Tomb inscription · 1830
Edward Armytage
- Date
- 7 June 1830
- Place
- Stephens
- Plot
- Serial 2257
- Inscription
- In a wood near this place lie the remains of Lieut. Edward Armytage of the 6th Light Cavalry, aged 30. The officers of his Regiment placed this tablet to his memory.
- Notes
- He joined the Cavalry in 1821 and was Lieutenant May 20, 1824. The legend that he died in pursuit of a tiger has been ascertained to be untrue — he died of liver complaint at Stonehouse cemetery in a sholah. (See Log Book p. 84.)