Vessel Loss

Memorial: M6161

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Thomas Gurr, d. 1838 in the wreck of the ‘Raj Ranee’

Location

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

Transcript

'In Memory of Mr. Thomas Gurr, Master Pilot / who was lost by the wreck of the Ship / Raj Ranee on the eastern reef, on the 1st August / 1838, aged 45 years, 4 months and 12 days / He was a loving and affectionate husband / My Saviour shall my soul restore / And raise me from my dark abode, / My flesh and Soul shall part no more, but dwell forever near my God. / This tablet is inscribed by his disconsolate / wife, Maria Gurr.'

Details

Vessel: Raj Ranee

People

Gurr, Thomas
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1/8/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.164.

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