Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cairn
- District
- Southend On Sea
- Town
- Shoeburyness
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 February 1985
Attended by: Colonel R A Spackman
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69969
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Current location
9
Garrison Church of Saints Peter and Paul - Horseshoe Barracks
Chapel Road
Shoeburyness
Southend On Sea
Essex
SS3 9QU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 93545 84767
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A rectangular plaque with wooden backboard based is mounted on the cairn. The inscription depicts the event of incident, casualties and the event of commemoration.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ ON 26TH FEBRUARY 1885, NEAR THIS SPOT, A 6 INCH SHELL BEING PREPARED/ FOR FIRING, DETONATED, KILLING./ COLONEL W A FOX - STRANGWAYS COMMANDANT AND SUPERINTENDENT/ OF EXPERIMENTS./ COLONEL F LYONS SUPERINTENDENT, ROYAL LABORATORY,/ WOOLWICH./ CAPTAIN F M GOOLD - ADAMS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF/ EXPERIMENTS./ SERGEANT MAJOR S DAYKIN/ GUNNER R ALLEN/ GUNNER J UNDERWOOD/ ARTIFICER RANCE/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY COLONEL R A SPACKMAN, SUPERINTENDENT./ PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, SHOEBURYNESS ON 26 FEBRUARY 1985./ THERE IS ALSO A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE EVENT IN THE GARRISON CHURCH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, R
Daykin, S
Fox-strangways, W A
Goold-adams, F M
Lyons, F
Rance
Underwood, J
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, initials of forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: rank
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Cairn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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