
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Fountain
- District
- Spelthorne
- Town
- Sunbury On Thames
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Matabele Wars (1893-1897), Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41689
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Current location
IN THE WALLED GARDEN
SUNBURY PARK
Sunbury On Thames
Spelthorne
Surrey
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 100 680
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Fountain with sculpted bronze lion couchant on plinth.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ CHARLES FREDEDRICK LENDY CAPTAIN R.A./ WHO DIED AT BULAWAYO, SOUTH AFRICA/ 15TH JANUARY 1894. AGED 30./ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE MATABELE CAMPAIGN THROUGH WHICH HE SERVED IN/ COMMAND OF THE GUNS WITH INDEFATIGABLE ZEAL AND CONSPICUOUS BRAVEY./ AND OF/ EDWARD AUGUSTUS WILLIAM LENDY, D.S.O./ KILLED IN ACTION 23RD DECEMBER 1893/ AT WARINA, WEST AFRICA. AGED 25./ CAPTAIN SHERWOOD FORESTERS AND SECONDED AS/ INSPECTOR GENERAL SIERRA LEONE FRONTIER POLICE/ THE ONLY SONS OF THE LATE MAYOR LENDY OF SUNBURY-ON-THAMES/ THIS FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THEIR NATIVE VILLAGE BY THEIR FRIENDS AS A / TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF TWO BRAVE MEN / DOLCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Matabele Wars (1893-1897)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined - Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Matabele Wars (1893-1897)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- The Lendy Memorial
- WMO ID: 262946
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-07-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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