For these unfortunate souls I either have a record of their burial at Ramandroog or I have a grave and no way to identify who is buried in it. Please contact me at blewis@illinois.edu if you have any information about these graves.
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Arthur Hathaway
Madras Civil Service
According to Cotton (1905), Ramandroog cemetery also contains the remains of Arthur Hathaway, Madras Civil Service, who died on 17 April 1866, aged 45 years. “He died in his bullock-bandy [cart] near Yettinahatti, on the road from Bellary to Ramandroog, having been attacked by fever some days previously. His service dates from 1839, and he had been Collector of Bellary since 1859. He was the son of William Sila Hathaway of Langley Grove, Colnbrook, Bucks, and received his education at Sherborne School, which he left in 1836 for the E. I. College, Haileybury.” (Cotton #858)
Holbrook, George, Private, 37963
1st Garrison Bn, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
30th Aug 1918
Son of John & Hannah Holbrook
19 Norton R., Pelsall, W. Midlands
Mary Ann
Wife of Major C. E. M. Walker
30th Regt. M. N. I.
1 Aug 1860
Unknown 1
Unidentified infant or child
Unknown 2
SW quarter of cemetery; “Sacred…memory….” can still be read from the upper third of the shale-like stone (a particularly poor choice for a memorial because this soft sedimentary rock spalls so badly). The rectangular niche still bears traces of mortar that held the marble or metal tablet in place.
Unknown #50
No inscription on headstone
Unknown #53-57 & 61-64
SE corner of cemetery; several are the last resting places of infants or children, as indicated by the cobble-sized stones used to mark the outlines of the graves
Unknown 6