Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Bolton
Town
Bolton
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1855
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
26354

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Current location

St Peters Church
Church Bank
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 1HX
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 72079 09312
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White marble trophy of arms bearing the Family Arms with plaque bearing inscription below, on a black marble backboard.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF / JAMES KEARSLEY ESQUIRE / OF NEW BROOK HOUSE IN THE PARISH OF DEANE. / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, / FOR THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER , / AND CAPTAIN OF THE BOLTON TROOP OF THE / DUKE OF LANCASTERS OWN YEOMANRY CAVALRY. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS, / NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND PRIVATES UNDER HIS COMMAND / IN TESTIMONY / OF THE SENSE THEY ENTERTAINED / OF HIS UNCOMPROMISING LOYALTY / AND OF TEH IMPARTIALITY / FIRMNESS AND EFFICIENCY / WITH WHICH / HE COMMANDED THE TROOP. / HE DIED THE 29TH DAY OF DECR 1854. / AGED 54 YEARS; / AND WAS BURIED / AT THE PARISH CHURCH OF DEANE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank,year died,regiment,forename,place of burial,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1200MM, width 950MM
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
CHURCH AUTHORITIES

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