Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Saxmundham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5386
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Current location
St John the Baptist Church
St Johns Road
Saxmundham
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP17 1BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 38900 62938
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE OBELISK WITH NAVAL TROPHIES ON PLINTH BELOW NAVAL SYMBOLS ON THE PEDIMENT; FAMILY COAT OF ARMS ABOVE
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GEORGE LONG/, LIEUTENANT IN THE NAVY/, WHO IN THE ATTACK BY STORM OF/ TRINCOMALEE/ WHICH HE LED/ FELL MOST HONOURABLY BEFORE THAT IMPORTANT FORTRESS/ IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY/. HE WAS SEVENTH SON OF BEESTON AND SARAH LONG/ AND LOST HIS LIFE THE 11TH OF JANUARY 1782/ AGED 21 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 2438mm, width 1193 mm
Materials: Marble - White
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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