Lance Corporal
4746330
2nd Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment
who died on
Tuesday, 29th June 1943. Age 25.
Additional Information: Son of Frank and Florence Garbett, of Kinsley, Yorkshire.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, Bangladesh
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: 2. A. 1.
Location: Chittagong War Cemetery is in Dampara locality, No 19 Basha Mia Road, 22 kilometres north of the airport and 8 kilometres from the port on a site which was formerly paddy fields, but which has now been developed. It is near the arts college and close by Finlay's Guest Houses near Chatteshanry Road; a well known road leading to the Hindu Kali Bari Temple. There is no C.W.G.C. road direction sign. The Burial area is situated at the bottom of a slope directly behind Finlay's Guest Houses and is surrounded by a large area planted with a mixture of jungle trees,fruit trees and flowering trees. It is not easily seen from the road. A narrow tarmacked lane leads from the entrance gate to the burial area which is entered through a metal gate flanked by two small brick chapels. The cemetery gates are open from 07.00 to 12 noon and 14.00 to 17.00. Within the cemetery will also be found the Chittagong Memorial which, together with the Bombay 1939-1945 War Memorial, to be found in the Indian Seamen's Hostel Bombay, commemorates over 400 sailors of the former Indian Navy and nearly 6,000 sailors of the former Indian Merchant Navy who were lost at sea during the war years. Each memorial takes the form of a finely bound volume containing the names of the dead.
Historical Information: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY Index No. PAK. 3 CHITTAGONG, a port on the Bay of Bengal, has a long history. It was a stronghold of pirates in the 15th century, and today is an important trading centre and the terminus of the Assam-Bengal Railway. It is the nearest port to Northern Burma and in May 1942, when a Japanese attack seemed probable, the port was closed and much of the equipment removed; but when the danger of the invasion of India receded somewhat the port was reopened, and was later developed to meet operational needs in Burma. By November 1943 additional moorings for deep sea ships had been obtained from Calcutta, and most of the cranes taken away in 1942 had been replaced. After the retreat from Burma in 1942 the area was used as a training centre, and towards the end of 1943 Chittagong became an advanced base for the Fourteenth Army which at that time was operating on the Arakan front. It was also a hospital centre, and among others No. 152 British General Hospital was at Chittagong from December 1944 until October 1945, when it moved to Ragoon. Chittagong War Cemetery is 22 miles north of the town and 5 miles from the port on a site which was formerly paddy fields, but is now being rapidly developed. It is a quarter of a mile from the main road and is reached by a short road turning off the main road. It was created by the army, and there were originally about 400 burials. Graves have since been transferred to this cemetery from the Lushai Hills (Assam) and other isolated sites, and from Chittagong Civil Cemetery; Chandragona Baptist Mission Cemetery; Chiringa Military Cemetery; Cox's Bazar New Military and Civil (Muhammadan) Cemeteries; Chittagong (Panchalaish) Burial Ground; Dacca Military Cemetery; Demagiri Cemetery; Dhuapolong Muslim Burial Ground; Dhuapolong Christian Military Cemetery; Dohazari Military and R.A.F. Cemeteries; Jessore Protestant Cemetery; Khulna Cemetery; Khurushkul Island Christian and Muhammadan Cemeteries; Lungleh Cemetery (Assam); Nawapara Cemetery (Assam); Patiya Military Cemetery, Rangamati Cemetery; Tezgaon Roman Catholic Cemetery; Tumru Ghat Military Cemetery and Tumru M.D.S. Hospital Cemetery. There are now, therefore, 755 burials in this 1939-1945 War cemetery, which are classified on the opposite page. The two non-war graves are those of seamen of the British Merchant Navy whose death was not due to war service. The civilians mentioned in the footnotes to the classification are a member of the Indian Civil Service and a member of the Civil Affairs Staff (Burma). The site upon which this cemetery lies includes on the south-eastern side a horseshoe shaped hill which forms a natural amphitheatre. This is clothed by evergreen and flowering shrubs and is a charming background to the lawn-like plots of graves marked by bronze plaques mounted on low pedestals.
Private
18361
11th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
who died on
Friday, 10th March 1916. Age 37.
Additional Information: Husband of Miriam Garbett, of 12, Chestnut Grove, Bolton Woods, Bradford.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: I. E. 14.
Location: Hamel is a small village about 6.5 kilometres north of Albert. Using the D929 from Bapaume to Albert, continue until you come to La Boisselle, where there is a right turn signposted to Aveluy on the D20. Upon entering Aveluy, continue straight until you reach the crossroads where you should turn right to Beaumont-Hamel. Continue for 5 kilometres until you reach Hamel village where the military cemetery is on your immediate left.
Historical Information: Beaumont village was captured by British troops in November, 1916, but Hamel was in British occupation from the summer of 1915, until the 27th March, 1918. Hamel Military Cemetery was begun by fighting units and Field Ambulances in August, 1915, and carried on until June, 1917; and a few further burials were made in Plot II, Row F, after the capture of the village in 1918. It was known at times by the names of "Brook Street Trench" and "White City". It was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the immediate neighbourhood. There are now nearly 500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 80 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them. A number of French and German military graves have been removed to other burial grounds. The cemetery covers an area of 2,235 square metres, without including the public right of way on the North side and is enclosed by a rubble wall.