Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Salisbury
Town
Salisbury
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
43630

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Current location

North transcept.
Salisbury Cathedral
West Walk
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 1423329517
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass tablet in elaborate wall mounted frame of pure Gothic design with three arches above the plaque, centre arch has a marble(?) rosette with initials "JP" in the centre. This is below a stained glass window.
Inscription
This monument to the Memory of Serjeant Major John Michael Peniston a native of this city and for 32 years / a member of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry was erected by the Officers, non-commissioned Officers / and Privates of the Regiment as a Testimonial of their respect and esteem for his upright and kindly / character and of their sense of the zealous and efficient manner in which during 25 years of service in the Regiment he / discharged the duties of Regimental Serjeant Major + He died suddenly in the 51 year of his age at Tottenham Park / at the close of the annual permanent duty of the Corps on the 5th day of May 1858 to the great sorrow of all who knew / him and especially of his Comrades of all ranks in the Regiment in which he had so long and so faithfully served
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Peniston, John Michael
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, home city, length of service, regiments, manner of death, age at death, place of death, additional, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette - Thursday 15 September 1859 Monument to the later Mr. J. M. Peniston.
  • Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle - Monday 19 September 1859 ... The monument is of pure Gothic design, and on brass tablet the base appears tbe following inscription ....

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