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Rawalpindi War Cemetery

Rawalpindi War Cemetery is a cemetery situated on Harley Street in Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan.

It is situated in the cantonment area. It is part of the Protestant Cemetery known as Gora Qabrastan (The Foreign Cemetery). It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The cemetery contains 257 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, connected mainly with the operations on the North-West Frontier. There are also 101 burials from the Second World War.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rawalpindi War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Gora Qabristan: Grave shortage of yards". The Express Tribune. 1 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Two facets of a cemetery: Queen Elizabeth II and the late Lady Diana had visited the Rawalpindi War Cemetery officially".