Commemorative plaque (1862-66), Soldiers' Cemetery, Shanghai

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Hulme, Oliver

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OH02-15

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University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH02-15. One of a set of three memorials in the Soldiers' Cemetery, City Wall, Shanghai. See OH01-020, OH01-022, OH01-060 and OH02-14. The memorial is inscribed as follows: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF No.5 COMPANY H.B.Ms. 67th REGT. WHO DIED DURING THE STAY OF THE REGT. IN SHANGHAI. 1st MAY 1862 TO 1st JULY 1865. CORPL. D.O. LEARY. LC. SERGT. J. BROWN. LC. SERGT. J.Mc. GRATH. LC. SERGT J. STOREY. PRIVATE E. GIFFORD. PRIVATE D. SHAE. PRIVATE T. HENDERSON. PRIVATE J. CONNOLLY. PRIVATE J. HUNDY PRIVATE J. HANTON. PRIVATE J. MOODY PRIVATE J. HOPKINS. PRIVATE P. ROBINS. PRIVATE P. LYNCH. PRIVATE J. RHODES. PRIVATE E. PINDER. PRIVATE H. WARWICK. ---------------- ALSO ONE WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN. MRS. HANNAH JENNINGS. CHILD J.J. IRWIN. CHILD F. OLOULOW. CHILD E. IRWIN. ---------------- ERECTED BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. AND MEN OF THE COMPANY AS A TOKEN OF THEIR RESPECT AND ESTEEM. ----------------- TIS ON HIS STRENGTH THAT WE RELY. AND HOPES AND FEARS AT ONCE DEFY. SO HAPPY SO CONTENT WE LIE. ALONE YET NOT ALONE. REQUIESCAT IN PACE. Further information about cemeteries in Shanghai: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html.