Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Beverley
- Town
- Beverley
- County
- Humberside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34685
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Current location
BEVERLEY MINSTER
Beverley
Beverley
Humberside
England
OS Grid Ref: TA 039 388
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- LANCET-SHAPED WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK PAINTED BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING LATIN CROSS AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET WITH BANNER ABOVE IT. GOLD PAINTED REGIMENTAL BADGE IN THE CENTRE
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE UNDERNAMED/ NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE SECOND BATTALION,/ FIFTEENTH, OR YORK EAST RIDING REGIMENT,/ WHO DIED ON SERVICE/ IN AFGHANISTAN:/ A.D. 1880/ (NAMES)/ "GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH/ A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE." PSALM 40.V1/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED/ BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ & MEN OF THE FIFTEENTH, OR YORK EAST RIDING REGIMENT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Akins, James
Burnett, George
Claridge, Charles
Clay, James
Cook, William
Crozier, George
Dicks, John
Dixon, Thomas A
Fairman, Henry
Foster, William C
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 33
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,forename
Order of information: rank,forename
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- YORKSHIRE HEROES VOL. II HISTORIC EAST RIDING TOWN OF BEVERLEY by MANN, MALCOLM K 46-47 Source: Image Library NIWM
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