51st 1st Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), 19th Century Wars (1800-1899), Burma (19th Century)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1888
Attended by: UNKNOWN

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

30487

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Current location

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Chapel
York Minster
Deangate
York
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 7JA
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 60331 52179
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Rectangular-headed brass plaque set within a stone frame. Inscription in relief. Cypher "IHS" with crown at top centre. Below a wreath surmounted by a Coronet, wiothin which bugle horn within which the number "51" .

Inscription

MINDEN CORUNNA SALAMANCA VITORIA/ FUENTES D'ONOR PYRENEES NIVELLE/ TO THE MEMORY OF 3 OFFICERS AND 298 NON COMMISSIONE/ OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE (51ST) 1ST BATTALION KINGS OWN/ YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO FELL IN INDIA/ FROM A.D. 1872 - 1887, INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGNS/ TOWAKI 1877 AFGHANISTAN 1878 - 1880 BURMA 1886 - 1887/ ORTHES PENINSULA ALI MUSIID/ WATERLOO PEGU AFGHANISTAN

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Burma (19th Century)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Listing information

This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
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Condition

51st 1st Battn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1872-1887
WMO ID: 138304
Condition: Good [last updated on 26-05-2020]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Monuments in York Minster by Ian Pattison and Hugh Murray pg 137 Published:Friends of York Minster October 2000

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