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

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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
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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
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
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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