Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Watford
Town
Watford
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14677

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Current location

ST MARYS CHURCH
Church Road
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0EG
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 11084 96310
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
TABLET AND SURROUND FLANKED BY 2 PILASTRES, EACH SURMOUNTED BY AN URN ON A TAPERED PEDESTAL IN HIGH RELIEF, DRAPED WITH A SWAG OF FOLIAGE, AND RESTING ON A SEMI-CIRCULAR CONSOLE. SIMPLE PEDIMENT ABOVE THE PLAIN CORNICE. KCB INSIGNIA IN HIGH RLEIEF ON THE PEDIMENT. ACHIEVEMENT. CREST: WITHIN A COLLAR OF THE BATH, ISSUANT FROM A CROWN VALLARY AND EAGLES HEAD AND WINGS. MOTTO. NUNC ET NUNQUAM
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES DEACON KCB/ OF THE MADRAS ARMY/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER 1842 AGED 65 YEARS/ AFTER A FAITHFUL SERVICE OF FORTY YEARS/ LEAVING A NAME BELOVED BY HIS FRIENDS, RESPECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT/ AND HONOURED BY HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW/ ALSO JOAN ANN DEACON, RELICT OF/ MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES DEACON KCB/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 19TH MARCH 1856/ IN HER 81ST YEAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Deacon, Charles
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Commemorations
  • 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 200MM, width 1230MM
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
St Mary's Church

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