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St Johns Memorials Index - Bengal Obituary 1851
Description | Transcriptions of MIs from The Bengal Obituary: Or, a Record to Perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth, Being a etc etc by Holmes and Co (Calcutta, India ). Published by W. Thacker & Co | Date transcribed | 2009-08-22 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey |
| Surname | Lawtie | | Forename(s) | Peter | | Rank or Title | Lieutenant | | Regiment | Bengal Engineers | | Year of Death | 1815 | | Inscription | This Monument is erected by Sir David Ochterlony, and the officers of the army under his command, to the memory of Lieutenant Peter Lawtie of the Corps of Engineers in the army of Bengal; who, at the age of twenty-three, at the close of the first Campaign of the Nepaul War; to the successful termination of which his exertions had eminently contributed: Fell a victim to his devotion in the service of his country, Beloved, respected and admired. Obiit Anno MDCCCXV |
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Transcriptions taken from publications. Photographs of headstones and memorial tablets located at St Johns Church and Cemetery, Calcutta.
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