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LTC Thomas John Anquetil

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LTC Thomas John Anquetil

Birth
Death
12 Jan 1842 (aged 59–60)
Kabul, Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan
Burial
Calcutta, West Bengal, India Add to Map
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Inscription

The following tablet is placed near the Southern Staircase of St. John's Church

To the memory of
Lieut-Colonel Thomas John Anquetil, 44th Regt. B. N. I.
who was massacred in the performance of his duty, during the insurrection at Jugdulluck,
in Affghanistan, at Cabul, while commanding Shah Soojah's force, on the 12th January 1842, aged 60 years.
He was a warm-hearted man, and possessed of the strictest integrity, and the most honorable feeling.
Erected by his surviving son, Charles Anquetil

Gravesite Details

Ref: The Bengal Obituary: Or, a Record to Perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth - 1851


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