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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Goudhurst
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Colonial India
- Maker
- Gawthorp and Sons (Manufacturer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16296
Current location
St Mary's Church
Goudhurst
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN17 1BL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 72380 37812
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL PLAQUE WITH FIGURE OF A LANCER IN MOURNING POSE WITH HEAD BOWED, AND A CROSS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF INDIA BEHIND HIM. QUEENS ROYAL LANCERS BADGE ABOVE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN GORDON STIRLING DSO/ 9TH LANCERS/ BORN IN LONDON MAY 28TH 1874/ DIED AT SIALKOTE, INDIA, MAY 22ND 1902/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED AS A/ TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION BY HIS/ BROTHER OFFICERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Stirling, John Gordon
See details - Commemorations
- Colonial India
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames,place of birth,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Colonial India
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 750MM, width 1020MM
Materials: Cast Iron - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
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