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Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
North Cornwall
Town
Bodmin
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
53000

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Current location

ON HILL SOUTH OF BODMIN
Beacon Road
Bodmin
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL31 1AS
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 06764 66378
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
TALL STONE OBELISK ON STONE PEDESTAL WITH TABLET AFFIXED TO PEDESTAL. TABLET HAS TWO STONE SUPPORTS BENEATH. OBELISK AND PEDESTAL PLACED ON TWO STONE SLAB BASES.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/ WALTER RALEIGH GILBERT/ LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF THE BENGAL ARMY/ WHO, AFTER SHARING AS A SUBALTERN/ IN THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1803 AND 1804 UNDER LORD LAK,/ GREATLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN 1845 AND 1846/ AS MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDING/ THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE ARMY IN THE BATTLES OF/ MOODEE, FEROZSHAH AND SOBRAON ON THE SUTLEJE:/ AND SUBSEQUENTLYIN 1849 IN THOSE OF CHILLIANWALA AND GOOJERAT/ IN THE PUNJAB./ AND HAVING EVENTUALLY COMPELLED THE SIKH CHIEFS/ TO SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO HIM AT RAWUL PINDEE/ WITH THEIR WHOLE FORCE OF 16,000 MEN AND 41 GUNS/ DROVE THEIR AFGHAN ALLIES ACROSS THE INDUS AT ATTOCK/ AND THUS BROUGHT THE WAR TO A TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION./FOR WHICH DISTINGUISHED SERVICES/ THE QUEEN CONFERRED ON HIM THE DIGNITY OF/ A BARONET AND THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF BATH./ THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TWICE VOTED HIM THANKS./ THE COURT OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED HIM TO THE SUPREME COUNCIL IN INDIA/ AND THIS MONUMENT/ RAISED ON THIS SPOT/ AT THE EARNEST REQUEST OF HIS FELLOW TOWN'S MEN OF BODMIN/ HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE COMPANION IN ARMS AND PRIVATE FRIENDS,/ IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR ADMIRATION/ OF HIS EMINENT PUBLIC SERVICES AS A SOLDIER,/ AND OF THEIR REGARD AND RESPECT FOR HIS/ ESTIMABLE PERSONAL QUALITIES. LEFT: ERECTED IN/ 1856/ AND/ 1857 RIGHT: E. GILBERT/ HAMLEY/ MAYOR
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gilbert, Walter Raleigh
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Commemorations
  • 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,additional,decorations
    Order of information: forename,rank,regiment,decorations,additional
Components
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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