BACSA

Another thing about the BACSA register on European Deaths and Burials in Burma. According to the edition I have (1983), "A remarkable amount of information on the cemetery has recently been supplied by Captain Kolu Ban, a retired Officer of the Burma Army Signals. He volunteered to undertake a full research and it is thanks to him that it has been possible to compile the list below of all the gravestones that could be identified." Very thoughtful of the Captain. But, I can't help wondering why he missed the Wingate grave. It had one of the largest headstones in the cemetery and the inscriptiopn quoted in my previous post was one of the clearest. It's not as if the cemetery is large, it isn't, nor is it the case that there are dozens of cemeteries littered all over the town, there aren't. How then did he miss this easy to find stone?

May I add, if the Burmese junta are listening, that the Maymyo cemetery is in deplorable condition. A path runs through the cemetery serving as a shortcut to the Lashio Road (the old "Burma Road"). Headstones are broken and carelessly scattered all over the place. Wild grass is growing everywhere. Like them or not, these cemeteries are a part of Burmese history. Shame on you!