Memorial: M4605

Wall tablet at Urquhart Cemetery, Moray commemorating John Cruikshank d. 1815, surgeon HEIC

Location

Urquhart Cemetery, Urquhart, Moray, Scotland

Transcript

'Here are interred the remains of John Cruikshank late surgeon in the service of the Hon St John Company at St Helena who died at Springfield near Elgin, on the 22nd October 1815 aged 34. This monument was erected to his memory by his affectionate widow Mrs Eliza Greentree daughter of Colonel Greentree of Fairyland, in the island of St Helena. Their son Thomas Greentree Cruikshank died in infancy at Banff on 7th May 1816 and is interred there'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Small stone enclosure
Vessel: Lord Nelson, Lady Burges

People

Cruikshank, John
Age: 34
Date of Death: 22/10/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Surgeon on East India Company ships 'Lord Nelson '1804-5 and 'Lady Burges' 1806,

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