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Image title: Memorial for The Collins Family and extended Family - St James Church, Delhi
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Sacred to the Memory of
THOMAS W COLLINS Esq
Many years Deputy Collector of Delhi
his Wife ELEANOR and Mother-in-law Mrs EP STAINES
Three Brothers-in-law,
JW and EW STAINES and CR WHITE
Four Sisters-in-law,
Mrs AHUNT, Mrs ELIZA COCHRANE,
Mrs AWHITE, and Miss CHRISTIANA STAINES
Seven Nephews,
WILLIAM C and LEWIS C STAINES, CEORGE L HUNT,
JAMES, HENRY and EDWARD WHITE,
and an Infant Son of G R WHITE
Three Nieces,
MARGARET and MARY HUNT and CHRISTIANA WHITE
Three Grandchildren,
JOHN T C, JOSEPHINE T C and JOSEPH O'R C LEESON
All barbarously murdered at Delhi
on or about the 11th of May 1857.
Also HANNAH COLLINS Mother, J R COLLINS Brother
and JANET COLLINS Sister-in-law of T W COLLINS
The former was killed at Futtyghur and the
two latter at Futtypore by Mutineers in June 1857
Also ROBERT P O'CONNOR, Nephew of T W COLLINS,
who was killed at Agra on the 5th July 1857
"In the midst of life we are in death".
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away
blessed be the name of the Lord".
This tablet has been erected
by the surviving orphans of T W COLLINS

image file: StJamesChurch_Delhi_DSC01834-30.jpg

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