3) THE DUTCH CEMETERY OF FORT COCHIN

The Dutch Cemetery in Fort Cochin contains not only Dutch but also British graves. Established in 1724, the cemetery has 104 grave monuments, but only 13 Dutch inscriptions have survived today. I could trace 14 English tombs in the graveyard, but not all of them are identifiable because of the barely visible inscriptions or in some cases, only a fraction of the epitaph has survived. I have managed to decipher the epitaph of tallest monument in the cemetery, which is the tomb of a young English woman, the wife of a British captain. Nevertheless, majority of the grave monuments (77 out of 104) lack inscriptions and unfortunately will remain anonymous. The oldest identifiable tomb is that of Johan Daimichen (1784). The last burial is said to be of J E Winckler (1913), but the grave is also untraceable. I have discussed in detail about the Dutch Cemetery of Fort Cochin along with around 100 photographs, published over a series of posts in my blog, 'Jewish Monuments of Kerala'. Here are the links to the posts uploaded:

1- FUNERARY MONUMENTS OF THE DUTCH CEMETERY IN FORT KOCHI 

2-IDENTIFIABLE DUTCH GRAVES IN THE DUTCH CEMETERY, FORT COCHIN (FORT KOCHI)

3-BRITISH GRAVES IDENTIFIED IN THE DUTCH CEMETERY OF FORT COCHIN (FORT KOCHI)

4-IDENTIFYING THE TALLEST FUNERARY MONUMENT IN THE DUTCH CEMETERY OF FORT COCHIN 

5-THE TRAGIC FATE OF MARIA EVANS AND HER DAUGHTER-DECIPHERING THE COMPLETE EPITAPH OF THE TALLEST FUNERARY MONUMENT IN THE DUTCH CEMETERY OF FORT COCHIN