The burial ground, also known as the Mohammedian Cemetery, was designed by T Herbert Winney, India Office Surveyor, to provide a site where Muslim soldiers killed in action whilst fighting for Great Britain in the First World War could be buried according to their religion. The photograph was taken for the India Office itself. By the time of its completion in 1917 it had received 19 burials of soldiers who died between 16 July 1915 and 3 Feb 1916. All of the burials were moved to nearby Brookwood Cemetery in 1968 following incidents of vandalism.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Architect: Winney, T Herbert
Early 20th Century Muslim Cemetery, First World War, Muslim Religion