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 Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Alan Edmonds and Merran Ainslie |
 | Surname | Walker | | | First names | T W | | | Date of death | 22 May 1837 | | | Place | Trincomalee and Neighbourhood.  | | | Inscription | �Lieutenant Shaw and Ensigns Harkness and Walker of the 61st left Back Bay on the morning of the 22nd with the intention of going to Cottiar in a sailing boat on a shooting excursion, and had got as far as Nonvoy Island and Cottiar when a dreadful squall came on and upset the boat. All aboard perished, with the exception of a Malay boy. Lieut. Shaw and Ensign Harkness each left a wife and children.� | | | Remarks | Section: Obituary of the uncommemorated: See image for details. | | | First page |  View image |
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