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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [Holmes and Co]
Description | Transcribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851. | Date transcribed | 2009-08-22 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | South Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851.
Records transcribed to date are from the establishment up to 1799 inclusive. |
| Surname | Edmondson | | Year | 1789 | | Inscription | Post varios Casus, varios post, Belli Labores Hic procul a Patria Indi propter Ripas Edmondsoni Legionis Praefecti, Ossa quiescunt Quem Rohillorum Praedatorse Manus Impia quem Agmina Hyderi, quem Indiae fasti Invictum Testantur Indomitums Moro Sola Negat Bellicae Virtutis praemiis Gladio honorifice donatum voluit. Anglia grata. Atoribus ornate Castris Sodalito Comis Hospitio largus Munificus Denique bonus, omnibus Carus Vixit ad Aetat. 44 Ann. Flebilis Obiit Jan 31 A.D. 1789. O Quicunque Audes Moliri grandia, disce Edmondsoni instar Vivere, disce mori. |
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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