Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nottingham
- Town
- Wollaton
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27283
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Current location
St Leonards Church
Wollaton Rd
Wollaton
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG8 2AF
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 52500 39800
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass wall-mounted plaque with eheavily incised inscription.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / JOHN EDSON / CORPORAL IN THE 3RD BATTALION / OF GRENADIER GUARDS, / AGED 24 YEARS, / WHO DIED / IN CAMP BEFORE SEVASTOPOL / JANUARY 6TH. 1855 . / OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT /THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN, / 5TH NOVR. 1854. / "THOU HAST GIRDED ME WITH / STRENGTH UNTO THE BATTLE." / PSALM XVIII. 39
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST LEONARD AND ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL
- 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
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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