Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11672

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Current location

St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC4M 8AD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 32035 81148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
In the Crypt, Nelson Chamber, a brass wall panel with memorial inscription in the central panel, the border panels engraved with a variety of images. The memorial inscription is infilled in black with a red bead and reel border. the frame panels have red and green infill and represent: (at the sides) a continuous decoration of urns and plants; (at the top) an anthemion frieze and central cross suurrounded by a wreath and inscribed ribbons; (at the base) a lozenge with 'ihs' inscribed surrounded by inscribed ribbons and plants; at the corners are panels showing (upper left) a book on a stand and a candlestick; (upper right) military objects; (lower left) a sinking sailing boat; (lowere right) a weeping Britannia. The brass plaque is fixed by a grey and red striated marble back panel to the wall
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THREE BRAVE MEN/ PROFESSOR EDWARD HENRY PALMER,/ FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE/ LORD ALMONER'S READER IN ARABIC AND/ A SCHOLAR AND LINGUIST OF RARE GENIUS./ CAPTAIN WILLIAM JOHN GILL, R.E./ AN ARDENT AND ACCOMPLISHED SOLDIER/ AND A DISTINGUISHED EXPLORER./ LIEUTENANT HAROLD CHARRINGTON/ R.N. OF H.M.S. EURYALUS, A YOUNG OFFICER OF HIGH PROMISE./ WHO WHEN TRAVELLING ON PUBLIC DUTY/ INTO THE SINAI DESERT WERE TREACHEROUSLY/ AND CRUELLY SLAIN IN THE WADY SADR/ AUGUST 11TH (?) MDCCCLXXXII/ THEIR REMAINS AFTER THE LAPSE OF/ MANY WEEKS HAVING BEEN PARTIALLY/ RECOVERED AND BROUGHT TO ENGLAND/ WERE DEPOSITED HERE WITH CHRISTIAN/ RITES APRIL 6TH MDCCCLXXXIII./ THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE COUNTRY IN WHOSE SERVICE THEY/ PERISHED TO COMMEMORATE THEIR NAMES/ THEIR WORTH AND THEIR FATE./ THAT TRAGIC FATE WAS SHARED BY TWO/ FAITHFUL ATTENDANTS THE SYRIAN KHALIL/ ATIK AND THE HEBREW BAKHOR HASSUN/ WHOSE REMAINS LIE WITH THEIRS/ "Our Bones lie scattered before the Pit/ as when one breaketh and cleaveth Wood upon the Earth but our eyes/ look unto Thee O Lord God" Ps 141
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Charrington, Harold
Gill, William John
Palmer, Edward Henry
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,occupation
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Red, Marble - Grey
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 55mm, height 1650mm, width 1030mm
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P 141 Source: Image Library NIWM no.107
  • Other website www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/gill/gill16.html
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory Inv no. 2349 (ledger stone)
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory inv no. 2346
  • The Times 16, 19 Oct.,13 Nov. 1882; 2 Mar., 7 Ap.; 16 Nov. 1883

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