Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rushmoor
Town
Aldershot
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50059

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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
PLAIN RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A TRIANGULAR HEADED BLACK MARBLE TABLET. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. CROWN DEPICTED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE BACKBOARD.
Inscription
ERECTED/ BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/ IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ CAPTN C. L. BROOKE,/ 7TH (THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S)/ DRAGOON GUARDS,/ WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS/ PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA,/ UNDERTAKEN FOR HIS HEALTH/ 6TH DECEMBER 1880,/ AGED 29 YEARS/ "SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR/ DAYS THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM"
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    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
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 610MM, width 410MM
    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

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