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"The Services; An old Crimean," Inverness Courier, Nov. 30, 1906, p. 3d. "Roderick Cameron, a native of Inverness, who has passed away at the age of about eighty years, was in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny campaign as a private soldier in the 72nd Highlanders. He took out his discharge after twelve years of service in the army, and was afterwards employed as an orderly-room clerk with an Irish Militia. Five years ago, through the good offices of Sir Archibald Alison, Cameron obtained a pension of ninepence a-day, and, some months back, he had the amount increased to a shilling a-day. Three years ago he had a bad fall on the ice. He was in the Northern Infirmary for a few months, and, being a helpless cripple, he went from there to the Inverness Poorhouse, where he was made as comfortable as possible. Deceased was a widower, without relatives, and was intelligent and well educated. A detachment from the Cameron Barracks attended the funeral yesterday." |