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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.  176    
Surname  Birtwistle    
First Name  J.    
Rank  Private    
Regiment  55th Regiment    
Date of Death  10 Jun 1875    
Inscription  Sacred to the Memory of Letter D Company H.M.'s 55th Regiment who died at Roorkee, Pte P. Gaffney, Died 1st May 1874, aged 41 years & 4 months. Pts M. Healey, Died 4th May 1874, aged 24 years & 11 months. H. Murphy, Died 18th September 1874, aged 19 years & 6 months. J. Brooks, died 12th October 1874, aged 18 years & 6 months. D Lackon, died 14th March 1875. Pte. J. Birtwistle, Died 10th June 1875, Pte F. Naggy, died 12th November 1874.    
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Photos and details of Inscriptions of tombstones taken at Roorkee, Uttarakhand, formerly United Provinces.
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