Memorial: M453

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Archibald McTavish, d. 1862

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / CAPT. ARCHIBALD McTAVISH / Late of the STR ‘ARMENIAN’ / Born at Garthbeg, Invernesshire / Augst 8th 1835 / Died at Singapore / June 21st 1862 / This tablet is erected / to his memory / as a last tribute of one / who deeply laments his loss'

Details

Position: S. Boundary wall A199
Artists: Llewellyn & Co, Calcutta
Vessel: Armenian

People

McTavish, Archibald
Age: 26
Date of Death: 21/6/1862
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 80; 'Straits Times' 21 June 1862.

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