Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
Broxtowe
Town
Cossall
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Waterloo Campaign (1815)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 18 June 1877
    Attended by: Lancelot Rolleston, High Sheriff of Nottingham;
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2000

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Current location

St Catherine's Churchyard
Church Lane
Cossall
Broxtowe
Nottinghamshire
NG16 2RT
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 48374 42289
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
An obelisk encircled by a laurel wreath, set on a tapered-topped column with two stepped base. An inclined slab in front of the column features a carved lifeguards helmet, breastplate and crossed sabres of the lifeguardsmen. Raised inscription on tapered column, in black lettering.
Inscription
WATERLOO / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SHAW & / RICHARD WAPLINGTON, / OF THE / LIFE GUARDS, / AND / THOMAS WHEATLEY, / OF THE / LIGHT DRAGOON GUARDS, / WHO LEFT THEIR NATIVE HOME / IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY, / THE TWO FORMER GLORIOUSLY / FELL AT WATERLOO, / THE LATTER RETURNED, AND LIES BURIED IN / THIS CHURCH / YARD. / VALOUR.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Shaw, John
Waplington, Richard
Wheatley, Thomas
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Waterloo Campaign (1815)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment, place of birth, place of death, manner of death
    Order of information: Fallen, returned
Components
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
  • Cossall Waterloo Memorial
  • Grade II
  • 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
Costs

Memorial: £100 +

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private,public
Details: The Duke of Cambridge; Earl Cowper; Earl Manvers; Lord Middleton; Lord Newark and Lancelot Rolleston.
Reference

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