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
- 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
See details - 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
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Lt H R Stewart
- WMO ID: 241555
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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