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James Luffingham Gilborne

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James Luffingham Gilborne

Birth
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death
31 Aug 1862 (aged 39)
Barbados
Burial
Saint Michael, Barbados GPS-Latitude: 13.0789661, Longitude: -59.6101467
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Gained his degree at University College, Dublin in 1844. and appointed Curate of Fleckney, Leicestershire in England in 1846. He then became curate of St. Pauls. in Hammersmith, London.
He became an army chaplain in 1854 and in the Crimean war was present with the 3rd Division at Sebastopol in 1854 and Inkerman. He was invalided home in 1856 with a broken leg. He was assistant chaplain in Sheffield, England in 1858, being promoted to chaplain in 1859, at a salary of £250 plus £55 allowances. He died of Yellow Fever in Barbados, leaving a wife and two daughters.
Gained his degree at University College, Dublin in 1844. and appointed Curate of Fleckney, Leicestershire in England in 1846. He then became curate of St. Pauls. in Hammersmith, London.
He became an army chaplain in 1854 and in the Crimean war was present with the 3rd Division at Sebastopol in 1854 and Inkerman. He was invalided home in 1856 with a broken leg. He was assistant chaplain in Sheffield, England in 1858, being promoted to chaplain in 1859, at a salary of £250 plus £55 allowances. He died of Yellow Fever in Barbados, leaving a wife and two daughters.

Inscription

Sacred to the memory of
The Reverend J.L. Gilborne
Chaplain to the Forces
who died at Barbados August 31st 1862
Aged 39 years
Erected by the Officers
and Soldiers of the Garrison of St. Ann's.



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