Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Winchester
- Town
- Winchester
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21940
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Current location
WEST END OF THE NORTH AISLE
Winchester Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Winchester
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 48231 29263
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- This memorial has two elements (1) A multi coloured stained glass window showing a crowned figure holding a sword and sceptre standing in front of an arched aperture flanked by columns ,and immediately below (2) two stone tablets , one above the other , set into wall niches with straight sides and base and a trefoil headed top . The topmost contains the dedication and the lower one the names , all incised and coloured black .
- Inscription
- Upper Tablet .THE / ABOVE / WINDOW IS / DEDICATED BY THE / OFFICERS NOW SERVING / AND THOSE WHO HAVE / LATELY SERVED IN THE 97TH OR / EARL OF ULSTERS REGIMENT / TO THE MEMORY OF OFFICERS / NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / DRUMMERS AND PRIVATES / OF THE CORPS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / WHEN THE REGIMENT OCCUPIED / THE PIRAEUS, GREECE, / IN CONJUNCTION / WITH THE FRENCH IN 1854 / AND DID DUTY IN THE TRENCHES / AT THE SEIGE OF SEVASTOPOL / IN 1854 AND IN 1855 / Lower Tablet .NAMES /OF.OFFICERS/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES /(names )
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Colvill, R
Dermon, J
Preston, J B
Ramsbottom, H S
Vicars, Hedley H S
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank , initials , surname , manner of death , date of death
Order of information: no discernable order
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: height c 1800, width 450
Materials: Stone - Window
Measurements: height c 1500, width c 400
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablets
- 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
- THE MILITARY MEMORIALS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL by GOLDSMITH, RFK Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1974 WINCHESTER
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