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 Miscellaneous Inscriptions from Indian Cemeteries
| Date transcribed | 2012-05-10 | | Transcribed by | BACSA and FIBIS volunteers |
 | Surname | Vibart | | | Forename(s) | Edward | | | Date of death | 1 July 1857 | | | Inscription | In three Graves within this enclosure lie the remains of Major Edward Vibart, 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry, and about seventy officers and soldiers who, after escaping from the massacre at Cawnpore on the 27th June 1857 were captured by the rebels at Sheorajpoor and murdered on the 1st July. These remains were originally deposited within the compound of Sivadhouse and were removed to this place in April 1861. | | | Place name | Kanpur  | | | Cemetery | New Cantonment (All Souls) | | | Province/ State | Uttar Pradesh | | | Source | BACSA CD1 |
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