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Garrison Cemetery, Seringapatam
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Garrison Cemetery is located in Seringapatam, on the banks of the river Cauvery, about 300m from the Bangalore Mysore Highway. It has about 307 graves of the European officers killed in the final assault on Tippu Sultan in 1799, and their family members. Among the graves, there are 80 graves of the officers of the Swiss ‘de Meuron Regiment’, and the rest of the graves are their family members.[1][2]
Garrison Cemetery, Seringapatam | |
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St. Bartholomew's Church, Mysore | |
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Used for those deceased 1799–1860 | |
Established | 1799 |
Location | 12°24′56.58″N 76°40′55.32″E near Seringapatam, India |
Total burials | 307 |
Burials by nation | |
Switzerland: 307 | |
Burials by war | |
The cemetery entrance gate has a marble stone, reads, "Garrison Cemetery AD 1800. Latest burial 1860." A few tombs are imposing, while others are small, some shaped like of a coffin and said to be the remains of infants who died of the plague. Many officers of the Swiss mercenary de Meuron Regiment are buried here.[3]