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 South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 3 [Holmes and Co]

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DescriptionTranscribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851.
Date transcribed2012-08-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentSouth Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851.

Surname  Garstin    
Forename(s)  John    
Rank or Title  Major-General    
Regiment  Corps of Engineers    
Year of Death  1820    
Inscription  Beneath are deposited the mortal remains of Major General John Garstin, of the Corps of Engineers, who departed this life in the sixty-fourth year of his age, on the 16th February 1820, Having established to his own memory in an honorable reputation justly acquired by a long and meritorious discharge of every duty, a more commemorative Monument than this tablet, which the affection of his children have inscribed in remembrance of his worth and in testimony of their gratitude and deep affection. The deceased was an officer, brave, zealous and able; as a son, husband and father invariably kind and affectionate; as a man distinguished by inflexible integrity, and ever ready beneficience.    
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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