Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Taunton Deane
- Town
- Cothelstone
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24932
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Current location
St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Cothelstone Road
Cothelstone
Taunton Deane
Somerset
TA4 3DS
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 18114 31854
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SIMPLE RECTANGULAR TABLET INCISED ANCHOR ABOVE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- IN DEAR MEMORY OF/ EDWARD JEFFRIES SHELLEY ESDAILE/ WHO DIED MAY 16TH 1898/ AGED 21 YEARS/ AND/ FRANCIS SAMUEL DRAKE ESDAILE/ MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. BARFLEUR/ WHO DIED JULY 7TH 1900,/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT TIENTSIN/ AGED 17 YEARS./ "PRO PATRIA MORI"/ AND THE GLORY WHICH THOU GAVEST ME/ I HAVE GIVEN THEM" ST JOHN XVIII.22/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THE BROTHERS/ AND SISTERS WHO DEEPLY MOURN THE LOSS/ OF THEIR DEARLY LOVED COMPANIONS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
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
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
- Grade I
- 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
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- PCC
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