Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Didsbury
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18484
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Current location
ST JAMES CHURCH
Stenner Lane
Didsbury
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M20 2RQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 8467890384
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SANDSTONE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- (....)/ TO THEIR SON/ HENRY MOMPESSON BIRLEY/ LIEUTENANT ROYAL ARTILLERY/ WHO DIED OF FEVER AT MEERUT, INDIA/ ON THE 19TH FEBRUARY 1889/ AGED 23 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS/ A STONE IS ERECTED AT MEERUT TO HIS MEMORY/ BY THE OFFICERS OF HIS BATTERY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 320MM, width 360MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Tablet
- 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
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