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Son of Lt. Col. C.F. Bond, 105th Madras Light Inf., and Mrs. Bond;
husband of Kathleen E. Bond, of "Westlands," The Avenue, Alverstoke,
Gosport Hampshire. |
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TEHRAN MEMORIAL, Iran |
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Panel 19. Column Central. |
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The Tehran Memorial commemorates casualties of the Indian, United
Kingdom and New Zealand Forces who lost their lives during the campaign in
Iran (formerly known as Persia) and who have no known grave. It also
commemorates some of those who died in the neighbouring regions of Russia
whose graves are unknown or unmaintainable. The Memorial is located in
Tehran War Cemetery at the southern end of the residential area in the
British Embassy compound at Gulhak, 13 kilometres from Tehran, and is
enclosed by high walls. The Memorial comprises six free-standing memorial
walls, three on each side of the central avenue leading to the Cross of
Sacrifice. Between the two groups of memorial walls is a central feature
bearing the inscription: 1914-1918 - 1939-1945 IN THIS CEMETERY ARE THE
GRAVES OF FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE COMMONWEALTH SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND
AIRMEN AND ONE NURSING SISTER WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN IRAN DURING THE TWO
WORLD WARS. THE NAMES OF THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THEIR
COMRADES WHO DIED IN IRAN AND IN NEIGHBOURING LANDS DURING THE WAR OF
1914-1918 AND WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE ARE INSCRIBED ON THESE MONUMENTS
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