Memorial: M463

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Samuel May, d. 1862

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / SAMUEL T. MAY / Chronometer Maker / who departed this life / on the 14th December 1862 / He lived respected / and died / lamented'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall N32 C45

People

May, Samuel T.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 14/12/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chronometer maker
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Aged 28 years (Obituary in 'Straits Times' 20 Dec 1862).
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 193.

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