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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Hams
Town
Totnes
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
45992

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Current location

On the South wall of the sanctuary.
St. Mary's Church
High Street
Totnes
South Hams
Devon
TQ9 5NN
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 80216 60473
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White marble sarcophagus shaped tablet mounted onto a seven sided black marble backboard. Incised inscription in black lettering. Between two acrotoria is a funerary urn flanked by a weeping willow and a weeping cherub depicted on top of the white marble tablet.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUT. GEORGE FARWELL,/ OF HIS MAJESTY'S 46TH REGIMENT./ SECOND SON OF CHRISTOPHER FARWELL, OF THIS PARISH, ESQUIRE;/ WHO DIED AT SECUNDERABAD IN THE EAST INDIES/ ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY 1830, IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY LIEUT. COLONEL OGILVIE, AND/ THE OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S 46TH REGIMENT,/ WHO SERVED WITH HIM IN INDIA,/ AS A TRIBUTE/ OF THEIR AFFECTIONATE REGARD FOR HIS MEMORY,/ AND THE HIGH SENSE THEY ENTERTAINED OF/ HIS CHARACTER AS AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN,/ AND AS A TESTIMONY OF THE DEEP REGRET/ AT THE LOSS SUSTAINED BY THEMSELVES/ AND BY THE COUNTRY, IN THE EARLY DEATH OF/ THIS MOST PROMISING YOUNG OFFICER.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY
  • 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
History
1996: TRACES OF RAINWATER ON THE BACKBOARD
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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