Madras War Cemetery,Chennai

Introduction to Madras War Cemetery,Chennai :

It was in 1952 that the Madras war Cemetery was set up by the Imperial War Graves Commission, now well known as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This was a homage to the gallant men and women who had dedicated their lives during the Second World War. The Madras War Cemetery served as a kind of second burial for all these armed personnel's who gave up their lives while on duty at different places during war.

The Madras War Cemetery in Chennai is located in Nandambakkam in Chennai.

To the entrance of the madras War Memorial is the Stone of Remembrance which ahs the words from the Book of Ecclesiastics "Their Name Liveth For Evermore' written. There is alsoa beautiful Cross of Sacrifice that was set up on an Octagonal base that bears a Bronze sword upon its shaft. There are in total 855 graves at the madras War cemetery in Chennai belonging to the Commonwealth forces and the grave of one Polish airman who had died during the 1939-45 war. The Madras War Memorial also has a memorial venerating a merchant seaman buried somewhere else and also three non war graves.

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