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*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives] 'Ireland - Ceylon - India Genealogy'. Includes a Search and partial transcriptions of records. Transcriptions (probably the same partial transcriptions) from some of the records are also available on the pay website [[findmypast]] in the database "British India Office Deaths & Burials".
*[http://www.twgpp.org The War Graves Photographic Project]. Worked in conjunction with the CWGC until June 2016. Covers “all nationalities and military conflicts”. A researcher found an image for a British Army soldier who died in Hong Kong c 1900.<ref>2ndRWF.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190308230014/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=7750 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers graves hong kong] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 18 Nov 2012, now archived. Possibly the image was in [https://www.twgpp.org/cemetery/browse?cemetery=Stanley+Military+Cemetery Stanley Military Cemetery], as [https://www.twgpp.org/cemetery/browse?cemetery=Hong+Kong+%28Happy+Valley%29+Colonial+Cemetery Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Colonial Cemetery] only contains one image. twgpp.org </ref> It is possible to Search by Cemetery, and there appeared to be a number of Indian cities included, for example Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Kirkee, Madras, Lucknow, Poona, sometimes with multiple cemeteries in the same town/city. There is a [http://www.twgpp.org/search.php fee] payable if you require a '''high resolution ''' image or photograph.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130233237/http://twgpp.org/downloads/news/An_Indian_Idyll-David_Milborrow.pdf "An Indian Idyll: A Tour of Indian War and Cantonment cemeteries"] by David Milborrow Probably early 2011 (archive.org link)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113237/http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/On_the_road_to_Mandalay.pdf "On the Road to Mandalay"] by David Milborrow February 2013. Burma cemeteries (archive.org link)
*[httphttps://britishwargraves.co.uk/index.htm British War Graves: War Grave Photographs] is a site which provides free photographs of War graves from some cemeteries around the world. Includes category "Memorials to the Missing" which includes Basra Memorial.
*[http://asiawargraves.com/countries/ Asia War Graves]. Provides free photographs of War graves in Asia for selected cemeteries, mainly relating to the Second World War.
*[http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find A Grave] - millions of user added grave inscriptions from around the world, some with photos. Asian cemeteries not well covered but some with war graves/memorials have many entries.
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