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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:36 pm Post subject: James Frederick Steuart MD Indian Army |
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Bothwell Parish Church
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES FREDERICK STEUART MD
ASSISTANT SURGEON IN HM INDIAN ARMY
AND LATE SURGEON TO
THE BHURTPORE POLITICAL AGENCY
WHO DIED AT AGRA ON THE 21 JULY 1861
AGED 28 YEARS
ELDEST SON OF ROBERT STEUART OF CARFIN
AFTER SERVING THROUGHOUT THE
CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN WITH H.M. 28 REG
HE ENTERED THE INDIAN ARMY WITH WHICH
HE WAS PRESENT AT THE RELIEF AND FINAL
CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW
WHERE HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED
FIELD SURGEON
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY
BY SOME OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
OF THE BENGAL ARMY
TO MARK THEIR FEELINGS OF RESPECT, ESTEEM AND
DEEP REGARD FOR AN EFFICIENT OFFICER
A SINCERE FRIEND
AND A TRUE CHRISTIAN
John Houston |
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