Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Corsham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24016
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Current location
Church of St Bartholomew
Church Square
Corsham
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 87423 70549
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR TABLET WITH BOUCHE UPPER CORNERS
- Inscription
- ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF/ OTTO BAIJER MACKIE, ESQ/ LIEUTENANT, ROYAL ARTILLERY,/ 5TH SON OF THE ABOVE/ GEORGE AND CATHERINE CEELY MACKIE./ HE DIED AT TOBAGO, WEST INDIES, AUGUST 3RD, 1846,/ AGED 27 YEARS./ SO GREATLY WAS HE LOVED AND RESPECTED THAT/ A SUBSCRIPTION WAS RAISED/ BY THE PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND/ TO ERECT A TABLET TO HIS MEMORY IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF THAT COLONY./ AND ALSO/ TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGINA JANE, HIS SISTER,/ WHO DIED/ ON THE 27TH AUGUST, 1844, AGED 18 YEARS./ HER REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE ADJOINING/ CHURCHYARD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mackie, Otto Baljer
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- History
- MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN ATTACHED TO A LARGER FAMILY TABLET
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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