A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India

Subject: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:35 am

I have just received these photographs from my cousin, Peter Young, who is currently in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, India.

With the aid of his guide, Niraj Singh and his driver, Alok, and the cemetery custodian, they entered the dense undergrowth on a quest.

So dense was the vegetation that the only way through was to cut a path with machetes. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

All photographs by another “Zulu War Widow” Peter’s long-suffering wife, Karen.

JY

Posts : 1069 Join date : 2009-10-16

Hi John,
Great pictures, cannot believe so much vegatation, i have seen pictures of the grave with none at all.
Rai KLH

Subject: Re: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:54 pm

A big change..

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Subject: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj ; India Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:35 pm

Seems there's been no-one working in the cemetery for several years , hard to believe the difference from 2012 to now ! .
90th

Posts : 2 Join date : 2011-03-06

That’s incredible. I was there in 2012 - walked around the whole cemetery.
So many interesting graves and memorials. There was even a stone pith helmet on the ground next to a RA grave which looked as if it hadn’t been moved in over 100 years. What a shame.

Subject: Re: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Mon Dec 12, 2022 10:41 am

MarkDRob,

I doubt that you would recognise the fact that hidden beneath all of this vegetation is the South Wales Borderers memorial.

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South Wales Borderers Memorial, Prayagraj, India.
Photograph courtesy of Karen Young.

JY

Subject: Re: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Mon Dec 12, 2022 10:59 am

Hi All

Mission for the Regiment don't you think. Might be an idea to include the photos in a letter to the museum or Colonel of the Regiment, I'm sure they would do something about it knowing these photos are in the public domain.

Subject: Re: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:21 am

Eddie,

I appraised my contacts within the Royal Welsh and the museum at Brecon prior to posting the photographs on the forum.

Hopefully the matter is already in hand.

The cemetery is now in an area which forms part of a military base for the Indian Army.

JY

Subject: Re: A Jungle Expedition in Prayagraj, India Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:51 pm

Hi John

Good news, hope it will be dealt with, shame to see it like that.

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