Register of military funerals recorded at St Botolph’s new burying ground in Colchester, where now stands St John’s Orthodox Church (ERO D/P 203/1/4)
Burials recorded per page of burial register:
1 - 15 + 14 = 29
2 - 32
3 - 10 + 20 = 30
4 - 33
5 - 31
6 - 32
7 - 30
8 - 27
9 - 13+ 8 = 31
10 - 31
11 - 32
12 - 32
13 - 32
14 - 32
15 - 2 + 30 = 32
Total = 466
Number of burials per year:
1807 - 15
1808 - 56
1809 - 186
1810 - 145
1811 - 34
1812 - 30
Total = 466
Names:v
John - 110
William - 70
Thomas - 51
James - 39
Joseph - 17
Robert - 15
Edward - 12
George - 12
Patrick - 10
Richard - 10
Samuel - 10
David - 8
Charles - 7
Henry - 7
Michael – 7
Illegible - 7
Benjamin - 6
Unnamed - 6
Women - Army wives? - 5 (Mary (3), Ann and Judith)
Alexander - 4
Daniel - 4
Hugh - 4
Jeremiah - 4
Matthew - 4
Jacob - 3
Peter - 3
Dennis - 2
Jonathan - 2
Moses - 2
Nathaniel - 2
Ralph - 2
One each:
Abraham, Adam, Andrew, Anthony, Arthur, Barney, Bartholomew, Christopher, Dennis, Francis, Job, Lawrence, Mark, Morris, Nicholas, Philip, Simon, Solomon, Stephen, Steven, Timothy
Total = 466
