Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Maidstone
Town
Maidstone
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32528

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Current location

All Saints Church
Bishops Way
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 6YE
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 76009 55422
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A brass plaque with an inscription in relief.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ FRANCIS CHARLES MARSH/ BREVET MAJOR/ THE QUEENS OWN/ ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT/ ELDEST SON OF COLONEL J.T. MARSH R.E./ WHO WHILE IN COMMAND OF A FORCE AT BURMI, NORTHERN/ NIGERIA, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 27TH JULY 1903/ WHEN GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN IN AN ATTACK AGAINST/ A STOCKADE. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE OPERATIONS ON/ THE NIGER IN 1897-98 INCLUDING THE EXPEDITION TO/ ILLAH AND IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OF 1899-1902/ TAKING PART IN THE DEFENCE OF MAFEKING AND AFTERWARDS/ COMMANDING THE PROTECTORATE REGT. IN THE OPERATIONS/ IN THE TRANSVAAL, FOR THESE SERVICES HE WAS THREE TIMES/ MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AND PROMOTED TO BREVET MAJORITY/ THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND OTHER/ FRIENDS WITH WHOM HE SERVED IN MAFEKING
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death, additional.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 902MM, width 503MM
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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