Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rochester Upon Medway
- Town
- Rochester
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16538
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Current location
South nave aisle - west end
Rochester Cathedral
High Street
Rochester
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME1 1SJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 74240 68530
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular dark plaque with a square extention at the centre top. All surrounded by carved frame.
- Inscription
- IIN . MEMORY . OF / SAPPERS . W. SMITH . D. MCPHERSON / G. GORMAN . M. MOSES . A. D. F. WHYTHE / ROYAL ENGINEERS / WHO . LOST . THEIR . LIVES . DURING . THE / SUDAN . EXPEDITION . 1897-1898 / THIS TABLET . WAS . ERECTED / BY . THEIR . COMRADES . A. D. 1902
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gorman, G
Mcpherson, D
Moses, M
Smith, W
Wythe, A D F
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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 - Reference
- A SHORT GUIDE TO THE SERVICE MEMORIALS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL by TRETT, R J Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1990
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