Soldiers Memorial, Hungjao Cemetery, Shanghai

In this Cemetery are interred the remains of 305 Officers and men who died of wounds or sickness during the defence of the Settlement against the Tai Ping Rebels between the years 1862 and 1865.

The site of the original Soldiers’ Cemetery was at Nantao, adjoining the wall of the Old Chinese City which was previously maintained by private subscriptions from residents of Shanghai.

The Shanghai Municipal Council took over the care of the property in 1876, and in 1938 owing to the state of decay into which the cemetery had fallen, due to age, it was decided to re-inter the remains in a site selected in Hungjao Cemetery.

From the inscriptions on the tomb-stones removed it was seen that the remains are those of Officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, the 31^st (1^st Bn. The East Surrey Regiment) and 67^th Regiments, the 19^th Baluchi Regiment, and certain Departmental Units. These tomb-stones were renovated and freshly inscribed and were re-erected in the turf in front of the New Memorial.

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The inscription on the New Memorial Tablet runs as follows:-

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 305 OFFICES AND MEN OF THE BRITISH ARMY WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS 1862-1865. IN ORDER TO SECURE FROM VIOLATION THEIR LAST EARTHLY RESTING PLACE, THE MORTAL REMAINS OF THESE OFFICERS AND MEN WERE REMOVED BY THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FROM THE ORIGINAL SOLDIERS’ CEMETERY ADJOINING THE WALL OF THE OLD CHINESE CITY AND RE-INTERRED HERE ON OCTOBER 3RD 1939

 

 

 

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