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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Guildford
Town
Seale
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64442

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Current location

East wall of north aisle
Saint Laurence's Church
Elstead Road
Seale
Guildford
Surrey
GU10 1HU
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 89697 47900
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Stone tablet with dedicatory inscription to Lt Gen Long and other members of his family. Mounted within a quatrefoil arch, surmounted by a heraldic shield, above which is a knight's helmet with plumes. At the top, a castellated pediment. Flanked by two fluted pilasters.
Inscription
In memory of/ LIEUTENANT GENERAL/ ROBERT BALLARD LONG/ LIEUT COL OF THE 15TH HUSSARS/ BELOVED SON OF/ EDWARD LONG AND MARY HIS WIFE/ (...) AND HEIR OF THOMAS(...)/ (...)/ (...) THE UNHAPPY DISTURBANCE/ AT THE CAPTURE OF WALCHEREN/ WHERE HE WAS ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE FORCES/ AND IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL/ WHERE HE WAS PRESENT AT THE/ BATTLE OF CORUNNA/ AND HELD A HIGH COMMAND IN/ THE GLORIOUS CONFLICTS/ OF ALBUERA AND VITTORIA/ BORN APRIL 4TH 1771, DIED MARCH 2ND 1825
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Chichester, H. M., 'Long, Robert Ballard (1771-1825)', rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [www.oxforddnb.com/search?q=robert+ballard+long&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true, accessed 31 August 2023]
  • T. H. McGuffie (ed.), Peninsular cavalry general, 1811–13: the correspondence of Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long. London: Harrap, 1951.

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