British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA)

Description

There are thousands of British and other European cemeteries, isolated graves and monuments in South Asia. There is no official body to look after the graves of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed in the wars and campaigns fought by the British in South Asia, or of the hundreds of thousands of civilians who died in that part of the world from the 17th to the 20th centuries. This is where BACSA comes in. Its remit, extending to 1947, is to help with the preservation of civilian graveyards. The UK’s diplomatic missions overseas have no responsibility to care for such cemeteries and monuments. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission looks after the World War cemeteries.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1977

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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)