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Dear Members of the Corps of Signals fratenity,
With grief we are posting details of our colleagues who leave for their heavenly abode. We request members to forward their "shradhanjali". Kindly share with us the photographs, fond memories and association.
We await tributes from associates/ course mates for publication.
Blog Team

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  • Friday, October 22, 2010

    IC-17853N Lt Col PN Rai

    Dear Signallers,
    I am sad to inform you about demise of IC-17853N Lt Col PN Rai (Retd) on 05 Oct 10, at Jabalpur.
    Next of Kin: Mrs Damainti Rai (Wife)
    Please see email received from Dte Gen of Signals appended below.
    We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
    Those of you who wish to write a "Shradhanjli", may kindly send it for being posted on our weblog -
    http://reportmysignal-shradhanjli.blogspot.com/
    The Shradhanjli be kindly emailed to - Col James Kanagaraj, The Moderator at - reportmysignalblogspot@gmail.com
    In sorrow -
    Chander Kamboj.

    Dear Sir,
    We regret to inform the sad demise of IC-17853N Lt Col PN Rai (Retd) on 05 Oct 2010. The details of his family are as follows:
    Next of Kin
    Name and relationship: Mrs Damainti rai (Wife)
    Cremation Date and time of Cremation: 05 Oct 2010.
    Other Information about Officer
    1. Date of birth: 24 Feb 1942
    2. Date of Seniority: 11 Jun 1967
    3. Date of retirement: 30 Jun 1998
    4. Date of demise: 05 Oct 2010
    With warm Regards
    Lt Col AS Mankoo
    Dir Sigs Adm

    Thursday, October 7, 2010

    Mrs Ila Choudhari Wife of Late Brig SKP Choudhari

    Dear Signallers,
    I am sad to inform about the demise of Mrs Ila Choudhari Wife of Late Brig SKP Choudhari on 06 Oct 2010.
    Next of Kin
    Ms Mona Choudhari (Daughter), 011-26273291, 09818316760
    I Block-1758, 1st floor, Chittaranjan Park,
    Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019
    We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
    Please also see the email received from Sigs Adm, appended below.
    In sorrow -
    Chander Kamboj.

    Demise of Mrs Ila Choudhari Wife of Late Brig SKP Choudhari
    Dear sir,
    We regret to inform the sad demise of Mrs Ila Choudhari Wife of Late Brig SKP Choudhari on 06 Oct 2010. The details of his family are as follows:-.
    Name and relationship: Ms Mona Choudhari (Daughter)
    Date and time of Cremation: Lodhi Electric Crematorium, Opp Lodhi, Hotel, New Delhi at 1800h on 06 Oct 2010.
    With warm regards
    Lt Col AS mankoo
    Dir Sigs Adm

    Monday, October 4, 2010

    Lt Col Joseph Farias Anselm and Lt Col Rajbir Singh

    It is very sad to note the sad demise of two of our veterans - Lt Col Joseph Farias Anselm (Retd)and Lt Col Rajbir Singh (Retd).
    My heratfelt condolences to their families and pray to Almighty to rest their souls in peace.
    Col JL CHATTERJI (Retd)

    Thursday, September 30, 2010

    IC-28171H Lt Col Joseph Farias Anselm and IC-35896L Lt Col Rajbir Singh

    Dear Signallers,
    I am sad to inform you about demise of two Signals Veterans –
    1. IC-28171H Lt Col Joseph Farias Anselm (Retd), who left for his heavenly abode on 24 Sep 2010.
    2. IC-35896L Lt Col Rajbir Singh (Retd), who left for his heavenly abode on 10 Sep 2010.
    Forgive me for the delay in sending this email as I was off the internet for five days.
    Please also see email received from Sigs Adm, appended below.
    We pray to Almighty to give peace to the two departed souls and strength to all their near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
    Those of you who wish to write a "Shradhanjli", may kindly send it for being posted on our weblog -
    http://reportmysignal-shradhanjli.blogspot.com/
    The Shradhanjli be kindly emailed to - Col James Kanagaraj, The Moderator.
    In sorrow -
    Chander Kamboj.

    From: sigsadm
    Sent: 28 September 2010 16:45
    Subject: EMAIL DEMISE OF SIGNALS OFFICER
    Dear Sir,
    We regret to inform the sad demise of IC-28171H Lt Col Joseph farias Anselm (Retd) on 24 Sep 2010. The details of his family are as follows:
    Details of illness: Heart Attack.
    Next of Kin :
    Name and relationship: Mrs (Dr) S farias Prabhu (Wife)
    Name of Children: Mrs Shalini (Daughter)
    Date and time of Burial: 25 Sep 2010.
    Other Information about Officer
    1. Date of birth: 21 Apr 1942
    2. Date of Seniority: 30 Apr 1969
    3. Date of retirement: 30 Apr 1993
    4. Date of demise: 24Sep 2010
    with Warm Regards
    LT Col AS Mankoo
    Dir Sigs Adm

    From: sigsadm
    Sent: 28 September 2010 16:38
    To: CS Kamboj
    Subject: EMAIL FOR DEMISE OF SIGNALS OFFICER
    Dear sir,
    We regret to inform the sad demise of IC-35896L Lt Col Rajbir Singh (Retd) on 10 Sep 2010 at Apollo Hosp, Ahmadabad. The details of his family are as follows:
    Details of illness: Heart Attack.
    Next of Kin :
    Name and relationship: Mrs Shashi Singh (Wife)
    Name of Children: Maj PK Malik (Son) Armd Corps
    Mrs Neeraj Suree (Daughter)
    Mrs Neetu Singh (Daughter)
    Cremation
    Date and time of Cremation: 10 Sep 2010.
    Other Information about Officer
    1. Date of birth: 09 Jan 1951
    2. Date of Seniority: 13 Dec 1978
    3. Date of retirement: 31 Jan 2004
    4. Date of demise: 10 Sep 2010
    With warm regards
    Lt Col AS mankoo
    Dir Sigs Adm

    Thursday, August 19, 2010

    IC19750N Lt Col B C Panda - obituary in Signalman finally

    Dear Brigadier Kamboj, Colonel James (and the other esteemed people on the mail)
    This is to thank you for the fact that I finally managed to get the Signals folks to publish my dad's obit in the Signalman magazine, a year after his death, even though we informed them within days of his death. Thank you so much. I say this with all the more meaning in these words as I understand how valuable a forum your site is on matters where supposedly official lines of comms exist!! Of course I must mention that the last issue of the magazine reached my mother with a letter saying the copy of the magazine carrying my father's obituary was enclosed - as if it was a favour, and with no reason or apology from anyone for the goof up of not publishing it in the first place on time, whereas my father subscribed for a life membership of the magazine, which is still valid.

    I also want to thank you for the fact that I got the SO-in-C's telephone number from your forum and after calling maybe thrice over a period of two months finally managed to speak to the gentleman. He did say that he would try to find out the cause for the slippage and initiate appropriate action, but that is digressing from the reason behind this mail.

    To come back to my objective, my heartfelt thanks to you and for me, http://reportmysignal-shradhanjli.blogspot.com/ is the actual Signalman magazine, and I shall try my level best to spread this message amongst relevant folks.
    Thanks so much again
    Regards
    Satya

    Friday, August 13, 2010

    Major PN Suri

    Dear Signallers,
    I am sad to inform you about demise of Major PN Suri, a very senior Signals Veteran, who had migrated to USA in early 70s.
    He died on 10 Jul 10.
    Next of Kin: Mrs Mohinder Suri, wife,
    Please also see email received from Lt Gen SL Mehrotra, Former SO-in-C, appended below.
    We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
    Those of you who wish to write a "Shradhanjli", may kindly send it for being posted on our weblog-
    The Shradhanjli be kindly emailed to - Col James Kanagaraj, The Moderator at - reportmysignalblogspot@gmail.com
    In sorrow -
    Chander Kamboj.

    From: S L Mehrotra
    Sent: 13 August 2010 07:32
    Subject: Sad demise-Maj PN Suri

    Dear Chander,
    I got the news of sad demise of one of our very old veterans Maj P N Suri from his wife today.He had migrated to USA in early seventies.
    Details are as under
    Date of death: Jul 10, 2010
    wife: Mohinder Suri.
    Regards,
    Shanker
    Lt Gen S L Mehrotra

    Tuesday, August 10, 2010

    Col RK Vats

    It is with very deep regret that I read the departure of the senior most veteran, Col RK VATS (Retd) from his earthly obligations.
    He made the Corps proud. His contributions to enrich the Corps will ever be remembered.
    WE PRAY FOR THE DEPARTED SOUL TO REST IN PEACE.
    We share the sorrow of Ms SUHAS & SMITA VATS, AND PRAY GOD to give them courge and strength to bear the loss.
    I do take courage to congratulate them for looking after their FATHER so well.
    With best wishes.
    Brig G Natarajan, Retd