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Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list

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* Hewson, Eileen''The Forgotten Irish : memorials of the Raj'', compiled by Eileen Hewson.
Wem: Kabristan Archives, 2004
* Hewson, Eileen''A Handbook for Irish war graves in India, Burma and beyond'', compiled by Eileen Hewson.
Wem: Kabristan Archives, 2005
This sequel to ''The Forgotten Irish'' brings the coverage into the Twentieth Century. Over 650 entries from war graves and war memorials in India, Burma, Indonesia, Malaya and Ceylon, with the majority being deaths from the two world wars. "[T]he author has compiled another very useful work of reference for family history researchers whose ancestors come within her remit." The review by David Blake is on p.48 of FIBIS ''Journal'' 15 (Spring 2006)
 
 
* Hewson, Eileen
''Moravian graveyards in India and Jamaica, 1755-1971''. Wem: Kabristan Archives, 2007
 
Transcripts of memorials to Moravian missionaries who travelled from Herrnhut in Germany and settled in the remote Himalayan areas of Ladakh and Lahoul. The inscriptions of colleagues who went to Jamaica to establish schools and clinics for the slaves on that island are also included.

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