Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
Worcester
Town
Worcester
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
Waterloo Campaign (1815)
Maker
MR JOHN BACON, JNR (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
52078

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Current location

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL
College Green
Worcester
Worcester
Hereford And Worcester
WR1 2LH
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 850 546
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
LARGE PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY THE FIGURE OF COL SIR H ELLIS, MORTALLY WOUNDED, MOUNTED ON HIS HORSE. STONE BACKDROP BEHIND THE SCULPTURED GROUP AND INSCRIPTION ON THE PLINTH. THE MEMORIAL DEPICTS COL SIR W ELLIS ON HIS HORSE BEING SUPPORTED BY AN ANGEL. A SOLDIER KNEELS AT THE REAR OF THE HORSE AND LOOKS UP AT THE COLONEL AS HE OFFERS UP A PRAYER.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ COLONEL SIR HENRY WALTON ELLIS, K.C.B./ A NATIVE OF THIS CITY./ WHO, AT AN EARLY AGE, ENTERED THE 23RD REGIMENT OR ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS,/ THEN COMMANDED BY HIS FATHER, MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN JOYNER ELLIS,/ AND AFTERWARDS LED ON TO HONOURABLE DISTINCTION BY HIMSELF, DURING SEVEN YEARS OF UNEXAMPLED MILITARY RENOWN/ HAVING RECEIVED EIGHT WOUNDS, AND RENDERED SERVICES AS IMPORTANT AS THEY WERE BRILLIANT,/ IN HOLLAND, EGYPT, THE WEST-INDIES, AMERICA, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND FRANCE./ HE FELL BY A MUSKET-SHOT, AT THE HEAD OF HIS REGIMENT, ALMOST IN THE GLORIOUS MOMENT/ WHICH ANNOUNCED VICTORY TO GREAT-BRITAIN, AND PEACE TO EUROPE, ON THE MEMORABLE PLAINS OF/ WATERLOO./ HE DIED OF HIS WOUND, ON THE 20TH OF JUNE 1815, AGED 32 YEARS./ HIS LOSS WAS LAMENTED, AND HIS WORTH RECORDED, BY HIS ILLUSTRIOUS COMMANDER/ WELLINGTON,/ IN WORDS THAT WILL PERISH ONLY WITH HISTORY ITSELF! THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES OF THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS,/ AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR RESPECT AND AFFECTION TO THE MEMORY OF A LEADER,/ NOT MORE DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS VALOUR AND CONDUCT IN THE FIELD,/ THAN BELOVED FOR EVERY GENEROUS AND SOCIAL VIRTUE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ellis, Henry Walton
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Commemorations
  • Waterloo Campaign (1815)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £1,200

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other

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