Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Guernsey
Town
St Peter Port
County
Channel Islands
Country
Channel Islands
Commemoration
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
49902

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Description
NOWY HEADED BRASS PLAQUE WITH BLUE BACKGROUND AND BRASS TRIM. FOUR SCREWS IN EACH CORNER. NATIONAL EMBLEM (EITHER CANADA OR ONTARIO) IN CENTRE TOP ABOVE INSCRIPTION.
Inscription
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK, K.B., 1769-1812/ ONE OF CANADA'S OUTSTANDING MILITARY HEROES, ISAAC BROCK/ WAS BORN ON THIS ISLAND. HE ENTERED THE BRITISH ARMY IN/ 1785, BECAME A LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE 49TH REGIMENT OF/ FOOT IN 1797, AND SERVED IN EUROPE 1799-1801. THE FOLLOWING/ YEAR HE WAS POSTED TO CANADA WITH HIS REGIMENT. IN 1811,/ JUST PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE/ UNITED STATES, BROCK BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE/ COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATOR OF UPPER CANADA (NOW ONTARIO)/ AND RAPIDLY ORGANIZED THE DEFENCE OF THE INFANT COLONY. HIS/ LEADERSHIP CULMINATED IN THE CAPTURE OF DETROIT AND THE/ DEFEAT OF THE U.S. INVADERS AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS IN 1812./ HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING THE LATTER ENGAGEMENT AND/ IS BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD./ ERECTED BY THE ARCHAELOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITES BOARD/ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brock, Isaac
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Commemorations
  • War of 1812 (1812-1815)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 600MM, width 780MM
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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