Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rushmoor
Town
Aldershot
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, Colonial India
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50022

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Current location

All Saints Royal Garrison Church
Farnborough Road
Aldershot
Rushmoor
Hampshire
GU11 1QA
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 861 506
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A STONE BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION WITH INITIAL LETTERS IN RED LETTERING.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT GENERAL RICHARD BUCKLEY PRETTEJOHN CB/ WHO DIED JANY 4TH 1891 WHEN FULL COLONEL OF THE 13TH HUSSARS/ HE SERVED WITH THE 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS IN THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY IN 1844-45/ ALSO THROUGHOUT THE PUNJAB CAMPAIGN OF 1848-49 INCLUDING THE ACTION OF RAMMIGGAR WITH/ THE CHARGING SQUADRONS PASSAGE OF CHENAB. BATTLE OF CHILLIAN WALLAH AND GOOJERAT/ PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY ACROSS THE JHELUM AND OF THE AFGHANS OVER THE INDUS THROUGH THE KHYBER/ PASS (MEDAL WITH 2 CLASPS) SERVED WITH THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION OF 1857 (MEDAL WITH CLASP)/ ALSO WITH THE CENTRAL INDIA FIELD FORCE UNDER SIR HUGH ROSE IN 1857-58 AND WAS PRESENT AT/ MANY ACTIONS, SIEGES AND VICTORIES ALWAYS WITH THE 14TH LT DRAGOONS AND WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED/ FOUR TIMES. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES; BREVETS OF MAJOR AND LIEUT. COL. MEDAL WITH TWO CLASPS/ ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT OF THE 14TH KING'S HUSSARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Prettejohn, Richard Buckley
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, forenames, manner of death, occupation, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, forenames, manner of death, occupation, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 300MM, width 610MM
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Grade II
  • 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
Sponsorship
Other

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