The Sewri Christian Cemetery (Marathi: Sewrī Kristi smashan bhumi) in Sewri, Mumbai, India, was established by Arthur Crawford, the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay as a location for European burials. The land was acquired from the Agri-Horticulture Society's gardens in 1865. The bodies of Commonwealth military service personnel buried in the cemetery during the First and Second World Wars were all exhumed and reburied at Kirkee War Cemetery where permanent maintenance by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission could be assured, CWGC Cemetery Report. with the exception of a Second World War soldier of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) CWGC Casualty record. whose grave is still registered and maintained by the commission.
People buried +People BuriedNameDateWhoGeorge Wittet1926 Architect, designed the Gateway of IndiaJames Docherty1926Assistant Business Manager (Times of India)Francis Newton Souza 2002 Avant Garde artist Frederick William Stevens 1900 Architect of the Victoria Terminus Dom Moraes 2004 Poet Joseph Baptista 1930 Mayor of BombayCyril Frederick Golding195125 Jun 1937, elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly, from the constituency of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and the Bombay Presidency Trades Association.Thomas Blaney1903Irish physician and philanthropist in Bombay. Two-time Sheriff of Bombay.
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