Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
North Lincolnshire
Town
Broughton
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
52028

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Current location

ST MARYS CHURCH
High St reet
Broughton
North Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
DN20 0HY
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 960 086SE 960
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
TRIANGULAR BASED INSCRIPTION TABLET WITH TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ONTO A DARK MARBLE BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. CROSSED RIFLE AND SWORD WITH FLAG DRAPED ACROSS THEM ARE CARVED IN BAS RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE INSCRIPTION TABLET.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ FRANCIS GRANTHAM,/ SECOND SON OF/ HENRY AND ELIZABETH GRANTHAM, OF STORTON, IN THE PARISH OF SCAWBY./ CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTY'S 98TH REGIMENT,/ WHO DIED AT PESHAWUR,/ IN THE EAST INDIES,/ MARCH I4TH, 1851,/ OF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY FIVE AFFREEDEES;/ AGED 30 YEARS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Grantham, Francis
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Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    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,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height C 950MM, width C 1120MM
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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