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Memorial details

Memorial type
Allegory (eg: Victory)
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11748

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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 north Transept, Middlesex Chapel, a marble wall panel with two over-life-size figures of women - a seated Britannia being comforted by Immortality - before a tombstone. On the left a semi-naked woman leans over in front of a tombstone, her left arm draped over its top and holding a flaming torch; with her right hand she touches the forearm of the woman on the right who is seated with head in her hand, her elbow resting on a ledge of the tombstone. The tombstone has a central motif of a formalized laurel wreath and ornamented pediment. On the ground is a plumed helmet of roman type with lions mask headpiece, and behind it a shield. The podium has a central inscribed panel and consoles at the sides.
Inscription
ERECTED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERALS / ARTHUR GORE, AND JOHN BYNE SKERRET, / WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY / WHILE LEADING THE TROOPS TO THE ASSAULT / OF THE FORTRESS OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM. / IN THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH. AND 9TH. OF MARCH 1814.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gore, Arthur
Skerrett, John, Byne
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figures
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P. 158 Source: Image Library NIWM
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory No. 147

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