Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rushmoor
Town
Aldershot
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50047

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Current location

ALL SAINTS ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH
Farnborough Rd
Aldershot
Rushmoor
Hampshire
GU11 1QA
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 861 506
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET SURMOUNTED BY A CORNICE AND MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. ISNCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. HAT AND SHEATHED SWORD CARVED IN RELIEF ABOVE THE CORNICE.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR HARDOLPH EYRE,/ LIEUTENANT 90TH INFANTRY:/ WHO HAVING SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ASHANTEE EXPEDITION,/ IN WHICH HE EVINCED/ THE NOBLE COURAGE HEREDITARY IN HIS FAMILY,/ WAS KILLED WHILST LEADING THE ADVANCED GUARD/IN THE LAST DAYS FIGHTING BEFORE COOMASSIE,/ 4TH FEBRUARY 1874,/ IN THE 24TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ ERECTED/ BY HIS MESSMATES AND BROTHER OFFICERS/ OF WOOD'S REGIMENT.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • 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
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other

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