Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rushmoor
Town
Aldershot
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50053

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Current location

ALL SAINTS ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH
Farnborough Rd
Aldershot
Rushmoor
Hampshire
GU11 1QA
England

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

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Description
RECTANGULAR MARBLE TABLET WITH MOULDED BORDER. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. MOSIAC BORDER AROUND THE INSCRIPTION FORMED OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS IN DIFFERENT COLOURS.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF A SOLDIER A GENTLEMAN AND A CHRISTIAN/ GENERAL SIR HENRY DALRYMPLE WHITE, K.C.B./ COLONEL 6TN INNISKILLING DRAGOONS/ BORN JULY 5TH 1820, HE ENTERED THAT REGIMENT IN 1838 COMMANDED IT (AS LIEUT COLONEL)/ WITH DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY IN THE HEAVY CAVALRY CHARGE OF BALACLAVA, AND/ THROUGHOUT THE CRIMEAN WAR, AND REGARDED IT WITH LIFELONG PRIDE AND AFFECTION/ HE WAS ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL OF CAVALRY 1863-1865 AND COMMANDED THE/ CAVALRY BRIGADE AT THE CURRAGH AND AT ALDERSHOT 1866 - 1871. HIS MILITARY CAREER/ WAS CUT SHORT BY THE AFFLICTION OF LONG ILLNESS BORNE TO THE END WITH STEADFAST/ PATIENCE. HE RESIGNED HIS ACTIVE AND ARDENT SPIRIT INTO GODS HANDS MARCH 27TH. 1886/ THANKFUL UNTO HIM FOR A GLAD AND HAPPY PAST AND FOR HIS PROMISE OF A HAPPIER FUTURE./ "IN THE WORLD YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER. I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD."
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,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 520MM, width 1130MM
    Materials: Marble
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

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