Place and Date of Birth:

1781

Place and Date of Death:

1827 Nov 5

Site:

Georgetown Cathedral
Demerara

Monumental Inscription

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER MILNE, ESQ.
LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL 19th REGIMENT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 5th OF NOVEMBER 1827
AGED 46 YEARS
30 OF WHICH HAD BEEN MOST ZEALOUSLY DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE 19th REGIMENT
AS A MARK OF THEIR SINCERE ESTEEM AND RESPECT
TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR MUCH LAMENTED COMMANDING OFFICER WHOSE REMAINS
BY HIS OWN PARTICULAR DESIRE
ARE INTERRED IN THE MILITARY BURIAL GROUND AT EVE LEARY