Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11843

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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, east aisle, a large marble group in high relief showing a sarcophagus with allegoric figures. On left is a woman in classical dress, who leans on a sarcophagus which has a pair of standards placed on it. On right a seated woman, wearing a Minervan helmet and sandals, her left hand on the shoulder of a young boy. In the centre is a sarcophagus inset with a medallion portrait of a man, facing to the right, and carved with striations and an anthemion on top. The sarcophagus stands on a faceted pedestal bearing the memorial inscription and behind the figures are a shield (on the left) and a globe and scroll (on the right). The figures stand on a base stepped at the ends.
Inscription
ERECTED / AT THE PUBLIC EXPENCE / TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL / JOHN GASPARD LE MARCHANT / WHO GLORIOUSLY FELL / IN THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA, / JULY THE 22ND.1812
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Le Marchant, John, Gaspard
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Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death
    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. 160 Source: Image Library NIWM
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory No.165

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