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 Roorkee Old Christian Cemetery

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Date transcribed2016-02-25
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentWANT A PHOTOGRAPH OF ONE OF THESE HEADSTONES?

This is one of the graveyards for which FIBIS commissioned Mr Rajat Sharma to take photographs and details of all legible headstones. All inscriptions are included wherever they are legible.

If you would like to order copies of photographs of any headstone listed in this index please make a note of the Image Reference and order copies on our Cemeteries Project page where you will also find more details about this exciting project.

NOTE that the address of this cemetery is Right Bank Canal Road, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, and its co-ordinates are:
29 deg. 51.347 min. N
77 deg. 52.525 min. E

Image Ref.  228    
Surname  Allen    
First Name  W.M.    
Rank  Gunner    
Regiment  Royal Artillery    
Date of Death  5 Dec 1887    
Age at Death  22y    
Inscription  Sacred to the Memory of the undermentioned men of No. 4 Battery, 1st Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, who died at Roorkee during the years 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890. Gunr. C. Pell, died 2nd Dec. 1887, aged 24 years. Gunr. W.M. Allen, died 5th Dec. 1887, aged 22 years. Gunr. E. Wright, died 5th Dec. 1887, aged 22 years. Gunr. J.W. Aslett, died 20th Dec. 1887, aged 20 years 9 months. Gunr. T. Neale, died 3rd April 1888, aged 27 years. Sergt. Thomas Hopper, died 8th June 1889, aged 35 years 5 months. Gunr. James McDonald, died 16th Dec. 1889, aged 27 years.    
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Photos and details of Inscriptions of tombstones taken at Roorkee, Uttarakhand, formerly United Provinces.
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