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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Broadland
Town
Cawston
County
Norfolk
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Maker
C ABBOTT (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
19649

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Current location

Cawston Parish Church
Church Lane
Cawston
Broadland
Norfolk
NR10 4AJ
England

OS Grid Ref: TG 13373 23845
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A marble tablet.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY/ OF JAMES HARRISON BAKER/ MAJOR OF THE 34TH REGIMENT/ SECOND SON OF RICHARD BAKER DD RECTOR OF THIS PARISH/ AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE/ WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF TOULOUSE ON THE 10TH OF APRIL 1814/ AS HE WAS GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN AGAINST AN ENTRENCHMENT/ IN THE 33RD YEAR OF HIS AGE./ THE EXCELLENT CONDUCT OF THIS DESERVING OFFICER DURING 16 YEARS/ SERVICE IN JERSEY, THE CAPE AND INDIA ALWAYS GAINED HIM/ THE COMMENDATION OF HIS SUPERIORS AND IN THE PENINSULA/ HIS COURAGE, ENTERPRISE AND ABILITY WERE SO CONSPICUOUS/ THAT THEY WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECORDED./ HE LIVED 28 HOURS TO HEAR OF THE GLORIOUS DELIVERANCE OF/ EUROPE FROM A DESOLATING AND DEGRADING TYRANNY./ NOR WAS HE LESS DISTINGUISHED IN PRIVATE LIFE FOR HIS/ AMIABLE AND ATTRACTIVE VIRTUES, MODEST, HUMBLE, GENTLE. HIS FEELING HEART AND ACTIVE HAND WERE EVER READY FOR THE/ SERVICE OF THOSE IN EVERY STATION WITH WHOM HE LIVED...(AND IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER AND FATHER)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death, age at death, relationships.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 50IN
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
  • THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST AGNES
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PCC

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