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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 3 [Holmes and Co]
| Description | Transcribed 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 transcribed | 2012-08-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | South 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 | Blacker | | | Forename(s) | Valentine | | | Rank or Title | Lieut.-Col. | | | Regiment | Madras Cavalry | | | Year of Death | 1826 | | | Inscription | Beneath are deposited the remains of Lieut.-Colonel Valentine Blacker, Companion of the Bath; of the Light Cavalry on the establishment of Fort St. George. During Ten years, Quarter Master General of the Madras Army, and subsequently Surveyor General of India. Obt. iv February MDCCCXXVI. Aet. xl. Lieutenant-Colonel Blacker was, an officer distinguished alike for professional ability, for public zeal, for private worth, and for manliness of character. In testimony thereof his friends and comrades have caused this Monument to be erected to his memory. |
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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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