On the 29th of last June, Edward Pegler entered into his rest.

Born at Cromhall in Gloucestershire in the year 1852, he was trained at Cheltenham (1871-1872).

After holding an appointment at Luton for three years, he applied for and obtained the Headmastership of the Railway School at Jamalpur, E.I.R., wither he set out in October 1875.

After four years of successful work at Jamaipur, Mr. Pegler was offered and accepted the control of the new Kurseong Government School which was opened by him in person in July 1879, at "Constantia." This appointment he received on the recommendation of Mr. (later Sir Alfred) Croft, Director of Public Instruction, Bengal.

Starting with about a dozen children, the School, under the fostering care of Mr. and Mrs. Pegler, soon grew to large for "Constantia" and was transferred to the newly vacated E.B.S.R. Offices at Dow Hill.

In 1901, Mr. Pegler was transferred to Alipore, having seen his school grow and blossom into the two great institutions at Victoria and Dow Hill.

Transferred to Hazaribagh later on, Mr. Pegler in 1907 took leave, preliminary to retirement. He settled down in his old home at Cheltenham and we, who loved him, hoped for him many years of anchored peace in the quite heaven of his choice.

But it was not to be. His life's work, so strenuous and so good, had old worn him out, and the rest to which he had looked forward with almost boyish zest, was merged into that greater peace which passeth all understanding.

Few men in his position out here have won greater confidence and esteem than Edward Pegler. He was a born teacher a rigidly scrupulous man of affairs and a loyal friend. For all suffering and sorrow he had what Ruskin calls "an infinitude of tenderness" and to him might well be applied those words of Carlyle : "A singular veracity one finds in him, not in his words alone, but in his actions, judgements, aims, in all that he thinks and does and says, which indeed I have observed is the root of all greatness or real worth in human creatures."

Since his death, letters have poured in from many parts of the world, testifying in unmeasured terms to the love and respect held for him by his "old boys." In this District his loss has been felt as a personal one.

To those of his kin who are left, it must be an enduring solace to know that his life, so few in years, was yet so full of honour.

Other means of perpetuating, the memory of Edward Pegler will doubtless be taken by those many friends who mourn his loss, but to one who loved and respected him during his life there is consolation in adding this humble stone to the cairn of his departed friend.