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Fort Stedman Cemetery
Inle Lake, S. Shan States
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The following extract is from "Wanderings in Burma 1897" - "Thamakan is four thousand two hundred and forty-four feet above mean sea-level and is a mile way from the village of Hsa Mong Hkam (the Shan form of the word) the residence of the Ngwe-kun-hmu of the Hsa Mong Hkam State.
A detachment of the regiment at Fort Stedman (thirty-five miles away by the cart-road and twenty-one miles by the bridle-road to the lake) is stationed here and there is also a police force of two sergeants and thirteen constables under a native officer. A combined post and telegraphs office and a furnished bungalow for travellers have been built and a brick hospital is under construction. Water is scarce in the dry weather. There are no shops at Thamakan but a bazaar is held every fifth day at the Ngwe-kun-hmu's village, where a few of the necessities of life can be had."
This extract is from "Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States," compiled from Official Papers by J. George Scott, published 1901 - " ... In the early days of occupation of the S.S. States, Taunggyi was considered a desirable situation for the headquarters of the administration. After several experiments of various positions on the plateau had been made, the present site was definitely chosen and the civil headquarters were removed from Fort Stedman and the station established on the 15th Sept. 1894...."
When the ABL visited Fort Stedman in 2010 and 2013, very little is left of the cemetery, the photos below say it all. There is an orphanage near by which cares for what is left, some of the children were detailed to show us around and we were later given a drawing of what existed around the year 2000 when a survey was taken. Perhaps after a good tidy up other headstones might be found but this is doubtful.
A detachment of the regiment at Fort Stedman (thirty-five miles away by the cart-road and twenty-one miles by the bridle-road to the lake) is stationed here and there is also a police force of two sergeants and thirteen constables under a native officer. A combined post and telegraphs office and a furnished bungalow for travellers have been built and a brick hospital is under construction. Water is scarce in the dry weather. There are no shops at Thamakan but a bazaar is held every fifth day at the Ngwe-kun-hmu's village, where a few of the necessities of life can be had."
This extract is from "Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States," compiled from Official Papers by J. George Scott, published 1901 - " ... In the early days of occupation of the S.S. States, Taunggyi was considered a desirable situation for the headquarters of the administration. After several experiments of various positions on the plateau had been made, the present site was definitely chosen and the civil headquarters were removed from Fort Stedman and the station established on the 15th Sept. 1894...."
When the ABL visited Fort Stedman in 2010 and 2013, very little is left of the cemetery, the photos below say it all. There is an orphanage near by which cares for what is left, some of the children were detailed to show us around and we were later given a drawing of what existed around the year 2000 when a survey was taken. Perhaps after a good tidy up other headstones might be found but this is doubtful.
Lt. Edmund Walter Jameson, Madras Staff Corp. First Adjutant 3rd Burma Infantry who lost his life at Fort Stedman the 11th Feby 1891 when arresting the murderer of his Commanding Officer. Aged 28 years.
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[Major Edward Baynes Nixon, B.S.C. First Commandant of the 3rd Burma Regt. Aged 42]
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Cemetery Map
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Fort Steadman location,
Inle Lake |
Other things that happened to the occupants of Fort Stedman:-
Ref: 264-306 - Marriage
Date: 1898 Feb. 21st
Groom: Herbert Clifford Bernard
Age: 32
Occ: Captain, 4th Burma Bn.
Abode: Fort Stedman
Groom's father: Robert Bernard
Bride: Ina Hogg
Age: 23
Abode: Mandalay
Bride's Father: Edward James Hogg
Witnesses: Edith E. Dobbie, W.H. Dobbie, W.G. Nisbet
Married at: The Cantonment Ch., Mandalay [i.e. Fort Dufferin, ex Mandalay Palace]
Date: 1898 Feb. 21st
Groom: Herbert Clifford Bernard
Age: 32
Occ: Captain, 4th Burma Bn.
Abode: Fort Stedman
Groom's father: Robert Bernard
Bride: Ina Hogg
Age: 23
Abode: Mandalay
Bride's Father: Edward James Hogg
Witnesses: Edith E. Dobbie, W.H. Dobbie, W.G. Nisbet
Married at: The Cantonment Ch., Mandalay [i.e. Fort Dufferin, ex Mandalay Palace]