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Intro
The Madras War Cemetery was set up in 1952 by the Imperial War
Graves Commission to pay tribute to the valiant men and women who
fought and died in the Second World War. The commisin that looks
after the cemetry is popularly known as the "Commonwealth War
Graves Commission" (CWGC) and in partnership with the Indian
Government.
Features
The cemetry bears the burial place of 855 people from the Common
Wealth forces that died in the war commencing from the year 1939 to
1945. Besides, the graves of the people that died in the war there
are three more graves who did not succumb in the war.
The entrance is marked by the Stone of Remembrance with
inscriptions from the Book of Ecclesiasticus 'Their Name Liveth For
Evermore'. The other memorial in the cemetry consists of what is
popular as Cross of Sacrifice. The Cross of Sacrifice has an
octagonal base bearing a bronze sword upon its shaft. These
memorials are symbolic of all the cemetries that are under CWGC
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