Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
West Wiltshire
Town
Melksham
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24316

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Current location

SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST END WALL
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
Melksham
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 903 637
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK STONE BASE. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING CROSS IN RELIEF ON THE INSCRIPTION TABLET
Inscription
THY WILL BE DONE/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT HENRY ROSS STEWART, 18TH REGT BNI WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILST ENDEAVOURING TO ESCAPE FROM BAREILLY AFTER THE MUTINY OF MAY 31ST 1857 AGED 26 YEARS/ THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS PRAISE THEE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Stewart, Henry Ross
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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,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PCC

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