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COL Robert Home

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COL Robert Home Veteran

Birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Death
Jul 1896 (aged 61)
Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Burial
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England Add to Map
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Colonel Robert Home, C.I.E., served in the Royal Engineers of the British Indian Army. He was the son of Maj. General Richard and Frances (Fraser) Home. Married Elizabeth Georgina Elton on January 7, 1868 at Sealkote, Bengal, India. They had eight children.

Col. Home was Inspector-General of the Irrigation of India, and Department Secretary to the Government of India from 1886 to 1889, when he retired. He was made a Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) for his service.

Obituary in The Cheltenham Chronicle (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England), Saturday, July 18, 1896, Page 4.
Colonel Robert Home, C.I.E., served in the Royal Engineers of the British Indian Army. He was the son of Maj. General Richard and Frances (Fraser) Home. Married Elizabeth Georgina Elton on January 7, 1868 at Sealkote, Bengal, India. They had eight children.

Col. Home was Inspector-General of the Irrigation of India, and Department Secretary to the Government of India from 1886 to 1889, when he retired. He was made a Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) for his service.

Obituary in The Cheltenham Chronicle (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England), Saturday, July 18, 1896, Page 4.


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  • Added: Apr 2, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238454361/robert-home: accessed ), memorial page for COL Robert Home (29 Dec 1834–Jul 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 238454361, citing Christ Church, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England; Maintained by LBeebe (contributor 47085083).