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[[Image :Hampshire's badge carved in rock-1.JPG|right|thumb|400px| Badge of the Hampshire Regiment carved in Rock. Almost certainly at Cherat, which had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides. The 1st Battalion, [[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]] was based at Cherat c 28.4.32 to 13.10.32 and 6.5.33 to 13.10.33 (dates from [[:File:School Garrison book of Agnes Oliver.JPG| School Garrison book of Agnes Oliver]])]]
'''Cherat''' was a [[hill station]] in the [[Nowshera Tehsil]] of [[Peshawar District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. It was used by the British as a sanitarium and cantonment from 1861.<refname=NowD>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130203010441/http://nowshera.com/?page_id=371 Nowshera District], now archived. Scroll down.</ref>
Dr Ali Jan describes Cherat as follows<ref>Originally written some years ago by Dr Ali Jan of Peshawar as an introduction for visitors to the region, describing a journey on the Grand Trunk Road from Rawalpindi to Peshawar. [https://en.everybodywiki.com/Ali_Jan_(writer) Ali Jan (writer)] en.everybodywiki.com</ref>:
==Present status==
Cherat is currently under the control of the Pakistan Army and therefore, off limits to the public.<ref>[http://nowshera.com/?page_idname=371 Nowshera District]<NowD/ref>
==Cemeteries==
*[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/2nd%20Battalion%20Band.jpg Photograph: 2nd Battalion Band, The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Cherat, North West Frontier, 1913] from Janet & Richard Mason’s [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.html The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment]
*Three views of regimental badge rock-carvings at Cherat (Charat) Hill. Cherat, like the Khyber Pass had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides.<ref>
[httphttps://wwwweb.khyberlodgearchive.coorg/web/20090829075530/http://geocities.ukcom/about-khyber-mainmenu-26scn_pk/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43peshawar_remembered.html "Peshawar Remembered"] by Walter Reeve (born 1934). geocities.com, archived. The author then aged about 12, visited Cherat 1947. Scroll down. </ref>
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3907918420 pre 1920], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783684/in/photostream 1920], [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043159-RE_171882.html 1931]
*[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 "A rock epic"]. An article by Ali Jan referring to a rock carving showing insignia of [[5th Regiment of Foot|Northumberland Fusiliers]], at Cherat from The News on Sunday 19 July 2009 (jang.com.pk)
