RCS/Y3029A contains:
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17	The Durbar at Wuntho presided over by General Wolseley, Burma [i.e. Myanmar]
18	Haka Fort
19	[Haka Fort]
20	Chin House
21	Chin House
22	The late Lt. James's burial ground
23	Kotar village - part of Haka
24	Kan
25	A Shan village
26	Chin burial grounds
27	Taungtek Camp (Chin Expedition)
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Burma Campaigns 1889-91

Title	The late Lt. James's burial ground
Reference	Y3029A/22
Extent and Medium	Fair condition.

Content and context

147 x 108 mm. Showing two wooden crosses mounted on cairns with the following inscriptions carved in blocks of wood beneath: 'Lieut. P.A. James R.E. killed in action at Thetta 2nd Jan 1891

C.H.P. Wetherall A.S.P. [Assistant Superintendent of Police] shot near

Yokwa 21st Decr. 1890'

Wetherall was killed by the Thetta Baungshes in December and James was killed while a member of a force of 140 soldiers sent out to punish the village. See (Scott 1900, volume 1, part 1, page 443) and (Crosthwaite 1968, page 333).

Further information

Crosthwaite, Sir, Charles (1968), The Pacification of Burma, London: Frank Cass and Co. Ltd.

Indexed

CN 2211.

Index Terms

Asia

Chin

Myanmar

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