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17, Taswell Road,
Southsea,
G*37518 11th January 1933.
133. 7. 2.
The High Commissioner for India,
General Department,
India House, Aldwych,
London, W.C. 2.
Sir,
In reply to your letter G133. 7. 2. dated
the 9th instant, I respectfully beg to remind you that the
grave of Mr. B.J. Hicks, who died at Sistan about 1916
may possibly be forgotten as I believe he is the ohly member
of the Department buried at Sistan. Then there is the grave
of Mr. R. New who died at Birjand about 1917.
Apart from the above, the only others I know
which are likely to be forgotten are those at Abadeh which
is about 135 miles South of Ispahan.
In the back compound of the building which
was occupied by the Department, there are either one or two
(two I believe) headstones which were erected to the memory
of members of the Department towards the end of the last
century.
Whether the actual graves are under the
headstones or not I do not know, neither can I remember for
the moment the names of the members of the Department for
whom the headstones were made but if neither. Sir Rayner
Barker, Mr. Norris, nor Mr. J. Hamilton can furnish you with
the necessary particulars, then I would suggest that you
obtain the information through the Legation, Teheran, from
either Mr. L.S. Gregory or Mr. G. Aviet, both of whom were
stationed at Abadeh for several years.
I presume your above quoted letter has been
addressed to all late members of the Departmental Staff, but
should this not be so I would remind you that two children
of Mr. H.A.S. Navarra are buried at Dehbeed which is about
120 miles North of Shiraz.
If at a later period the situation of any
other graves should come to my memory I will gladly
communicate with you again.
I have &c.
(sd) A.L. Robertson.
(late) Asst. Director,
Persian Section,
I.E.T.D.
Teheran.