601/kirkee-1939-1945-memorial/|website=cwgc.org|title=CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial.|accessdate=2017-07-31}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Kirkee War Cemetery2.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Kirkee War Cemetery2.jpg|thumb]] | ||
There are two special memorials erected by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]].<ref name=cwgc1>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016600/kirkee-war-cemetery/] CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee War Cemetery.</ref> | The [[Cross of Sacrifice]] stands at the end of the cemetery. There are two special memorials erected by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]].<ref name="cwgc1">[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016600/kirkee-war-cemetery/] CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee War Cemetery.</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Delhi War Cemetery]] | * [[Delhi War Cemetery]] | ||
* [[Victory Tunnel]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in India]] | [[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in India]] | ||
[[Category:History of Pune]] | [[Category:History of Pune]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:02, 15 December 2025
The Kirkee War Cemetery is a cemetery in Khadki (formerly named Kirkee), a cantonment in Pune (formerly Poona) in Maharashtra, India. The cemetery was created to provide graves for the fallen from central and western India in the Second World War, where there could not be certainty about their graves elsewhere being permanently maintained.[1][2]
The cemetery holds the graves of 1,668 Commonwealth service personnel from World War II, and 629 from World War I who were reburied here from Bombay's Sewri Christian Cemetery in 1962. The graves from Sewri are unmarked and their names are listed on the Kirkee (1914–18) Memorial.
The Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial is dedicated to 735 Commonwealth service personnel who died in India in World War I and whose graves were in various locations where they could not be maintained, to the 629 whose remains were reburied within the cemetery in 1962 from Sewri Christian Cemetery, and to about 193 soldiers of East and West African origin who died from 1939 to 1945 in various non-operational areas around the country.[3] There is also the Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial to 197 Commonwealth service personnel (excepting East and West African) who died in World War II and whose graves in other parts of India and in Pakistan are unmaintainable.[4]
The Cross of Sacrifice stands at the end of the cemetery. There are two special memorials erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Cemetery Details". Cwgc.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ Datta, Rangan (25 June 2022). "Pune's deep and unforgotten connection with the World Wars". No. My Kolkata. The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ↑ "CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1914–1918) Memorial". cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee (1939–1945) Memorial". cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report, Kirkee War Cemetery.