Arthur Marcus Hill Cheek (East India Company Officer)
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Ensign Arthur Marcus Hill Cheek (31 July 1840 – 16 June 1857) was an East India Company Officer known posthumously as "the young martyr of Allahabad." Cheek joined the East India Company's Bengal Army in February 1857, arrived in India on 28 April, and was posted to the 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry on 28 April of that year. On 6 June the regiment mutinied, Cheek was captured by mutinying sepoys and died on 16 June. Witnesses stated that Cheek refused to renounce his Christian faith during his captivity despite being held in stocks in the sun, in an attempt to encourage him to convert to Islam.
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31 July 1840 Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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16 June 1857 (aged 16) Fort Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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