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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- St John's Wood
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 39945
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Current location
ST JOHN'S WOOD CHURCH
Prince Albert Rd
St John's Wood
City Of Westminster
Greater London
NW8 7NE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 27155 82878
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Marble tablet below memorial with urn and fluted pilasters to Miss Mary Alston.
- Inscription
- LIKEWISE NEAR TO THE ABOVE REST THE REMAINS OF/ WILLIAM CHARLES ALSTON ESQR./ LATE A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF THE / HONBLE. EAST INDIA COMPANY ON THEIR BENGAL ESTABLISHMENT./ WHO DIED ON 1ST. APRIL MDCCCXXXVIII/ IN THE SEVENTY EIGHT YEAR OF HIS AGE./ BELOVED AND DEEPLY REGRETTED/ BY HIS FAMILY AND A NUMEROUS/ CIRCLE OF FRIENDS./ “THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASNT IN THEIR LIVES AND/ IN THEIR DEATH THEY WRE NOT DIVIDED.” 1.2 SAM. V23.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank
Order of information: Forename, surname, rank
- British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c 500mm, width c 1000mm
Materials: Marble
- 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 - Responsibility
- St John's Wood Church
- Reference
- 069MIX
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