11/28/2025
Today Douglas Lang has no flowers, no visitors, no regiment to claim him. Just four words carved deeper than any date could ever be:
OUR DEAR SON
AGED 4 YEARS
Children’s burials: Despite its designation as a military cemetery, several graves clearly belong to children, raising questions about how burial policies have been applied. (pre-independence)
Erased colonial graves: In one section, more than fifty graves from the colonial era show deliberate removal of names and insignia. These are not weathered stones — the erasures are systematic, aligned, and unmistakable.
Overwritten plots: In at least one case, a new burial slab dated 2000 was placed directly over an older grave, effectively overwriting the original inscription.
Today Douglas Lang has no flowers, no visitors, no regiment to claim him. Just four words carved deeper than any date could ever be:
OUR DEAR SON
AGED 4 YEARS
1940s: Established during WWII for Commonwealth soldiers.
1957–1990s: Continued use for Ghanaian Armed Forces burials.
2000s–present: Still active, with modern Ghanaian military burials; evidence of plot reuse and erasures.