The Madras War Cemetery
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Uploaded by jaganpvs on Feb 25, 2007
The Cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which is funded by the nations of the british commonwealth which contribute furnds for the activity. The Cemetery in Chennai has around 860 graves from the second world war , and a memorial to more names from the first world war whose graves are scattered around the country and are not maintained by the CWGC now.
The sound track is 'In the Army Now' by Status Quo. Originally intended to drown out my own 'on-site commentary' (and the accompanying bloopers), I now find the song to be strangely relevant to the video - the only exception being that the words 'Uncle Sam' should have been replaced with 'His Majesty'. The intention of the soundtrack is not to disrespect those who died, or the cause for which they died, but merely to illustrate how youngmen would travel half way across the world to die in godforsaken (or gods own - depending on your viewpoint) places for their country and countrymen.
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I go to Chennai every year. I should go to the cemetary and pay my repsects next time I go.
suryavajra 4 years ago
been there, so many sacrificed their lives. just next to that is st. thomas mount, used to climb up the hill in the evenings, watch the city lights, and watch the planes take off and land.
blueoceansurff 4 years ago
The videos like tis makes me always sad, because i know that tey have all died and that is just sad, and it doesn't matter what country they are from! So thanks for this great doc.
Jimboji 4 years ago
Awesome documentary!
AbhilashGregory1985 4 years ago
Good to see War Graves that have been lokked after. Have a look at War Graves Habbaniyah to see ones that have been abused by the Iraqi's, and the work that was done to clear up the crap. Good Video
cabarfeidh 4 years ago