Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Canterbury
Town
Canterbury
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Maker
DENMAN (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40929

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Current location

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
Cathedral Cl
Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 152 579
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
ORNATE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN THE CENTRE FLANKED BY TWO FIGURES OF SOLDIERS FIGURE OF SOLDIER ON THE LEFT STANDS WITH ARMS REVERESED AND HIS HEAD LEANING ON THE BUTT. FIGURE OF SOLDIER ON THE RIGHT STANDS WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK. BEHIND THE FEET OF EACH IS A SPHINX. AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET ARE DRAPED FLAGS AND MEDALLIONS DEPICTING CASTLE IN JELLALABAD IN THE CENTRE, TOWN OF CHUZNEECABUL 1842 ON THE LEFT AND CABUL 1842 WITHIN A WREATH IN THE RIGHT
Inscription
GHUZNEE/JELLALABAD/CABUL/ WHILST SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN/ BETWEEN THE YEARS 1838 AND 1842,/ EITHER THROUGH THE FATIGUES OF SERVICE/ OR IN ACTION WITH THE ENEMY,/ THERE PERISHED OF THE 13TH PRINCE ALBERT'S LIGHT INFANTRY,/ (NAMES)/ ALSO/ SHORTLY AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM THAT COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE ABOVE,/ THEIR SURVIVING BROTHERS IN ARMS/ OF THE SAME REGIMENT,/ HAVE CAUSED THIS TABLET TO BE ERECTED.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Airey, William
Barnes, G W
Dennie, Wm H
Fothergill, Geo
Frere, Richard Edward
Hobhouse, John Byron
Kershaw, James
King, Edward
Robert, Percy
Scott, J F P C
See details for all 13 names
Commemorations
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 302
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 302
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,forename
    Order of information: rank,forename
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 240MM, height 1860MM, width 1500MM
    Materials: Marble - White, Marble - Grey
Listing information
  • CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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