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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
- Maker
- C.R. Cockerell (Architect)
C. R. Cockerell (1788-1863) (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1853
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 39
Current location
In the gardens of the Royal Hospital.
22
Royal Hospital South Grounds
Chelsea Embankment
Chelsea
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW3 4LW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 28170 77927
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tall square obelisk surmounted by crown and gold painted globe. Names are inscribed on the shaft of the obelisk.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE/ OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE XXIV REGIMENT/ WHO FELL AT/ CHILIANWALLA 13 JANUARY 1849/ THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES/ AD 1853/ (Names)/ 1849 JAN XIII
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allsworth, William
Amos, John
Andrews, Stephen
Anson, Robert
Armett, Joseph
Atkinson, Thomas
Atwell, Jonah
Bailey, John
Bailey, William Henry
Barber, James
See details for all 255 names - Commemorations
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Total names on memorial: 255
Served and returned: 0
Died: 255
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,forename,decorations
Order of information: rank,surname
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 30000MM
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- 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
- 24TH REGT CHILIANWALLA
- WMO ID: 122403
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 01-02-2019]
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- Costs
Comments: This Memorial was erected by the surviving comrades in 1863.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- London NorthWest (1999) p. 565 B. Cherry & N Pevsner
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