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Ye-way Cemetery, Rangoon
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As you probably know the colonial-era headstones now at Ye-way came from the Cantonment, Town and Kemmendine Cemeteries.

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Kemmendine
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Kemmendine
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Cantonment Cemetery, 1900
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Rangoon Town Cemetery, c. 1877

Brief history of the cemeteries in Rangoon:- 
When in 1853 orders were issued prohibiting burials within the town, land had been set aside for cemeteries and allotted to the various communities; so came into existence the cemeteries at Pazundaung.  A cemetery was also established in the Cantonments area under Military authority; originally the Cantonment Cemetery was sited on the slope of the ridge to the west of Cemetery Road, below the Sale Barracks, but this ground was not used after 1854, when the existing Cantonment Cemetery was established.  Both these cemeteries were used for the burials of private persons who died in the Cantonment limits as well as for the burial of soldiers.  But besides these lawful burial-grounds, unauthorised cemeteries grew up outside the old limits of the municipal area, such as the burial ground to the north of  Bagaya Pongyi Road.  Furthermore, by 1880 the legal cemeteries within the town were overcrowded.  The Health Officer reported that the depth of  graves was commonly not more than one and a half feet and that this was a serious danger to public health.  It was not, indeed, for another twenty years that any steps could be taken to remedy this situation, then, in 1900, the Committee acquired two sites, one at Hanthawaddy Road and the other at the east of Rangoon, for use as burial grounds and in 1907 most of the older cemeteries were closed.

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Herbert Arthur Gibson,  b. 20th July 1880,
d. 12th Aug. 1904,
​aged 24 yrs.
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unknown
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Adam Williamson Kelley
b. 25th March 1882,
​d. 2nd April 1925
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Govt. Advocate and member of the Legislative Council
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Anna E Fredrickson
​ 1865 - 1918

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Alexander Rennie Izat, Capt. Royal Garrison Artillery.  Eldest son of Alexander Izat, born Ballilesk, Dollar, Scotland, drowned at Rangoon with three other men whilst on duty, 17th Jan  1911, aged 36 yrs.
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George Frank Clark,
Principal, Training College,
​University Rangoon
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Amy Margaret,
wife of Henry William Jones 
b. 25th Sept. 1870
d. 4th Aug. 1921

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Alfred Brown,
of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China and youngest son of  John Brown of Crouch Hill, London, who died at Rangoon on 30th Jan. 1894, aged 28 yrs.
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Bella G[reenslade] Kay, beloved wife of C.J. [Charles James] Lowe, who died at Poozoondoung
on  [28th Aug. 1904] 
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Bella,
beloved wife of G. Malling.
​Died 11th June 1908, aged 46 yrs.
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Charles Beresford Aubrey,
b. 16th Oct. 1869
d. 9th Aug. 1937

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Capt. John Curtois-Paske, H.M. 14th Regt. M.N.I., who departed this life at Rangoon on the 6th Nov.  1871
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Cecilia
dearly beloved wife of Frederick Hart who departed this life on the 1st Sept. 1895, aged 28 yrs.
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[James Costello]
who died 7th Apr. 1925
​aged 60 yrs.

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Gertrude Charlotte beloved daughter of 
James & Elsie Grieve
Aged eleven weeks.
​[
d. 15th May 1884. ]
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Archibald Douglas
beloved son of
​Archie and Annie Hall, aged 26 yrs.  
​Accidentally drowned on 23rd Aug. 1947
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The daughter of Ferdinand and Martha Foucar
Who was born on 15th Aug. 
1896
​and died a short time after birth.  
Happy are those who are without sin.

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Donald Fenton Bisset
[died 23rd Jan. 1923]
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Christopher Bolland Powell
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Charlie F.[rederick] Lee,
who died 20th Aug. 1882,
aged 23 yrs. 11 mths. 11 days.  
​Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.

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Claude Moray Prendergast, Deputy Inspector General of Police, son of Col. L. Prendergast ... [d. 17th Dec. 1917]
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Harry Hawke Dennis, 
born 7th Mar. 1862,
[died 14th May 1897.]
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Charles Delametter
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Charles Edward,
dearly beloved husband of 
Margarite Rose Allen​.
Died 18th Feb 1908
aged 37 yrs. 3 mths. 9 days.
[Forest Officer] 

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Henry Crapnell,
Apprentice on Hen...,
who died 13th Sept. 1912
aged [19] yrs.
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Gunner David J. McMillan, [14th E.D.R.A.] who was drowned at Rangoon [23rd July 1893]
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Disney Howard
infant child of
G. F. Travers-Drapes and Annie Caroline his wife,
​ b. 8th Dec. 1884
d. 17th Dec. 1885
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Ellen H.B.
wife of the late
​Rev'd. Francis Mason D.D., died 3rd Aug. 1904
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Cmdr. M.O.W. Miller, D.S.O.
Royal Navy, of Teignmouth, Devon, d. 26th Jan. 1959

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Edwin Lewis,
late Excise Supdt., Rangoon,
who peacefully expired on the
25th Feb. 1902.  
Born at Bristol 2nd Nov. 1842,
​aged 59 yrs. 3 mths.
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Ralph Palmer
​a true friend and loyal Englishman
​who entered into his rest
July 7th 1912, aged 33.  
The souls of the righteous
​ are in the hand of God.
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Ralph Palmer (b)
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My dearly loved sister Emma,
daughter of Charles and Eliza Roberts,
who departed this life
on the 4th Aug. 1916.

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Henry Edward Banks, of Preston, Commander [A.S.N. Co.,
who died on the
​21st July 1892, aged 31 yrs.]
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Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr Daniel Peters, Clerk, Commissioner's Dept., who departed this life at Rangoon on the 8th Aug. 1857, aged 25 yrs. 4 mths.

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Elsie May,
beloved daughter of
​James & May Hall,
born 28th Nov. 1913,
died 6th Aug. 1916 
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Emily Beckwith, beloved wife of Edward Brooke Anderson, Lieut. and Adjutant 24th Regt. M.N.I.
Born 9th Mar. 1858  
​Died 3rd May 1878

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Henry Pearce
[Mill Owner, died 6th Aug. 1910,
​aged 50 yrs.]
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Annie
beloved wife of
Q.M.S. W.G. Finlay "Norfolk" Regt.
who died at Rangoon on
17th May 1891, aged 26 yrs. 
Also
to Florrie, her infant daughter,
​who died on 26th Aug. 1891, aged 11 mths.
Safe in the arms of Jesus.
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Julia Elizabeth,
the dearly loved wife of 
Edward G. Barron
born at Rye, Sussex,
July 17th 1855.
Died at Rangoon
October 18th 1892.
Abide with me.

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Ellen,
beloved wife of
Joseph Selwood Wyatt,
Paymaster Sergeant, 84th Regt.,
​who departed this life on the
4th Nov. 1854, ​aged 36 yrs.
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Ethel Mabel,
beloved wife of
Lt. H.B. Pain, I.A.S.C.,
died on 28th Feb. 1929,
aged 43 yrs. 5 mths.

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Frederick Morgan, Asst. Surgeon, who was present with every engagement with the enemy on board and on detached service during the war:  worn out by his exertions in behalf of others he fell a victim to Cholera on 22nd Sept. 1852, aged 32 years.

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James,
son of James Henderson,
Merchant of Rangoon,
​born 18th Oct. 1869
died 1st Jan. 1870
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James Moubray Hall,
​died 9th May 1900.
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In memory of Conductor
​George Bishop
Ordnance Dept., who died at Rangoon Sept. 3rd 1887 aged 47 yrs. 3 mths. 10 days.
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George Francis Danvers Colquhoun, late Deputy Supdt., Detective Dept., Rangoon City Police.
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Sir Frank McCarthy,
first President of the Burma Reforms Council, who died ... ...  1924 ... .. yrs.

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James Walton Farquhar,
only son of
Mr & Mrs Farquhar,
Castleford, Yorks, England.
Served through the Great War 1914-1918.
Died  at Rangoon 12th Oct. 1923.
Aged 27 yrs.
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Jane Amelia Allmark,
In loving memory of our darling mother,
Jane Amelia Allmark,
​died 20th Oct. 1921,
aged 68 yrs.
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In loving memory of his wife
Janie Whyte,
who died 14th June 1904,
​aged 26 yrs.

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James Sharp, 
​died 10th June
1879

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Jane Elizabeth
the dearly loved wife of A. Brookes
C.C.M.A. Ordnance Dept.
d. 4th Apr. 1900
aged 25 yrs. 9 mths. 7 days.
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Jeanne Josephine,
the beloved wife of William Thomas Hall
died 9th June  1884.
The will of the Lord be done.
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John Alfred Adolphus Murray,
beloved husband of Mabelle Murray


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John Charles,
20th Sept 1918,
aged 46 yrs.
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John Cormack McKenzie, I.C.S.,
who died at Rangoon 
9th? April 1930
aged 47 yrs.
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John Russell Ardagh,
infant son of
Richard and Fanny Ardagh

born ... Oct. [1858]
died 23rd Nov. 1858, ... ...
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John Spence
Native of Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland, [who died at Rangoon 12th Jan. 1893.  Aged 34 yrs.]

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Julia Georgina, 
dearly beloved wife of
Julien Vaillant, of the Exchange, Rangoon,
died 3rd Nov. 1891.
The 46th anniversary of her birthday....
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Julia Georgina Vaillant (b)
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John Wood,
No. 19497 Acting Bombadier, No. 62 Company R.G.A., who was drowned in the Rangoon River
on the 17th Jan. 1911, whilst in the execution
​of his duty.
Also of
No. 30436 Gunner Harry John Dellow
​whose body was not recovered.  
Erected by officers, N.C. O's and men of the Company.
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