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 Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.

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Date transcribed2000-00-00
Transcribed byAlan Edmonds and Merran Ainslie

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Men of the 78th Highlanders" in "Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G." Surname  Men of the 78th Highlanders    
Date of death  Oct-Nov 1832    
View all other items of "Place" with value "Burial Ground, on the Esplanade, Trincomalee." in "Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G." Place  Burial Ground, on the Esplanade, Trincomalee.    
Inscription  Sacred to the Memory of 56 non-commissioned Officers and Privates, two women, and one child of the 78th Highlanders, who were carried off by the epidemic cholera between 12th October and 7th November,1832, and whose remains lie in, or near this spot���.    
Remarks  See image for further detail of the epidemic.    
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