Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Beverley
Town
Beverley
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, American Revolution (1776-1783)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34713

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Current location

BEVERLEY MINSTER
Highgate
Beverley
Beverley
Humberside
HU17 0DN
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 03745 39257
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET SURMOUNTED BY A TRIANGULAR SHAPED MARBLE TABLET
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/ BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER DE LANCEY/ A NATIVE OF THE COLONY OF NEW YORK WHO/ POSSESSED ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND TRULY/ VALUABLE ESTATES IN NORTH AMERICA WHICH FROM/ HIS LOYALTY AND ATTACHMENT TO HIS/ KING AND COUNTRY HE READILY SACRIFICED AT THE/ COMMENCEMENT OF THE LATE REBELLION./ HE HAD FORMERLY SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF/ TICONDEROGA AS SOON AS HOSTILITIES COMMENCED IN/ AMERICA./ HE RAISED A BRIGADE CONSISTING OF THREE REGIMENTS/ AND CONTINUED IN THE COMMAND THEREOF TILL THE/ CONCLUSION OF THE WAR WHEN WITH HIS FAMILY HE WAS/ COMPELLED TO SEEK ASYLUM IN GREAT BRITAIN AND/ RESIDED IN THIS TOWN./ HE DIED THE 27TH OCTOBER 1783 AGED 69 YEARS/ AND LIES INTERRED WITHIN THESE WALLS./ HE WAS A MAN OF INVINCIBLE FORTUTUDE AND UNSHAKEN/ INTEGRITY
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • American Revolution (1776-1783)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: Undefined
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height c1500mm, width c1000mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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