Memorial dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Burton Burr

Date_accepted:

2023-08-30T06:50:24Z

Modified:

2023-09-01T12:41:54Z

Type:

Image

Creator:

Ghosh, Ayan

Contributor:

Ghosh, Ayan

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

References:

Bombay and St. Thomas Cathedral

Thumbnail:

https://repository.jioinstitute.edu.in/downloads/cf8f0913-546f-41a4-8af6-2edd4bb199f0?file=thumbnail

Description:

Memorial dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Burton Burr, who died in 1821. He played a significant role in the defeat of the Peshwa Army during the Battle of Kirkee on 5 November 1817, during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819). The barefoot soldier on the right is wearing the uniform of the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment of the Bombay Native Infantry, which Charles Burton Burr commanded.