A visit to the British graveyard located at Kydganj near the banks of River Yamuna is like opening a history book and one can easily visualise the gruesome events which took place in the city at that time. The inscriptions on the graves also narrate the tragic stories of all the British who lost their lives in this city and were buried here, far away from their native land. Both civilians and soldiers were laid to rest in this graveyard including a large number of women and children. The years of death are a few years before or after 1857, which shows that the graveyard had been present even before the rebellion took place. Although the cause of death is not mentioned in most of them, some of them mention that the person died of cholera, which was a common cause of death at that time. Many inscriptions also mention that they were erected by either the parents or the spouses or the comrades of the people who died. Interestingly there are no graves of the second phase of the British rule in India

Some of the inscriptions are like the following: In memory of Charlotte, wife of Henry Francis, 22nd February 1857, Died of Cholera; Sacred to the memory of Mr Thomas Ross, A Branch Pilot on the Honourable Company’s Bengal Establishment, who after years of faithful service died on 25th July 1850 aged 46 years, erected by his widow; Erected by the Non-Commissioned officers and men of HM’s 5th Regiment to the memory of their comrades who died at Allahabad; Mary Jane, the beloved daughter of George Cutts, formerly Pay Master’s Clerk of HM, and Jane, his wife; In the memory of Mary, w/o Captain Moorhouse, 35th Lt Infantry Pension Pay Master, died 29th  November 1848, also Alfred Blundell, their younger son Died 25th January 1849, aged 4 months.

The graveyard is a heritage site under the Archaeological Survey of India and is maintained by the Department of Culture, Government of India. The graves are enclosed in a beautiful and well-maintained garden with green lawns and many flowering trees. All of them are clean and free of dry leaves and weeds and still retain their freshness although some of the inscriptions have faded with time.

The serene environment of the place attracts many visitors who go there not to see the graves but to sit and study on the lawns or to stroll in the garden. Kapil, a regular visitor to the graveyard, on being asked whether he felt scared of ghosts haunting the place, said that no one had heard rumours about ghostly encounters in the graveyard and people went there fearlessly even at night.