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St Johns Memorials Index - Bengal Obituary 1851

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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	Faithful
	Forename(s)	W.C.
	Rank or Title	Colonel
	Year of Death	1838
	Inscription	Sacred to the Memory of Colonel W.C. Faithful, who departed this life at sea on the 16th of March 1838, aged 55. During the long period of 35 years of Military service in India, he was conspicuous for zeal and ability in the performance of his duties; engaged often on active service in the field with honorable distinctions, and on two occasions severely wounded. This memorial is erected by his afflicted widow and children.

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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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