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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Bath
Town
Freshford
County
Avon
Country
England
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
7190

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Current location

St Peter's Church
Church Hill
Freshford
Bath
Avon
BA2 7WG
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 78966 60156
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular white marble tablet with a cornice set on a black slate backboard with the lettering in black.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT GEORGE YOUNGHUSBAND/ COMMANDING SQUADRON 5TH PUNJAB CAVALRY/ ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE TERRIBLE INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857/ HE WAS SERVING ON THE AFGHAN BORDER OF INDIA/ THEN, THAT RENOWNED BODY THE DELHI ARMY WAS FORMED/ HIS SQUADRON WITH TWO OTHERS OF THE PUNJAB FORCE/ PRESSED FORWARD AND JOINED IT/ AS THE AVENGING ARMY SWEPT THROUGH DELHI/ ON TO AGRA, TO CAWNPORE, TO LUCKNOW; THEIR CHARGING CRY WAS HEARD ON EVERY BATTLEFIELD/ AND NEVER HEARD BUT WAS FOLLOWED BY VICTORY/ AT LAST, WHEN THE CAMPAIGN WAS NEARLY CLOSED/ HE FELL, MORTALLY WOUNDED, NEAR FUTTEGHUR ON 2ND JANY 1858/ AND DIED ON THE SECOND DAY AGED 26 YEARS/ HE WAS BORNE TO HIS GRAVE BY GREY BEARDED SEIK (SIC) WARRIORS/ WHO WEPT WHEN THEY THOUGHT/ HE HAD LED THEM IN HIS LAST/ BATTLE/ (ALSO OF...)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bath, E
Care, E
Carter, E
Doel, P
Edward, W A S
Longman, G
Male, R D
Male, W L
Morris, W A
Perrot, F
See details for all 17 names
Commemorations
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 3FT, width 3FT
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 2FT 6", width 2FT 6"
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
PCC

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