Memorial: M6158

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating George Keone, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1819

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'This Monument is erected by an afflected sister / to the Memory of an only and beloved / brother, George Benjamin Keone, / Departed his life on board the 'Sophia' Pilot / Schooner, March 27th, 1819, aged 31 years / 'Jesus saith unto her, thy brother shall rise again - John IIV, 23"

Details

Vessel: Sophia

People

Keone, George Benjamin
Age: 31
Date of Death: 27/3/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.162.

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