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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Carrick
Town
Falmouth
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
26083

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Current location

KING CHARLES THE MARTYR CHURCH
Church St
Falmouth
Carrick
Cornwall
TR11 3DX
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 80951 32622
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
VERY ELABORATE WALL MONUMENT WITH INSET PILLARS AND GABLED TOP. FAMILY CREST ABOVE TEXT IN THE POINT OF THE GABLE
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ BRIGADIER GENL W FENWICK C.B./ LATE COLONEL OF THE 10TH FOOT/ WHO AFTER SERVING IN THIS REGIMENT/ FOR THIRTY-ONE YEARS HELD FOR FOUR YEARS/ A BRIGADE COMMAND IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY/ AND DIED SUDDENLY AT BOUSHOWAL MAY 7TH 1870/ AT THE AGE OF 51 WHILST PROCEEDING TO/ BANGALORE TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE MYSORE DIVISION/ THIS TABLET HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE PARISH/ CHURCH OF HIS NATIVE TOWN BY THE OFFICER/ OF HIS REGIMENT BY WHOM HE WAS MOST DEEPLY/ AND DESERVEDLY REGRETTED
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    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,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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