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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Newport
Town
Newport
County
Gwent
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3684

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Current location

St Marys Church
Stow Hill
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP20 1HF
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 31037 88049
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Description
Marble tablet shaped as a scroll surrounded by a lancet wood frame with a marble eagle on top.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF STEPHEN CARR ESQ/ 87TH ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS/ WHO/ FOR 44 YEARS SHARED IN THE GLORIES OF THE REGIMENT/ AT TALAVERA, TARIFA AND AT BARROSA/ THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS WELLINGTON/ IN SPAIN PORTUGAL AND FRANCE SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE EAST INDIES/ AND BURMAH AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS AT NEWPORT/ MONMOUTHSHIRE 22ND MAY 1847/ BELOVED AND ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM IN THE HUMBLE HOPE/ "THAT ZEALOUS AND EVER READY IN ALL HIS DUTIES WHILE ON EARTH/ HE WILL BE FOUND NOT UNPREPARED FOR THE LAST DREAD TRUMPET/ THROUGH THE MERITS OF A MERCIFUL REDEEMER"/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS AFFECTIONATE AND/ BEREAVED WIDOW JANE CARR WHO IS LEFT TO DEPLORE HIS LOSS/ HIS MORTAL REMAINS INTERRED IN STOW CHURCH YARD
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Carr, Stephen
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Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, age of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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