Birch, James Wheeler Woodford, 1826 - 1875 (resident in Perak)
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The Birch Memorial, Pasir Salak, Perak River, 1921, 1921
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/29
Scope and Contents
80 x 136 mm. Showing the granite obelisk raised in memory of James Wheeler Woodford Birch, first British Resident in Perak, who was murdered in 1875. The inscription, not legible here, reads: 'Here at the fort of Datok Maharaja Lela the Honourable J.W. Birch, First British Resident of Perak, was killed in the performance of his duty on 2nd November 1875'.
Dates:
1921
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