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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Preston
Town
Preston
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
42340

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Current location

Fulwood Barracks Regimental Chapel
Watling Street Road
Preston
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 8AA
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 54871 31546
Denomination: Non-denominational

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Previous locations
  • England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
WHITE MARBLE TABLET SURMOUNTING A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. CURVED AT TOP WITH CARVING AND CARVED BRACKETS AT BASE. BLACK LETTERING. REGIMENTAL BADGE AT THE BASE
Inscription
ERECTED/ BY THE/ OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF/ THE XXX (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) REGIMENT./ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF SERGEANT MAJOR J. MC. CLELLAN,/ AND/ 426 NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED FROM WOUNDS OR DISEASE,/ DURING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA,/ FROM 1854 UNTIL 1856/ XXX CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT (ON SMALL PLAQUE BELOW): THIS MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN/ ARBOUR HILL GARRISON CHURCH, DUBLIN BY OFFICERS/ N.C.O.'S AND PRIVATES OF THE XXX CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT/ AND THE FIRST BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGT./ AND WAS RESTORED TO THE DEPOT OF THIS REGIMENT/ DURING THE DEVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN IRELAND IN 1921.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Total names on memorial: 14
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 14
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,manner of death, surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: rank THEN surname
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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