Find A Grave - Pakistan

Andrews, Henry John b. 1871 d. October 22, 1919
Waziristan Campaign Victoria Cross Recipient. He was an English Doctor, serving as a temporary Captain in the Indian Medical Service, British Indian Army. On October 22, 1919, he was the Senior Medical Officer in charge of the Khajuri Post, Waziristan, India, when a British convoy had been attacked in the vicinity of the post and men had been wounded. He at once took out a medical team to the scene of action, under heavy fire and established an aid station. Affording protection to the wounded...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Bannu Cemetery, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Plot: 160
Bhutto, Benazir b. June 21, 1953 d. December 27, 2007
Prime Minister of Pakistan, she was the first woman elected to lead a post-colonial Muslim country. Born the oldest child of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, her mother was Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish decent; she was raised in the Shia Muslim faith of her parents. Benazir was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and attended the Rawalpindi Presentation Convent and the Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree. From 1969 to 1973, she attended Radcliffe College at...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Assassinated
Village Cemetery, Garhi Khuda Baksh, Sindh, Pakistan
Bhutto, Zulifikar Ali b. January 5, 1928 d. April 4, 1979
Pakistani political leader. Served as President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. In 1977, he was ousted in a military coup by General Muhammed Zia-Ul- Haq and was arrested. He was hanged on April 4, 1979 for alledgedly ordering the murder of a political opponent in 1974. His daughter Benazir Bhutto, served as Prime Minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Village Cemetery, Garhi Khuda Baksh, Sindh, Pakistan
Cavagnari, Pierre Louis Napoleon [cenotaph] d. September 3, 1879
British Army Officer, Colonial Official. A Major in the British Army,he was Deputy Commissioner at Peshawar, India, during the Second Afghan War of 1879. He negotiated the Treaty of Gandamak that ended the first part of that war, and was then placed in command of a British Residency in Kabul, Afghanistan. Along with most of the members of this mission, he was killed in action while defending the Residency from mutinous Afghans. His body was consumed in a fire that burned the Residency building...[Read More]
Mardan Post, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Chase, William St. Lucien b. July 2, 1856 d. June 24, 1908
Second Afghan War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in St Lucia, West Indies, he served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 28th Bombay Native Infantry, Kandahar Field Force, British Army. On August 16, 1880, 1st Lieutenant Chase was part of a party of British soldiers which come under siege from local tribesman in the small Afghan village of Deh Khoja. Many of the soldiers were quickly killed and one of the injured men managed to pull himself into the cover of a building under heavy fire. Lieutenant Chase...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
English Quetta Cemetery, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Plot: British section
Dast, Mir b. December 3, 1874 d. January 19, 1945
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as a Subadar or Captain in The 55 Coke's Rifles, Attached 57th Wilde's Rifles, of The Indian Army. He was awarded his Medal for service at Belgium on April 26, 1915. (Bio by: K)
Warsak Road Cemetery, Shagi Landi Kyan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Haidar, Ali b. August 21, 1913 d. July 15, 1999
World War II British Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sepoy-Sergeant in the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India Army and was the only Pathan to receive the Victoria Cross in the World War II. On April 9, 1945, his company was ordered to assault enemy positions on the far bank of the River Senio, Fusignano, Italy. As the platoon started to cross, it came under heavy machine gun fire from two enemy posts and Haidar's section suffered casualties and only 3 men, including himself...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Village Shahu Khel, Shahu Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Havelock-Allan, Henry Marsham b. August 6, 1830 d. December 30, 1897
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born Henry Marsham Havelock in Chinsurah, Bengal. Received the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving as a lieutenant with the 10th Regiment during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. A summary of his citation reads: "On 16 July 1857 at Cawnpore, India, the 64th Regiment had suffered badly under artillery fire. When the enemy was seen rallying their last 24 pounder, the order was given to advance, and Lieutenant Havelock immediately placed himself , on...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
Harley Street Cemetery, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Havelock-Allan, Henry Marsham b. August 6, 1830 d. December 30, 1897
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born Henry Marsham Havelock in Chinsurah, Bengal. Received the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving as a lieutenant with the 10th Regiment during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. A summary of his citation reads: "On 16 July 1857 at Cawnpore, India, the 64th Regiment had suffered badly under artillery fire. When the enemy was seen rallying their last 24 pounder, the order was given to advance, and Lieutenant Havelock immediately placed himself , on...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
Bannu Cemetery, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Jinnah, Mohammed Ali b. December 25, 1876 d. September 11, 1948
He was the founder and governor general of the Republic of Pakistan. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Mazar-e-Quaid (National Mausoleum), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Jotham, Eustace b. November 28, 1883 d. January 7, 1915
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Captain, in the 51st Sikhs, Indian Army, attached Waziristan Militia. During operations against Khostwal tribesmen at North Waziristan, Pakistan, on January 7, 1915, Captain Jotham, was commanding a squad of men when attacked. Surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen, he gave the order to retire. He could have himself escaped, but sacrificed his life attempting to rescue one of his men who had lost his horse. For...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Miranshar Cemetery, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Kenny, James b. 1826 d. October 3, 1862
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he served as a Private in 53rd Regiment of Foot, British Army. During the assault on the Secundra Bagh, at Lucknow, on the November 16, 1857, Private Kenny volunteered to assist in the lead relief column. Under a very severe enemy cross fire, he continued to bring up ammunition to his Company's position. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Victoria Cross in December 1858. He was later killed in actions at...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Multan Cemetery, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Plot: Grave is not marked.
Kenny, William David b. February 1, 1899 d. January 2, 1920
Waziristan Campaign Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the 39th Garwhal Rifles, Indian Army. While in command at Kot Kai, Waziristan, his unit was repeatedly attacked by the Mahsuds in greatly superior numbers. For over four hours he maintained his position in hand-to-hand fighting, engaging the enemy with bomb and bayonet. He saved the situation and kept intact the right flank, on which depended on the success of the operation and the safety of the troops in rear. In...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Jandola Cemetery, Jandola, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Khan, Khudadad b. October 26, 1888 d. March 8, 1971
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sepoy in the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchi's, Indian Army. During a German attack at Hollebeke, Belgium, October 31, 1914, Sepoy Khan was in the machine-gun section of his battalion. When the officer in charge of the detachment was wounded, Sepoy Khan, although himself wounded, continued working his gun after all the other five men of the detachment had been killed. He was left by the enemy for dead, but later managed to crawl...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rukhan Village Cemetery, Dab, Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Khan, Shahamad b. July 1, 1879 d. July 28, 1947
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Naik in the 89th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. In actions at Mesopotamia on April 12, 13, 1916, Naik Khan was in charge of a machine-gun covering a gap on the line within 150 yards of the entrenched enemy. He beat off three attacks and worked his gun single-handed after all his men, except two belt-fillers, had become casualties. For three hours he held the gap under very heavy fire and when his gun was knocked out, he held his ground...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Takhti Village Cemetery, Takhti, Punjab, Pakistan
Maclean, Hector Lachlan Stewart b. September 13, 1870 d. August 17, 1897
Tirah Campaign Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant on the Staff Corps of Guides , Indian Army. At Nawa Kili, in Upper Swat, India, August 17, 1897, Lieutenant Maclean with two other officers and five men of the Lancashire Fusiliers came under heavy enemy fire. Lieutenant Maclean rushed forward to the rescue on of the officers lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by enemy swordsmen. While he was taking the wounded officer to cover he was killed and Lieutenant...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Guides Cemetery, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Meynell, Godfrey b. May 20, 1904 d. September 29, 1935
Second Mohmand Campaign Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Indian Army. On September 29, 1935, at the Nahaqi Pass, India, in the final phase of an attack, Captain Meynell's troops were in a struggle against an enemy vastly superior in numbers. He took command of about thirty men, maintained a heavy and accurate fire on the advancing enemy, whose overwhelming numbers nevertheless succeeded in reaching their position. In the hand-to-hand...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Guides Cemetery, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Pitcher, Henry William b. 1841 d. July 5, 1875
Umbeyla Campaign Victoria Cross Recipient.
Christian Church, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Tytler, John Adam b. October 29, 1825 d. February 14, 1880
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient.
Christian Cemetery, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Ul-Haq, Mohammed Zia b. August 12, 1924 d. August 17, 1988
Pakistan President. A noted military personality Ul-Haq served as a general and a major general in the cabinet of Zulifikar Ali Bhutto, who served as Pakistan's Prime Minister and President. In 1977 though Ul-Haq ousted Bhutto during a military coup, naming himself as President of Pakistan. In 1979 Ul-Haq had Bhutto hanged. Ul-Haq served as President of Pakistan from 1977 until his death on August 17, 1988. Ul-Haq was assassinated along with United States Ambasassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
General Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq Mausoleum, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Plot: Right beside the King Faisal Mosque

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