Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Hammersmith And Fulham
Town
Hammersmith
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11904

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Current location

Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School
St Dunstans Rd
Hammersmith
Hammersmith And Fulham
Greater London
W6 8RP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 23759 77993
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
    Chandos Place
    Covent Garden
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    WC2N
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Oval shaped, light-coloured marble plaque on granite nowy-headed backboard. Oval plaque encircled with relief of rope.
Inscription
Backboard: LLEWELLYN/ 1864 Tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ DAVID HERBERT LLEWELLYN,/ FORMERLY A STUDENT OF THIS HOSPITAL/ AND AFTERWARDS/ SURGEON TO THE CONFEDERATE STATES WAR STEAMER/ "ALABAMA"./ AFTER HER ACTION WITH THE FEDERAL STEAMER "KEARSAGE" OFF CHERBOURG/ THOUGH ENTREATED BY THE WOUNDED TO JOIN THEM IN THEIR BOAT/ HE REFUSED TO PERIL THEIR SAFETY BY SO DOING AND WENT DOWN WITH THE/ SINKING VESSEL, ON THE 19TH OF JUNE 1864, IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED AND A SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDED/ IN HIS NAME BY/ HIS FELLOW STUDENTS, AND OTHERS IN ENGLAND AND INDIA/ TO COMMEMORATE HIS SELF-SACRIFICING/ COURAGE AND DEVOTION.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Llewellyn, David Herbert
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Commemorations
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,occupation
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 3ft, width 4.5ft
    Materials: Granite
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School

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