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Sacred to the Memory of Major R. M. O. Gramshaw, Bengal Artillery,
who died at Cossipore on the 16th Sept. 1829, aged 42 years.
"Which also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.”

In Memory of Henry Stanger Leathes, Lieut. Artillery,
Maharajpore, 29th December 1843, aged 24 years.

Sacred to the Memory of Lieut. P. C. Lambert, of the 3d Troop, 3d Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery, who fell in action at Ferozeshuhur on the 22d Dec. 1845, in the 25th year of his age.

This Tablet is erected in testimony of his worth and goodness by his friend

and companion in arms, Lieut.-Col. Huthwaite.

"Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when we think not."

Sacred to the Memory of Major John Cartwright, Assistant Adjutant General of the Bengal Artillery, who departed this life on the 9th of June 1840, aged 19 years.

By his death, many have to lament a kind and affectionate friend; whilst the Regiment at large has lost the able services and high example of an officer, whose intrepid bravery in the field, public career, and private worth reflected honor upon his Corps.

The Commandant and Officers of the Regiment have erected this tribute to his memory.

MAJOR E. D'ARCY TODD, K. L. S.-(Late Political Agent, Herat.)

Elliot D'Arcy Todd, arrived in India as a 2d Lieutenant of Artillery in May 1824; served with the Foot Artillery at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore in 1825-26; was attached to the Horse Artillery early in 1826, and continued with that branch until April 1833, when he was appointed by Lord William Bentinck to the British detachment serving with the disciplined Troops of the Shah of Persia. Lieutenant Todd accompanied the late Colonel Pasmore to Persia, and was employed on various duties, Civil and Military, in different parts of that country, from 1833 to 1838, under Sir John Campbell, the Right Hon'ble Henry Ellis, and Sir Henry Bethune, to the last mentioned of whom, he acted as Military Secretary. In 1836 he was promoted, by his late Majesty William the Fourth, to the local rank of Major in Persia, having the year previously received from the King of Persia the order of the Lion and Sun. In 1838 Major Todd was appointed to officiate as Secretary of Her Britannic Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, and in that capacity accompanied his Excellency Sir John McNeill to the Persian Camp before Herat; from Herat he proceeded, in May 1838, to India, viâ Candahar, Cabool, and the Punjaub, with despatches from Sir John McNeill to the Governor General, who was then at Simlah. In October 1838, Major Todd was appointed Political Assistant and Military Secretary to the Envoy and Minister proceeding with Shah Shooja to Cabool, and accompanied His Majesty from Loodiana and Shikarpore.

Major Todd was afterwards employed as Political Agent with the Bombay division of the army of the Indus on its march from Larkhana on the right bank of the river to Candahar. Shortly before the army left Candahar, en route to Cabool, Major Todd was appointed Envoy to Herat, and proceeded with several Engineer and Artillery officers and a supply of Treasure, to that city. The city of Herat which had withstood a siege of nine months against an enemy of thirty thousand Perians was reduced to a heap of ruins when Mahomed Shah retreated from before the place in Setember 1838. The Mission under Major Todd reached Herat in July 1839; at this time there were not more than four or five thousand inhabitants in the city, and these were principally the Military retainers of the King and Chiefs. To bring back the people to their homes; to give them the means of cultivating their fields; to encourage trade; to conciliate the various chiefs dependant on the Government of Herat; and to establish an useful influence in the country by every means in his power, were the principal duties on which Major Todd was employed, and that his proceedings at Herat were met with the unqualified approbation of his superiors.

Such is the outline sketch of the services of this officer, who afterwards fell at the battle of Ferozshuhur, whilst commanding the 2d Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery.

A mural Tablet is placed to his memory in the Dum Dum Church; the following is a copy of the Inscription.

Sacred to the Memory of Captain E. D'Arcy Todd, K. L. S.

who, after a zealous service in many responsible situations, fell at the battle of Ferozeshuhur, on the 21st December, 1845, whilst commanding the 2d Troops 1st Brigade Horse Artillery,

aged 38 years.

In him the distinguished corps to which he belonged lost one of its brightest ornaments,
and the Church of Christ upon earth a devout and humble worshipper.

This Tablet is erected by his sorrowing relatives, by whom he was much loved,
as a slight tribute of affection.

"We sorrow not even as others which have no hope; for them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him."-1st Thes. iv. 13, 14.

Sacred to the Memory of Captain Henry Timmings,

wo died at Cabul in Affghanistan on the 12th September 1839, in the 41st year of his age, when commanding the 4th Troop 3d Brigade Horse Artillery with the Army of the Indus. This tribute to the memory of an esteemed and gallant Soldier is erected by his friends and brother officers of the Bengal Artillery, as a mark of their respect for one, who, while living, was beloved by all his associates, and who in death exemplified the end of a good Christian. "Behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."

In Memory of Major General J. A. Biggs, Bengal'Artillery.

who, after serving his country for forty years, died at Cawnpore July 12th, 1844, aged 57 years.

In Memory of John Robinson, Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery,

He was cut off at the commencement of a career, rendered bright and promising by the virtues which adorned his character, and endeared him to his brother-officers and friends.

Born 25th October 1823, died 26th September 1845.

Sacred to the Memory of Lieut. John Edwards, of the Regiment of Artillery.

Ingenuousness of nature, capacity of knowledge, ardour in the duties of his profession, genuine piety and the warmest affections, adorned and animated the short period of his life, and have embalmed his Memory in the recollections of many.

In the lively exercise of faith, he joyfully resign'd his soul into his Saviour's hands,
January 8th, 1831, aged 25 years.

"Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace."-Ps. xxxvii. 37. "Calm on the bosom of thy God,

Blest spirit, rest thee now!

E'en while with ours, thy footsteps trod,

His seal was on thy brow,

Dust to its narrow house beneath!

Soul to its place on high!

They that have seen thy look in death,

No more may fear to die."

Sacred to the Memory of Captain William Oliver Young,
(son of Dr. Henry Young, late Presidency Surgeon,)

of the Bengal Artillery, and Commissary of Ordnance at Ajmere,

who departed this life at Erinpoorah, on the 6th June 1843, aged 33 years, 4 months. This Tablet has been erected by a few of his intimate friends and admirers as a lasting mark of their, regard and affection for his memory.

In life was he loved and esteemed!
In death is he mourned and lamented.
Nusseerabad, 1843.

BRIGADIER SIR ALEXANDER MACLEOD, KNT. C. B. (late Commandant of Artillery.) Sir Alexander Macleod passed with credit and distinction through the various grades of an active and long service, and formed a fine specimen of what is understood by those expressive words, The gallant, zealous, and loyal British Veteran.' He arrived in India in 1783, and served with Lord Cornwallis on the coast, and was present at the first siege of Seringapatam. For a series of years he was Adjutant of Battalion, a situation, for which, at an early period of his career, he was excellently qualified. From 1803 up to 1810, his name was associated with various gallant Military enterprises under Lord Lake and others. In 1814, he commanded the Artillery and siege details with Sir David Ochterlony's division, in Nepal, against Ummeer Sing's army. In 1817, he served at Hattras, and

in 1818, he commanded the Artillery with General Dickson's Division during the Mahratta war. In 1819-20, Sir Alexander Macleod succeeded to the command of the Artillery in the field, and in 1823, whilst Commandant of the Regiment, he closed the brilliant list of his active services by sharing, conspicuously, in the glory of the celebrated siege of Bhurtpore.

Sir Alexander Macleod possessed, in no common degree, that plain masculine understanding, those high principles, solid virtues, and unaffected, yet mild and unobtrusive manners which characterize the genuine Soldier. To say that the loss of such a man is deeply regretted by the corps to which he more immediately belonged is only to state what has been anticipated by all who knew him. To the Service at large as well as to many out of it, who enjoyed his friendship, the death of such a man is a heavy loss. He was eminently generous and kind hearted, and his house and his purse were ever open at the call of need or hospitality. He was, in the largest sense of the word, charitable, not only as a bountiful giver, but in that dignity of mind which is slow to think evil, and ready to forgive injury. In every walk of life, indeed, he was truly amiable and estimable; but it was only in the friendly circle that, owing to the singular modesty of his disposition, one could at all form an idea of the various reading and valuable information he could bring to bear upon a subject. These traits however, belong more to private life and we must not indulge our inclination to enter further into them. To conclude, then, as Commandant of Artillery, the lamented subject of this imperfect sketch united that ability, firmness, experience, decision, and suavity, which made his authority practically efficient for every purpose, and as much removed from harshness on the one hand, as vacillation on the other.

The interment of the remains of this lamented highly respected and brave officer took place at Dum Dum on the evening of the 20th of August 1831, and seldom have we witnessed a more imposing or effectual ceremony-he was buried with the Military honors due to his rank the body being borne to the grave by parties of the Horse Artillery and accompanied by a numerous procession consisting of the officers of the station and friends of the deceased from Calcutta, &c.

(A marble mural Monument is erected to his memory at the Church at Dum Dum, which bears the following Inscription :-)

Sacred to the Memory of Sir Alexander Macleod,

Knight Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Colonel of the 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery, Brigadier on the Staff of the Army, and Commandant of Artillery,

who died at Dum Dum on the 20th August 1831, aged 64 years.

Sir A. Macleod entered the Army as a Cadet of Artillery in 1784 and served with that army during 47 years of uninterrupted Indian duty. In 1806, he was selected by Viscount Lake (on the death of Captain Hutchinson of the same corps) to succeed as Commandant of the then important advanced post of Ramporah Tonk, and afterwards served at the sieges of Kamona, Gunnouree and Bhowannee. In 1814, he directed the Artillery of Sir D. Ochterlony's Army, during the brilliant campaign of the field movements and sieges against the Ghoorkah Commander-in-Chief, Ummeer Sing Thapa. In 1817, after being present at the siege of Hattras, he commanded the Artillery of Sir R. Donkin's, or right division of the grand Army under the Marquess of Hastings in the Mahratta and Pindaree war. In November 1823, he was appointed Commandant of the Regiment of Artillery, in which capacity in 1825,

he accompanied Viscount Combermere to the field, and directed the Artillery in the great siege operations which terminated in the assault and capture of Bhurtpore in January 1826. Sir Alexander Macleod died in command of the Corps, honoured by his comrades as a gallant Soldier, esteemed as a kind Commander, and beloved as a good man.

DUM DUM COLUMN.

The Dum Dum Column bears two large Tablets, one facing the West, has the following Inscription.
To the Memory of Captain Thomas Nichol, Lieut. Charles Stewart, Serjeant M. Mulhall,
and the Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery,
who fell in the performance of their duty during the insurrection at and retreat from Cabul,
in the months of November and December 1841, and January 1842, on which occasions of
unprecedented trial, officers and men upheld, in the most noble manner, the character of the
Regiment to which they belonged. This gallant band formed the oldest troop in the Bengal
Artillery; it had previously been distinguished on numerous occasions, having served
in Egypt, the Mahratta and Nepaul wars, and in Ava.

Also to the Memory of the undermentioned officers of the Artillery,
Lieut. Charles Alexander Greene,

who perished in Command of a detail of Shah Soojah's Mountain Train, and whose
gallant conduct emulated that of his comrades.
Lieutenant Richard Maule,

who was killed in the outbreak of the insurrection in Nov. 1841.

And Lieut. Alexander Christie,

killed in the Khybar Pass on the return of the victorious army under the command of
Major General Sir George Pollock, G. C. B. of the Bengal Artillery.

This column is erected by the Regiment as a tribute of admiration, regard and regret.
Fortis cadere cedere non potest.

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1844.

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J. Ashton,

J. Cook,
C. Buckley,
J. Connolly.
Corporals.
L. Sweetman,

T. Biles.

Farriers.
T. Colley,
W. Carter,

Trumpeters.
J. Howard,

J. King,

W. Turnock,

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J. McEvoy,

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J. Ashton,

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A. Glynn,

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E. Short,
M. Delany,
R. Howarth,
Jno. Reilly,
Jas. Reilly,
M. Reynolds,
D. Walsh,

J. Walsh,
P. McNamara,

J. Cook,
J. Higgins,
P. Dunn,
J. Dunn,
H. Desmond,
P. McPhillips,

P. Murray,

R. Moore,
S. Lythgoe,
W. Parsley,
G. Warvell,
E. Croker,
T. Molony,
M. McDonnell,
T. Carthy,
T. Tinn,
M. Ryan,
M. O'Brien,
G. Philips,
M. Coen,
W. Browne,
J. Jackson,
M. Brien,
R. Adams,

J. Birch,

J. Byard,
J. Glindon.

J. Flaherty,
T. Mack,

R. Byrchell,
J. Southcombe.

DUM DUM BURIAL GROUND.

Sacred to the Memory of George Cleghorn, who departed this life on the 19th January 1816, aged 3 days.

Also to the Memory of
Helen Blair Cleghorn,

who departed this life on the 9th Dec. 1823, aged 6 years, 8 months and 22 days.

Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Margaret D'Arcy, who departed this life Sept. 2d, 1810, aged 22 years.

Sacred to the Memory of

Capt. William Tellemach, Bengal Artillery, who departed this life on the 26th January 1818, aged 30 years.

This Monument is erected to his memory by the officers of Artillery resident at Dum Dum.

In Memory of

Elizabeth Louisa Tennant,
daughter of Major J. Tennant,

died 26th September 1832, aged 10 months.

Sacred to the Memory of Louisa Isabella Bannatyne, daughter of Dr. B. Macleod,

born 23d March 1825, died 22d Feb. 1826, aged 6 months.

Sacred to the Memory of

Sir Alexander Macleod, Knight, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Colonel of the 5th Battn. Bengal Artillery, Brigadier on the Staff of the Army, and Commandant of Artillery, who died at Dum Dum,

on the 20th Aug. 1831, aged 64 years.
Sir A. Macleod

died in command of the Corps;

honoured by his comrades as a gallant Soldier ; esteemed as a kind Commander and

beloved as a good man.

To the Memory of the late Lieut.-Col. George Mason, C. B. Commanding the 2d Battn. Bengal Artillery, who died at the Sand-Heads,

on the 7th August 1821, greatly regretted by numerous friends and by his brother

officers; aged 55 years.

Sacred to the Memory of Adelaide, wife of Captain John Scott, Artillery, Obt. 8th Oct. 1821, aged 22 years.

Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Major Pollock, who departed this life 4th Nov. 1821, aged 10 mos. and 1 day.

Sacred to the Memory of Captain William Shipton, Obit. December 28th, 1804, aged 39 years. Possessing every virtue as a man, affection as a brother, gallantry as an officer, he lived beloved as he has died lamented. This tomb is raised by his affectionate and distressed sister, F. S.

In Memory of Captain B. S. Morland, of Artillery, Obt. at Dum Dum, on the 15th of October 1833, aged 40 years.

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Sacred to the Memory of
Anne Louisa Horsford,

wife of Lt. R. Horsford, Artillery, who departed this life on the 16th July 1831, aged 21 years, 6 months.

To the Memory of J. F. Tod, Esq. M. D.
in the Hon'ble Company's Service,
Obit. September 1821, Ætat 22.

To his friends and relations, his loss is irreparable,
he was one of the brightest ornaments in his
profession; and in general science he
had few equals.

His piety was unaffected and sincere. This Monument is erected by his affectionate cousin, Captain James Tod.

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