Lieut Thomas More HAND [9461]
- Born: Abt 1832, Bulphan ESS
- Baptised: 1 Mar 1832, Losely Park Guildford SRY
- Died: 27 Jan 1857, Bengal India aged about 25
- Buried: Jamrud Rd Cemetery Peshawar
 General Notes:
Thomas More Hand: Entered: Michs. 1850 pens. at EMMANUEL, June 22, 1850. Of Surrey. S. of the Rev. Thomas [Trinity College, Oxford, R. of Bulvan (1830-47), and grandson of the above]. Bapt. Mar. 1, 1832, at St Nicholas, Guildford. Matric. Michs. 1850. Entered the East India Co.'s Service; Cadet, 1852-3; Lieut., 51st N.I., Bengal. Shot by a party of tribesmen near the Khyber Pass, 1857. (J. Rennie; Eton Sch. Lists.)
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Tragedy struck the Hand family on 27th January 1857 when Thomas and Cassandra's son, Lieutenant Thomas More Hand (born October 1834), was killed during the Crimean War (sic) while serving with the 51st Bengal Native Infantry. He was buried at Jamrud Road Cemetery, Peshawar, where his gravestone reads: "In memory of Lieutenant Thomas More Hand of the 51st Regt N.I.* who was shot by an assassin near the Khyber pass on the 27th January 1856 & died the same day deeply regretted by his brother officers aged 22 years & 3 months."
Ref Bishopscourt, Co. Monaghan: (* Native Infantry) http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_houses/hist_hse_bishopscourt.html
A grave in Jamrud Road Cemetery Peshawar (India) - In Memory of Lieutenant Thomas More Hand of the 51st Bengal Native Infantry who was shot by an assassin near the Khyber Pass on the 27th Jan 1857 and died the same day, deeply regretted by his brother officers, aged 22 years & 3 months.
Ref: The Mutiny Casualty Roll - 1. Tavender "Solders of the Raj" - "Rhe Phillipe and Hodson's Index" http://members.tripod.com/glosters/offzdiedh.htm
Other Records
1. Census: England, 7 Jun 1841, The Rectory West Tilbury ESS. Thomas is recorded as aged 8 at a school born Essex
2. Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, Emmanual College Cambridge. Thomas is recorded as aged 19 unmarried a student born Guildford SRY
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