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Post by dmether on Aug 15, 2014 17:36:00 GMT 8
Not WWII, but interesting. Doing some reading on when the Brits visited Manila from 1762-4. They lost a few men while here. If I remember, the Brits usually left the remains in place, not sending them back like the US did when we got here. If so, did the Brits establish the English Cemetery to bury them? I've found it on a couple of old maps. The Manila South Cemetery was built in 1925, just to the south of it. The cemetery was bought by the Ayala Group in the 1970's and turned into a housing area. Horner came out of the English Cemetery when it was closed in the 1970's, through an agreement between ABMC and the British War Graves organization. He was assigned to the light cruiser Carlisle and drowned. Frederick W. Horner Chief Petty Officer Royal Navy Date of Death:November 10, 1920 Buried: Plot G Row 9 Grave 11 Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines The rest of the cemetery may have been moved to the Columbarium in the Forbes Park community between Makati and Ft. Bonifacio. 1908 map 1920 1944 The English Cemetery is on the upper left of the South Cemetery in this 14 December 1944 shot:
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