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Memorial details

Memorial type
Mosaic or mural
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Westminster
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Maker
MR J R CLAYTON (Designer)
George Tinworth (Sculptor)
MESSRS BURKE AND SALVATI (Builder)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: C 1879
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
48629

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Previous locations
  • South wall arcades
    Guards Chapel (Old)
    Birdcage Walk
    Westminster
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    SW1H 9AA
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 29545 79630
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
Mosaic depicting a figure with inscription at the base. Lunette relief of a bible story above the mosaic. Mosaic depicts St John the Evangelist and relief shows the Parable of the Good Samaritan
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF GENERAL THE HON. JOHN LESLIE-CUMING, AND OF ALEXANDER VISCOUNT BALGONIE. GENERAL LESLIE-CUMMING, 4TH SON OF DAVID, 8TH EARL OF LEVEN AND 5TH EARL OF MELVILLE, SERVED IN THE 1ST GUARDS FROM 1778 TO 1814. HE WAS PRESENT IN THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1793-4, WAS APPOINTED MAJOR IN 1801, AND LIEUT.-COLONEL IN 1813. ALEXANDER VISCOUNT BALGONIE, ELDEST SON OF DAVID, 10TH EARL OF LEVEN AND 7TH EARL OF MELVILLE, WAS LIEUT. AND CAPT. AND BREVET MAJOR, GRENADIER GUARDS. HE JOINED THE REGIMENT ON 13TH NOVEMBER, 1850, AND PROCEEDED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION TO TURKEY IN 1854. HE SERVED IN THE CAPAIGN IN THE CRIMEA, BEING PRESENT AT THE BATTLES OF THE ALMA AND INKERMAN, AND AT THE SEIGE OF SEVASTOPOL, WHERE HE ACTED AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR H. BENTINCK, K.C.B., COMMANDING THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS. HE DIED ON 29TH AUGUST, 1857, FROM DISEASE PRODUCED BY THE HARDSHIPS HE HAD UNDERGONE DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
(viscount Balgonie), David
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Commemorations
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, forename, title, manner of death, relationships, occupation
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Mosaic
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
History
1944: MEMORIAL WAS LOST WHEN THE CHAPEL WAS DESTROYED BY A FLYING BOMB
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • THE GUARDS' CHAPEL by WILKINSON, N 93; 163 Source: Image Library IWM PRINTED BOOKS Published:THE CHISWICK PRESS LTD 1938 NEW SOUTHGATE, LONDON, N11

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