Visit to Agram Cemetery, ASC Officer's Mess, Bangalore
Saturday, 11th March, 2006
The next schedule for
Bill Jenkins this day was to visit the Agram Cemetery in the ASC Officers
Mess premises around 4.30 in the afternoon.
The Admiral OS Dawson arrived
with Bill and Jean and were met by the Bagpipers Band of the ASC in the
Cemetery. They played a few tunes for Bill (Bill was not in his outstanding
Scottish attire as he wasn't scheduled to play at Agram Cemetery).
The Bagpipers Band pose with Bill
(and Ronnie's wife Maisy finds her way between two of the pipers!), while
Admiral O.S. Dawson shows the ASC Officers the work he has done on the Agram
Cemetery over the years, and Jean and Maisy use the graves as a backdrop.
Bill brought out a memorial poem for the 16th Lancers thinking they were
buried in this Cemetery.
Bill tries out the bagpipes, only
to find out that they were too small for his size. He was used to playing
with a large bag full of air to get the volume he blows up!
Bill, Jean, Admiral OS Dawson were
accompanied by Ronnie and Maisy Johnson, escorted by one of the Officers
of the ASC, and went they around the Cemetery which contained 200 year old
graves. Admiral observes the foundation of the wall that has come very close
to the graves.
A panoramic view of Agram Cemetery
They all retreated from the hot
sun to the lounge for a cup of tea kindly provided by the ASC.
