Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Exeter
Town
Exeter
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Before 8th September 1860
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25216

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Current location

In the nave
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1HS
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 9209 9255
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
LARGE WALL MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING IN THE CENTRE. IT IS FLANKED BY TWO BRONZE RELIEFS OF MOUNTED LANCERS STANDING SIDE ON WITH A PALM TREE IN FRONT OF THEM. BRONZE RELIEF OF LION'S HEAD WITH FOLIATE SCROLLING AND SUSPENDED MEDALS ABOVE INSCRIPTION. RELIEF OF FOLIATE SCROLLING BELOW INSCRIPTION.
Inscription
TABLET: ERECTED 1860 BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE 9TH QUEENS LANCERS, WHO SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT IN INDIA, IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL THERE IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION, OR DIED OF WOUNDS/ (Names)/ DIED FROM EFFECTS OF CLIMATE/ (Names) (9th Lancers badge) / This memorial was erected to the memory/ of five officers and/ one hundred and forty = three other ranks of the / 9th. QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS / who gave their lives during the Indian Mutiny./ During this campaign the regiment won no/ less than fourteen Victoria Crosses./ The 9th Lancers were known throughout India/ as "the Delhi Spearmen" from their prowess with/ the lance in capturing that city./ On May 1st 1859, the regiment embarked at/ Fort William. Calcutta. en route for Exeter./ By a special order of the day the Governor-/General of India directed that a salute of twenty-/one guns be fired and "offered his thanks not/ only for its services before the enemy but for/ the admirable example which it has presented/ to the young soldiers of the Indian Army by its/ perfection of discipline, conduct and efficiency."/ On several occasions prior to 1861 the Regimental/ Depot was stationed at Exeter./ On its arrival in Exeter in the summer of 1859, a special service of thanksgiving was/ held in the Cathedral for the safe return of this/ MOST DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT. Small plaque: Lancers Memorial Commemorating men of the / 9th Queen's Royal Lancers who died / in India. This was carved by / Carlo Marochetti in 1860, the / favourite sculptof Queen Victoria / and Prince Albert.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allison, Samuel
Anson, Octavius H St Geo
Arnold, Daniel
Avery, James
Baker, Charles
Beckley, James
Beecham, William H
Bishopp, John
Bowling, William
Bulman, Edward
See details for all 117 names
Commemorations
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 117
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 117
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename,manner of death
    Order of information: manner of death,rank
Components
  • Detail
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference
  • Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 08 September 1860 Page 2 THE ARMY. "9th Lancers. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Pth Lancers have just erected a beautiful monument in the cathedral at Exeter, in memory of their comrades who fell in the service of their country during the Indian mutiny. The design, which is executed by Baron Marochetti in his best style, consists of a massive slab containing the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who fell during the mutiny, and each side there is a figure of a mounted lancer in bronze underneath a palm tree. The air of repose about these figures is very beautiful, and the effect of the sombre bronze standing out in relief against the marble is strikingly grand. whole is surmounted by a stained glass window into which are introduced scrolls containing the names of the battles in which the regiment lias been engaged during its services in India. The 9th Lancers are very popular among the townspeople of Exeter, and universal regret is expressed at the rumour that they are about to be removed to Aldershot. "

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