The Funeral of the Late Capt. W. H. Powell – of the P. and O. Company’s service whose death we recorded in our last number, took place on Tuesday at the Cemetery, and as the deceased officer was held in the highest respect by all who knew him his remains were followed to the grave by a large number of friends. The hearse and mourning coaches left his resident at Woolston at eleven o’clock, and on passing along Canute Road from the Floating Bridge the melancholy cortege was joined by upwards of a dozen carriages containing Captain Engledue, Mr. A. Lamb, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Pinsent and other gentlemen engaged in the Company’s offices … (continues) …
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GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894