Commemorative plaque (1862-63), Soldiers' Cemetery, Shanghai

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OH02-14

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University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH02-14. One of a set of three memorials in the Soldiers' Cemetery, City Wall, Shanghai. See OH01-020, OH01-022, OH01-060 and OH02-15. (Her Britannic Majesty's) 2nd Beloochee (Belooch; Baluch) Battalion were in China in 1862-63, to help suppress the Taiping Rebellion. The memorial commemorates those who died during the Taiping Rebellion, and reads as follows: TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.B.Ms. 19th BELOOCHEE REGIMENT WHO DIED AT SHANGHAI IN THE YEARS 1862-63. Further information about cemeteries in Shanghai: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html.