Memorial details

Memorial type
Civilian (eg: "man" "woman" "child")
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 22 October 1912
    Attended by: FM Sir Evelyn Wood VC
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11771

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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, St. Faiths Chapel south aisle, a bronze relief portrait in alabaster surround. PRIOR IS IN MILITARY UNIFORM Bronze and sculpted alabaster wall panel with bronze roundel relief portrait of a man, set in an alabaster tablet. Portrait by Bertha Burleigh depicts a man with side-whiskers and steel-rimmed spectacles, head turned slightly to the left and wearing a cross-belt. The portrait has a bronze wreath frame and is set in a brown-green alabaster panel with the memorial inscription in the lower part.
Inscription
MELTON PRIOR/ BORN 1845 DIED 1910/ ARTIST AND WAR CORRESPONDENT/ OF THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS./ CAMPAIGNS/ ASHANTEE 1874/ RUSSO TURKISH 1876/ KAFFIR 1878/ ZULU 1879/ TRANSVAAL 1881/ EGYPT 1882/ SOUDAN 1884/ NILE 1884/ BURMAH 1886/ GRAECO-TURKISH 1897/ INDIA 1897/ TRANSVAAL 1899/ RUSSO-JAPANESE 1903
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Prior, Melton
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Commemorations
  • Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster
  • Relief
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P. 131 Source: Image Library NIWM
  • The Times 23 Oct. 1912 p.6f
  • Published:Oxford University Press 2004
  • DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ART VOLUME V BRITISH ARTISTS 1880-1940 by JOHNSON, J P. 86 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ANTIQUE COLLECTORS CLUB 1994 WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory Inv no.848

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