Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Somerset
Town
Dowlish Wake
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24915

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Current location

East wall of Speake Chapel.
St Andrew's Church
Main Street
Dowlish Wake
South Somerset
Somerset
TA19 0NX
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 37569 12943
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
GREY AND WHITE MARBLE TABLET
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUTENANT EDWARD SPEKE,/ OF THE 65TH REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY,/ AGED 29 YEARS,/ THIRD SON OF WILLIAM SPEKE, ESQRE. OF JORDANS,/ IN THE PARISH OF ASHILL/ WHO DIED ON THE 18TH SEPTEMBER 1857, FROM THE EFFECTS OF A WOUND RECEIVED ON THE 14TH OF THE SAME MONTH,/ WHEN GALLANTLY FIGHTING IN THE RANKS OF THE/ 1ST BENGAL FUSILIERS,/ AT THE STORMING OF DELHI./ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS OF THE 65TH N.I. AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM FOR ONE/ WHOSE NOBLE CHARACTER AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUES,/ HAD DESERVEDLY ENDEARED HIM TO THEM ALL./ "THY WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS,/ BUT ARE JUST AND TRUE."
Inscription legible?
yes
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,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Grey, Marble - White
Listing information
  • Church of St Andrew
  • Grade II*
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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