"Aug. 14th. At Trichinopoly, Capt. David Edward Armstrong, H. M. 84th Foot; which he entered as Ensign in 1838." --Gentleman's Magazine
"The last man shot in a duel and in a house behind the Judge's House (Penny's Coromandel Coast, p. 239)." --Cotton
"...the duelling-ground lies ... between the barracks and the old road.
"One of the pensioners pointed out the spot. He remembered the last duel that was fought there. The victim of it was buried in St. John's Churchyard, at the west end of the cemetery, not far from the entrance leading out to the parade ground. The monument is 'To the memory of David Edward Armstrong [...]' The cause of the dispute was trifling, said the old soldier, who was in the same regiment, some difference at mess with an officer in the artillery. The next morning they rode out at dawn to the retired spot behind the house, and the tragedy was enacted. On the following morning the narrator of the story formed one of the firing party at the grave." --Penny
Sources:
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 192, p 546
List of Inscriptions on Tombs of Monuments in Madras, Julian James Cotton (1946), v II, p 273
On the Coromandel Coast, F. E. Penny, pp 239-240
"The last man shot in a duel and in a house behind the Judge's House (Penny's Coromandel Coast, p. 239)." --Cotton
"...the duelling-ground lies ... between the barracks and the old road.
"One of the pensioners pointed out the spot. He remembered the last duel that was fought there. The victim of it was buried in St. John's Churchyard, at the west end of the cemetery, not far from the entrance leading out to the parade ground. The monument is 'To the memory of David Edward Armstrong [...]' The cause of the dispute was trifling, said the old soldier, who was in the same regiment, some difference at mess with an officer in the artillery. The next morning they rode out at dawn to the retired spot behind the house, and the tragedy was enacted. On the following morning the narrator of the story formed one of the firing party at the grave." --Penny
Sources:
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 192, p 546
List of Inscriptions on Tombs of Monuments in Madras, Julian James Cotton (1946), v II, p 273
On the Coromandel Coast, F. E. Penny, pp 239-240
"Aug. 14th. At Trichinopoly, Capt. David Edward Armstrong, H. M. 84th Foot; which he entered as Ensign in 1838." --Gentleman's Magazine
"The last man shot in a duel and in a house behind the Judge's House (Penny's Coromandel Coast, p. 239)." --Cotton
"...the duelling-ground lies ... between the barracks and the old road.
"One of the pensioners pointed out the spot. He remembered the last duel that was fought there. The victim of it was buried in St. John's Churchyard, at the west end of the cemetery, not far from the entrance leading out to the parade ground. The monument is 'To the memory of David Edward Armstrong [...]' The cause of the dispute was trifling, said the old soldier, who was in the same regiment, some difference at mess with an officer in the artillery. The next morning they rode out at dawn to the retired spot behind the house, and the tragedy was enacted. On the following morning the narrator of the story formed one of the firing party at the grave." --Penny
Sources:
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 192, p 546
List of Inscriptions on Tombs of Monuments in Madras, Julian James Cotton (1946), v II, p 273
On the Coromandel Coast, F. E. Penny, pp 239-240
"The last man shot in a duel and in a house behind the Judge's House (Penny's Coromandel Coast, p. 239)." --Cotton
"...the duelling-ground lies ... between the barracks and the old road.
"One of the pensioners pointed out the spot. He remembered the last duel that was fought there. The victim of it was buried in St. John's Churchyard, at the west end of the cemetery, not far from the entrance leading out to the parade ground. The monument is 'To the memory of David Edward Armstrong [...]' The cause of the dispute was trifling, said the old soldier, who was in the same regiment, some difference at mess with an officer in the artillery. The next morning they rode out at dawn to the retired spot behind the house, and the tragedy was enacted. On the following morning the narrator of the story formed one of the firing party at the grave." --Penny
Sources:
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 192, p 546
List of Inscriptions on Tombs of Monuments in Madras, Julian James Cotton (1946), v II, p 273
On the Coromandel Coast, F. E. Penny, pp 239-240
Inscription
To the memory of David Edward Armstrong, Captain H.M. 84th Regiment, who died 24th August 1852, aged 30 years and 11 months.
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